Impacts of the low carbon transition on transport workers

This research paper examines the distributional impacts of electrification, digitalization, and automation on workers within the Swedish transport sector, specifically focusing on the subjective and objective quality of working life for taxi and truck drivers.

• The study utilized 20 semi-structured interviews with taxi and truck drivers, employing purposeful sampling to ensure diversity across age, gender, and geography to understand how decarbonization trends affect their working lives.
• Transport workers perceive both positive and negative impacts from the transition; while they recognize potential health and safety improvements resulting from electrification, digitalization, and automation, they remain concerned about whether the transition will meet their professional aspirations and needs.
• The perceived impacts of the low-carbon transition are not uniform and vary based on the interviewee's gender, age, and the specific geographies in which they operate.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2024). Impacts of the low carbon transition on transport workers. https://www.sei.org/publications/impacts-of-the-low-carbon-transition-on-transport-workers/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Impacts of the low carbon transition on transport workers. 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/impacts-of-the-low-carbon-transition-on-transport-workers/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Impacts of the low carbon transition on transport workers |date=12 February 2024 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/impacts-of-the-low-carbon-transition-on-transport-workers/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2024impacts, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Impacts of the low carbon transition on transport workers}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/impacts-of-the-low-carbon-transition-on-transport-workers/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }