Anticipated User Equity Impacts of a Proposed Transportation Infrastructure Finance Legislation: Case Study in Indiana

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 05021007
Author(s):  
Bismark R. Agbelie ◽  
Matthew Volovski ◽  
Samuel Labi ◽  
Kumares C. Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Finance

Verifying the sustainability factors of mega transportation infrastructure: Sydney Metro’s commissioning through the “significance matrix” methodology

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Koorosh Gharehbaghi ◽  
Kerry McManus ◽  
Maged Georgy ◽  
Ken Farnes ◽  
Francesca Pagliara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Comprehensive Determination ◽  
Transportation Infrastructures ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Purpose Through the significance matrix, this paper aims to investigate and explore the main sustainability factors of mega transportation infrastructure projects. Sydney’s Metro mega transportation infrastructure is used as a case study. Sydney’s Metro was selected because of its sustainability challenges faced because of the areas’ diverse ecological zones. Sydney’s Metro is thus examined as the basis of best practice for the determination of the sustainability factors of transportation infrastructures. Design/methodology/approach Using the significance matrix as a methodology, this research evaluates the environmental impact assessment and environmental assessment processes, to alleviate the problems of the mega transportation infrastructure. Findings This research found that a more comprehensive determination is needed to further analyse the sustainability factors of mega transportation infrastructures, use of a significance matrix would further assess the environmental complexities of mega transportation infrastructures and the sustainability factors of mega transportation infrastructures should include a nonlinear and asymmetrical scheme highlighting its components and carefully outlining its integration and consolidation. Originality/value Although there is concurrent research into sustainability factors of mega transportation, this paper undertakes a new methodology for such infrastructure. While the significance matrix is not a new concept, it has never been used specifically for mega transportation infrastructure. Subsequently, using the significance matrix as a methodology, this research undertakes such environmental analysis and assessment and thus produces a qualitative risk analysis matrix. The findings from this research will ultimately assist the key stakeholders of mega transportation infrastructures to better plan, monitor and support similar projects.

Measuring Transportation Infrastructure Resilience: Case Study with Amtrak

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 05020001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Tonn ◽  
Jeffrey Czajkowski ◽  
Howard Kunreuther ◽  
Kara Angotti ◽  
Karen Gelman
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Resilience

New transportation infrastructure impact in terms of global average access - intersection "La Carola" Manizales (Colombia) case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 215-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Julian Perilla Ramirez ◽  
Diego Alexander Escobar Garcia ◽  
Santiago Cardona Urrea
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Global Average

scholarly journals Environmental Impact Assessment of Transportation Infrastructure in the Life Cycle: Case Study of a Fast Track Transportation Project in China

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Quanxue Deng ◽  
Jingxiao Zhang ◽  
Ayokunle Olubunmi Olanipekun ◽  
Sainan Lyu
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Fast Track ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Project Life Cycle ◽  
Infrastructure Project ◽  
Environmental Emissions ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Project Life

The transportation sector generates enormous amount of environmental emission. This study aims to assess the environmental impact of the environmental emissions in a transportation infrastructure project life cycle. Using the fast track transportation project in China as a case study, the materials used and the energy consumed over the life cycle were converted into environmental emissions. The life cycle of fast track transportation project was divided into three phases including construction, maintenance and repair, and demolition phases. Both qualitative and quantitative method were applied to explore the environmental impact of transportation project. The life cycle assessment (LCA) method was used for the development environmental impact assessment (EIA) model to analyze the contribution of each process in the transportation project life cycle. The empirical results show that the construction phase has the highest environmental impact (62.7%) in the fast track transportation project life cycle, followed by the demolition (35.8%) and maintenance phases (1.7%). Among the materials used in the fast track transportation project, steel has the highest proportion of environmental impact in the construction phase (55.5%). This indicates the enormous environmental impact of the construction phase in fast track transportation project life cycle results from the use of steel material. This study contributes to reducing environmental emissions by revealing the greatest phase of environmental impact and material-source of environmental impact over the life cycle in a transportation infrastructure project.

scholarly journals Time Series of Landscape Fragmentation Caused by Transportation Infrastructure and Urban Development: a Case Study from Baden-Württemberg, Germany

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochen A. G. Jaeger ◽  
Hans-Georg Schwarz-von Raumer ◽  
Heide Esswein ◽  
Manfred Müller ◽  
Manfred Schmidt-Lüttmann
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Landscape Fragmentation ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure
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