Oman is a fast developing country where about 76% of registered vehicles as\nof 2014 were private cars with approximately one private car per household.\nThe growth of automobile is faster than the growth of human population. From\n2000-2009, Omani population has increased by 2% per annum while automobile\nusage in the country has increased by 4.3%. The leadership of Sultanate of\nOman has pledged to cut down greenhouse (GHG) emissions by 2% as a\ncommitment to United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change\n(UNFCCC). Due to very limited public transportation system, traffic congestion\nand emission from vehicles are high during working days since majority\nof individuals uses private vehicles as only means of transport. This paper\nseeks to combine mitigation measures adopted in selected Middle East and\nNorth Africa (MENA) and UNFCCC to suggest cost-effective measures suitable\nin reducing GHG emissions from road transportation sector in Oman. These\nmeasures will specifically reduce vehicular emissions during working days\nwhere car occupancy rates are very low in an economically sustainable way.
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