Transportation Sustainability

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-64
Author(s):  
Susan M. Opp ◽  
Samantha L. Mosier ◽  
Jeffery L. Osgood ◽  
Mark W. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Sustainability

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY RATING SYSTEMS

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwatobi Oluwalaiye ◽  
Mehmet E. Ozbek
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
New York State ◽  
Triple Bottom Line ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
Transportation Sustainability

The construction industry contributes a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions to the environment. This highlights the need for this industry to implement sustainable practices to mitigate its negative effects. Sustainability in the construction industry involves considering project development in terms of economic, social, and environmental aspects (triple bottom line). In the transportation sector of the construction industry, several transportation sustainability rating systems (TSRS) have been developed to measure and promote sustainability. However, studies show that these TSRS have not been developed within a consistent “sustainability scope”. This raises the question of the consistency of these TSRS in measuring sustainability of transportation projects. This study assesses three prominent TSRS to determine how each measures sustainability with respect to the triple bottom line. The TSRS that are in the scope of this study are: (i) Envision-a third-party rating system, (ii) INVEST-a self-assessed rating and, (iii) GreenLITES-an in-house developed self-assessed rating system for the New York State DOT. Results show that while these three rating systems provide different levels of credits/points with respect to the triple bottom line, they all place the highest focus on the environmental aspect.

Impacts of Digital Transformation on Mobility and Transportation Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-128
Author(s):  
Malak Shatnawi ◽  
Zoltan Rajnai
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transportation Sector ◽  
Transportation Modes ◽  
Transportation Sustainability ◽  
Decisive Action ◽  
And Behavior

It is indeed a fact that the digital transformation has been changed rapidly in the last few years, and the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role in accelerating the wheel toward intelligent and digital transformation in all sectors; some countries have been recovered quickly from the pandemic and managed to eliminate most of the obstacles while others still struggling. The public transport sector PT during COVID-19 pandemic was affected directly, which is an inevitable result that disrupted the system. This paper will investigate through an online questionnaire survey the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the digital transformation on transportation modes and activities by evaluating the current situation and assessing future transportation sustainability and whether it will continue to recover appropriately. The research will identify user's awareness, attitude, and behavior toward PT before and during COVID-19, as the trend has been in favor of private vehicles and avoidance of PT, therefore increasing confidence in PT requires decisive action from governments, policymakers, and planners to keep pace with the intelligent transformation. Keywords; COVID19, transportation, sustainability, digital transformation, transportation modes, and activities.

Transportation sustainability index in dairy industry – Fuzzy logic approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilija Djekic ◽  
Nada Smigic ◽  
Ruzica Glavan ◽  
Jelena Miocinovic ◽  
Igor Tomasevic
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Sustainability Index ◽  
Transportation Sustainability ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Approach ◽  
Logic Approach

scholarly journals Does metropolitan form affect transportation sustainability? Evidence from US metropolitan areas

2020 ◽  
pp. 239980832097131
Author(s):  
Andres Sevtuk ◽  
Reza Amindarbari
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Transit Accessibility ◽  
Transportation Sustainability ◽  
Open Source Gis ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Urban Scaling ◽  
Cultural Origins

In this paper, we examine transportation sustainability in American metropolitan areas using transportation-related CO2 emissions, public transit accessibility, and commuting times as indicators. Though variations in these indicators may stem from historic contexts, policies, institutional arrangements, social and cultural origins, the spatial structure of metropolitan areas—in particular their formal characteristics—may also be a contributing factor. To test this relationship, we identify metropolitan form metrics from prior literature that are expected to impact transportation outcomes, and choose five metrics to which we introduce significant improvements. We apply the metrics to all 166 Combined Statistical Areas in the US, using an open-source GIS toolbox released along with the paper. Our findings demonstrate that form-based metrics provide a better explanation to CO2 emissions, public transit accessibility, and commuting times in US metro areas than the simpler population size or density metrics typically used in practice. We also show that counter to prior literature on urban scaling laws and economies of scale, which have argued that larger cities and metro areas are more sustainable per capita, transport-related CO2 emissions and transit accessibility are actually less favorable in larger CSAs when controlling for formal characteristics of metropolitan areas. Instead of scale, compactness has the highest elasticity with respect to transportation sustainability of metro areas.

scholarly journals Implementation of Principles of New Urbanism on Malegaon City (Nashik District)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2020-2035
Author(s):  
Ms. Jayshree B. Aher
Keyword(s):  
New Urbanism ◽  
Neighborhood Density ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Land Usage ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Transportation Sustainability

Abstract: In the past era the towns were formed by settlements of people around their place of work. The workers used to construct temporary residences as close to their workplace such as factories and industries to reduce travelling distances. These temporary residences eventually converted into permanent residences and in the same way entire towns were established. Due to lack of planning and haphazard uncontrolled land usage various problems started to grow in these towns. This project focuses on one such town named Malegaon in Nashik district in Maharashtra. This town was formed by accumulation of handloom workers around handloom industries which have been in this city for many decades. Improper distribution of land and lack of planning of development have given rise to problems such as traffic congestions, poverty, riots between multiple communities, lack of employment opportunities other than looms and overall deprivation of standard of living. This project focuses on solving a few of these problems by implementation of principles of new urbanism on the Malegaon city. The principles upon implementation will help to improve transportation efficiency, easier access to public facilities and utilities, elevation of standard of living of the citizens and overall development of the area. Keywords: New Urbanism, Malegaon, Nashik, Walkability, Connectivity, Diversity, Housing, Transportation, Sustainability, neighborhood, Density, Architecture

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