Sustainable Transportation:
Problems and Solutions
Publisher: Guilford Press
2010 - 299 pages
During the past two decades, sustainability has become the dominant concern of transportation planners and policymakers. This timely text provides a framework for developing systems that move people and products efficiently while minimizing damage to the local and global environment. The book offers a uniquely comprehensive perspective on the problems surrounding current transportation systems: climate change, urban air pollution, diminishing petroleum reserves, safety issues, and congestion. It explores the full range of possible solutions, including applications of pricing, planning, policy, education, and technology. Numerous figures, tables, and examples are featured, with a primary focus on North America.
Table Of Content:
Part 1 : The Nature of The Problem
Chapter 1: The Problem of Sustainability in the Transport Sector
Chapter 2: The Historical Problem of Sustainability in the Transport Sector
Chapter 3: Climate Change
Chapter 4: Urban Air Quality
Chapter 5: The Finite Nature of Petroleum Reserves
Chapter 6: Motor Vehicle Crashes & Safety
Chapter 7: Congestion & Sustainability
Part 2 : Possible Solution
Chapter 8: An Introduction to the Range of Possible Solutions
Chapter 9: The Full Cost of Transportation
Chapter 10: Pricing & Taxation
Planning:
Chapter 11: Urban Form: Planning for Sustainability
Chapter 12: Indicator-Based Planning
Policy:
Chapter 13: A Continuum of Policies
Chapter 14: The Special Role of Speed and Speed limit Polocies
Chapter 15: National Policy Solutions
Chapter 16: Sustainable Travel Demand Management
Education:
2010 - 299 pages
During the past two decades, sustainability has become the dominant concern of transportation planners and policymakers. This timely text provides a framework for developing systems that move people and products efficiently while minimizing damage to the local and global environment. The book offers a uniquely comprehensive perspective on the problems surrounding current transportation systems: climate change, urban air pollution, diminishing petroleum reserves, safety issues, and congestion. It explores the full range of possible solutions, including applications of pricing, planning, policy, education, and technology. Numerous figures, tables, and examples are featured, with a primary focus on North America.
Table Of Content:
Part 1 : The Nature of The Problem
Chapter 1: The Problem of Sustainability in the Transport Sector
Chapter 2: The Historical Problem of Sustainability in the Transport Sector
Chapter 3: Climate Change
Chapter 4: Urban Air Quality
Chapter 5: The Finite Nature of Petroleum Reserves
Chapter 6: Motor Vehicle Crashes & Safety
Chapter 7: Congestion & Sustainability
Part 2 : Possible Solution
Chapter 8: An Introduction to the Range of Possible Solutions
Chapter 9: The Full Cost of Transportation
Chapter 10: Pricing & Taxation
Planning:
Chapter 11: Urban Form: Planning for Sustainability
Chapter 12: Indicator-Based Planning
Policy:
Chapter 13: A Continuum of Policies
Chapter 14: The Special Role of Speed and Speed limit Polocies
Chapter 15: National Policy Solutions
Chapter 16: Sustainable Travel Demand Management
Education:
Technology:
Chapter 18: Telecommuting, Information and Communication Technologies, and E-Commerce
Chapter 19: The Potential of Alternative Fuels
Chapter 20: New Vehicles, Fuel Cells and Catalytic Converter
Chapter 21: Intelligent Transportation System
Part 3 : Summary & Conclusions
Chapter 22: Summary, Conclusions, and The Current Status of Sustainable Transport.
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