Electric bicycles, next generation low carbon transport systems: A survey

Shared mobility options, such as car sharing, are often claimed to be more sustainable, although evidence at an individual or city level may contradict these claims. This study aims to improve understanding of the effects of car sharing on transport-related emissions at an individual and city level. This is done by quantifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the travel habits of individuals before and after engaging with car sharing. The analysis uses a well-to-wheel (WTW) approach, including both business-to-consumer (B2C) and peer-to-peer (P2P) car-sharing fleets. Changes in GHG emissions after engaging in car sharing vary among individuals. Transport-related GHG emissions caused by car-free individuals tend to increase after they engage in car sharing, while emissions caused by previous car owners tend to fall. At the city level, GHG emissions savings can be achieved by using more efficient cars in sharing systems and by implementing greener mobility policies. Changes in travel habits might help to reduce GHG emissions, providing individuals migrate to low-carbon transport modes. The findings can be used to support the development and implementation of transport policies that deter car ownership and support shared mobility solutions that are integrated in city transport systems.

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A Methodological Framework for the Comparative Analysis of the Environmental Performance of Roadway and Railway Transport

PROMET - Traffic&Transportation ◽

10.7307/ptt.v30i6.2804 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (6) ◽

pp. 721-731 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Diamanto Mintzia ◽

Fotini Kehagia ◽

Anastasios Tsakalidis ◽

Efthimios Zervas

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Energy Demand ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Sustainable Transport ◽

Railway Transport ◽

Railway Line ◽

Carbon Transport

Low-carbon transport is a priority in addressing climate change. Transport is still almost totally dependent on fossil fuels (96%) and accounts for almost 60% of global oil use. Sustainable transport systems, both passenger and freight, should be economically and technically feasible, but also low-carbon and environmentally friendly. The calculation of greenhouse gas emissions in transport projects is becoming a primary target of transport companies as a part of an endeavor for low-carbon strategies to reduce the energy demand and environmental impact. This paper investigates the CO2 impact of construction and operation of the main highway and railway line infrastructure in Greece, which connects Athens and Thessaloniki, the capital and the second biggest city in Greece respectively and provides a comparative analysis in roadway and railway transport.

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Modeling principles of the digital infrastructure of it services in sustainable low carbon transport systems

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i2.28.13216 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2.28) ◽

pp. 386 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Trofimenko Yu. V ◽

Nekrasov A G ◽

Sinitsyna A S ◽

Atyev K I

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Digital Data ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Digital Environment ◽

Low Carbon ◽

It Services ◽

Internet Technologies ◽

Digital Infrastructure ◽

Core Elements ◽

Carbon Transport

The principles of adaptive management of sustainable low carbon transport systems (SCTS) are developed based on the interaction of intellectual and Internet technologies, which ensure the effectiveness of core elements of the system throughout the life cycle of digital infrastructure and IT services. The technologies of proactive (anticipatory) management are accompanied by targeted procedures for reconfiguring the structures of transport system, and provide a comprehensive forecast of the system's behavior and increase its efficiency on the basis of a large array of digital data. The 4D model of SCTS transformation into the digital environment is developed, which allows integrate the most important modules of the transport system, ensuring highly efficient interaction of various objects in the interest of customers.

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STRATEGIC DESIGN OF LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT SYSTEMS FOR ASIAN DEVELOPING CITIES

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser D3 (Infrastructure Planning and Management) ◽

10.2208/jscejipm.68.i_857 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 68 (5) ◽

pp. I_857-I_866

Author(s):

Kazuki NAKAMURA ◽

Yoshitsugu HAYASHI ◽

Hirokazu KATO ◽

Atsushi FUKUDA ◽

Fumihiko NAKAMURA ◽

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Keyword(s):

Transport Systems ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Strategic Design ◽

Developing Cities ◽

Carbon Transport

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Private opportunities, public benefits? The scope for private finance to deliver low-carbon transport systems in Kigali, Rwanda

Urban Climate ◽

10.1016/j.uclim.2017.02.011 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 59-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Andrew Sudmant ◽

Sarah Colenbrander ◽

Andy Gouldson ◽

Natasha Chilundika

Keyword(s):

Transport Systems ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Private Finance ◽

Public Benefits ◽

Carbon Transport

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Life cycle water use of low-carbon transport fuels

Energy Policy ◽

10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.074 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (9) ◽

pp. 4933-4944 ◽

Cited By ~ 88

Author(s):

Christopher Harto ◽

Robert Meyers ◽

Eric Williams

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Water Use ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Carbon Transport

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A Study on Developing Visions of Future Transport Systems toward Low Carbon Society in Japan

Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan ◽

10.11361/cpij1.42.0.149.0 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 42 (0) ◽

pp. 149-149

Author(s):

Keisuke Matsuhashi

Keyword(s):

Transport Systems ◽

Low Carbon

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Low Carbon Mobility, Urgent futures and radical transitions

Low Carbon Mobility Transitions ◽

10.23912/978-1-910158-64-7-3287 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

James Higham ◽

Debbie Hopkins

Keyword(s):

Rapid Development ◽

Transportation Systems ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Political Agenda ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Mobility Patterns ◽

High Carbon ◽

Transportation Emissions ◽

Paris Climate Agreement ◽

Transport Emissions

More people than ever before are moving more frequently and at accelerating speeds, often for shorter periods of time. These mobilities are largely dependent on unsustainable high-carbon technologies. The continued and accelerating growth of transportation emissions is attributed to changing mobility patterns among the high emitters of hypermobile developed societies, combined with the rapid development of high carbon intensity transport systems in emerging economies. Mitigation of transport emissions remains largely absent from the political agenda, despite growing recognition of the urgent need to address transportation emissions, because it is fundamentally incompatible with neoliberal ideals. The level of decarbonisation required to align regional and global transportation systems with the agreed targets of the Paris Climate Agreement (2015) has proved to be a particularly acute challenge. The Agreement recognises that radical and system-wide transitions toward low carbon mobility are urgently required. It is critically important that the varied social, cultural and geographic contexts of low carbon mobility transitions that are identified in Low Carbon Mobility Transitions are taken up and acted upon to inform the low carbon mobility transformations that are so obviously and urgently required. These insights must inform efforts to ensure the full accountability of transportation emissions, and to ensure that the INDCs that are outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement (2015) are upheld and achieved in full measure.

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