A sustainable economy is sensitive to economic, social and environmental constraints. Sustainability requires more efficient, equitable, and environmentally sensitive transport. This cannot be achieved simply by improving the efficiency of vehicle designs or traffic management. It requires changes in the way we think about transportation, and how we identify and evaluate solutions to transport ...

Transportation is a key domain to address for promoting sustainability as it accounts for about one third of the energy consumption in the EU and in the US. Nevertheless, changing the transportation habits of citizens is a hard challenge. In this Special Issue of the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Ambient Systems, we present a selection of high-quality papers presented at the workshop on “Urban S...

This article highlights the relationship between sustainability (or maintainability) and efficiency of transport systems. It also outlines some of the problems and issues that exist in providing mobility to urban Indians. Finally, it enumerates some of the ways in which application of (modern) information and communication technologies can help improve the efficiency of the transportation syste...

IATSS ReSeARch Vol.31 No.1, 2007 REducinG GREEnhOuSE EMiSSiOnS and FuEl cOnSuMpTiOn – Sustainable approaches for Surface Transportation – Susan A. SHAHEEN, Ph.D. Timothy E. LIPMAN, Ph.D. honda Distinguished Scholar in Transportation Research Director University of california, Davis, & Transportation Sustainability Research center Policy and Behavioral Research Program Leader, california PATh ...

one of the main challenges facing urban planning in the late 20th century is the growth rate of traffic that influences access to sustainable urban development. one of the solutions proposed for traffic—as well as the economic, social, and environmental problems originating from it—in large cities has been the applying of traffic restrictions during certain times and in specific places in order...

 Vehicle miles travel per lane mile  Transportation service index  Personal spending on transportation Activity System  Income (GNI/capita)  Education  Life Expectancy Environmental System  Greenhouse gases (CO2)  Air Pollutants (CO, NO2,SO2, PM10, VOC)  Water Pollutants (BOD)  Energy Consumption Estimation of Performance Indices for the Planning of Sustainable Transportation Systems ...

Sustainable transportation systems require optimal co-use of infrastructure. Different means of transportation use infrastructure for its operations. At certain points these means of transportation utilizes the same infrastructure, such as e.g. passages on or under bridges, which require co-modal coordination. To create means for such coordination, situational awareness needs to be established ...

The sustainability of the freight transportation system is an important topic, with many open research questions. In this project, you will review one paper that addresses some aspect of sustainable freight transportation. You will then discuss this paper with your peers, and present a synthesis of the group's papers. After a class-wide discussion, you will be asked to articulate one important ...