Sustainable transportation
Subtitle: problems and solutions
By: William R. Black
Publisher: Guilford Press; The Guilford Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781606234853
Description: From the Publisher: During the last 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem of sustainability in the transport sector; title: The historical problem of sustainability in the transport sector; title: Climate change; title: Urban air quality; title: The finite nature of petroleum reserves; title: Motor vehicle crashes and safety; title: Congestion and sustainability; title: An introduction to the range of possible solutions; title: The full costs of transportation; title: Pricing and taxation; title: Urban form: planning for sustainability; title: Indicator-based planning; title: A continuum of policies; title: The special role of speed and speed limit policies; title: National policy solutions; title: Sustainable travel demand management; title: Educating for change; title: Telecommuting, information and communication technologies, and e-commerce; title: The potential of alternative fuels; title: New vehicles, fuel cells, and catalytic converters; title: Intelligent transport systems; title: Summary, conclusions, and the current status of sustainable transport.