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2 emission for Bus Rapid Transit using the LCA assessment: A case study in Almaty
Published in Airong Chen, Xin Ruan, Dan M. Frangopol, Life-Cycle Civil Engineering: Innovation, Theory and Practice, 2021
Secondly, find out how exactly BRT bring positive impact. Public transport projects typically bring positive environmental impacts through the reduction of private vehicle use and subsequent associated emissions. The sustainability of BRT systems will however depend critically on the energy source, fuel type and quality, vehicle technology and the infrastructure available.
Energy Conservation and Higher Efficiency
Published in Efstathios E. Michaelides, Energy, the Environment, and Sustainability, 2018
Passenger transportation is different from the transportation of merchandise, because safety and convenience play more important roles than energy savings. While safety is paramount and should not be compromised, a certain amount of convenience may often be sacrificed for higher energy efficiency. For example, commuting by subway or urban buses saves a significant amount of fuel, but may be less convenient than individual automobile travel, and may add to the time of commute. Additional benefits to the community are that public transport contributes to the reduction of urban traffic congestion, lesser harmful emissions, better environmental quality, and more reading time for the passengers (or more time to connect with friends through social media without the risk of a car accident).
Economic Analysis of Introducing Free Public Transport
Published in Adam Weintrit, Tomasz Neumann, Safety of Sea Transportation, 2017
Public transport plays a very important role in maintaining the balance between the quickly progressing technological growth, care for the environment and prevention of social exclusion. The necessary resources to create public transport an attractive and competing alternative to car traffic are mainly in hands of politicians, to some extent at the national level and especially at the local level. The best effects for this important area of public transport activity can be achieved by making available the latest fleet and simultaneous setting or increasing the fares for using the transport infrastructure (e.g. car parks). Of course, ensuring the properly functioning transport is necessary and essential to obtain the assumed effects and implementation of the additional charges for the car drivers without providing them with convenient alternatives most certainly would not result in nothing good. Current analysis indicate four factors that have the largest influence on the making decisions by the commuters regarding the means of transport they select. These are:frequency of runningpunctualitypricespeed of travelling
Associations between Light Rail Transit and physical activity: a systematic review
Published in Transport Reviews, 2023
Léa Ravensbergen, Rania Wasfi, Mathilde Van Liefferinge, Isidor Ehrlich, Stephanie A. Prince, Gregory Butler, Yan Kestens, Ahmed El-Geneidy
In response to growing environmental (e.g. air quality, climate change) and population health (e.g. physical activity, quality of life, air pollution) concerns, many cities worldwide are increasing their investment in public transport systems. Indeed, public transport has many benefits to both individuals and communities: it can be an affordable travel mode (especially when compared to car use), it can reduce congestion, enhance social connectedness, improve air quality, and increase the quality of life (Sener, Lee, & Elgart, 2016). Unlike driving, public transport also often requires walking to and from stops and is, therefore, expected to encourage physical activity through multimodal travel (Sener et al., 2016). One form of public transport that has become increasingly popular in recent years is Light Rail Transit (LRT) (Sinclair, 2019), defined as fully electric passenger urban rail transit that is partially or fully separated from vehicle traffic (Johnson, 2019; Malouff, 2015; The Transport Politic, 2021). In North America, the number of Light Rail projects under construction grew from 1 in 2012 to 19 in 2019 (Sinclair, 2019). This increase in popularity of LRT may be due to its tendency to have lower capital costs and increased reliability compared to heavy rail systems or that it may encourage transit-oriented development in ways that other, less permanent forms of public transport, such as buses, are unable to do.
Sustainable Living Environment in Retirement Villages: What Matters to Residents?
Published in Journal of Aging and Environment, 2021
Bo Xia, Qing Chen, Laurie Buys, Martin Skitmore, Jerry Walliah
In the category of environmental sustainability, public transportation accessibility (4.39) is the most highly appreciated. Indeed, the transportation sector brings negative externalities to the environment, such as pollution, noise, landscape decay, congestion, and lack of safety (Vreeker & Nijkamp, 2005). The public transport system offers the potential to achieve environmental sustainability of urbanization because it can reduce CO2 emissions, minimize consumption of nonrenewable resources, and reduces the use of land and the production of noise (Miller et al., 2016). It has thus been widely accepted that compared with private transportation, the public transportation is more sustainable from an environmental perspective (Kennedy, 2002). More importantly, it has been widely recognized that mobility and the capacity to leave the residence to carry out daily activities and get access to healthcare services are among the most essential aspects of older people’s quality of life and there is a need for information and enhancement of the service (Du et al., 2020; Hjorthol, 2013). According to Stimson and McCrea (2004), access to public transport is the most important location factor compared with such other location factors as proximity to social activities and recreational facilities, proximity to the coast or water, climate, and familiarity with the area from holidaying there.
Mapping minibuses in Maputo and Nairobi: engaging paratransit in transportation planning in African cities
Published in Transport Reviews, 2019
Jacqueline M. Klopp, Clemence Cavoli
All indications suggest that Africa’s minibus sector is likely to be a core part of public transport networks well into the future (Behrens et al., 2016; Ferro, Behrens, & Wilkinson, 2013; Hart, 2016; Khayesi et al., 2015; Mutongi, 2017; Rizzo, 2017; Tichagwa, 2016). Improving paratransit systems by optimising their networks, upgrading their service, improving labor conditions and integrating them better into the overall public transport network presents an opportunity for African cities to reduce unnecessary car use by creating more mobility options whilst better responding to the needs of the majority and enhancing equity and access. Providing high quality public transport alternatives is crucial to reducing emissions and the range of undesirable side-effects linked to high levels of motorised traffic. Rather than focus primarily on megaprojects-highway expansion, BRT and rail, transportation planning in African cities will also need to embrace and work better with paratransit regardless of the difficulties and complexities. It is thus critical that we explore new ways to engage with paratransit within planning (Jennings & Behrens, 2017; Schalekamp & Klopp, 2018).