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Transportation and mobility: products and services
Published in Jane Penty, Product Design and Sustainability, 2019
With such a clear environmental, health and economic case, increasing cycling’s modal share, especially in cities, has become an important objective of sustainable transport policy alongside walking and public transport. A key measure of modal share is based on what mode of transport people use most regularly to get to work or study. Although modal share varies hugely between regions and cities, the overall trend around the world shows that cycling has been steadily increasing in cities and towns since the millennium.
Economic and Environmental Assessment of the Transport Sector in Smart Cities
Published in Evanthia A. Nanaki, George Xydis, Exergetic Aspects of Renewable Energy Systems, 2019
In recognition of these, all stakeholders play a crucial role in the delivery of a green transportation sector. A sustainable transport system encompasses issues such as life cycle thinking, urban design, urban planning and organization as well as energy minimization. Sustainable urban transport systems must take into consideration all three pillars of sustainable development, social, economic and environmental. Moreover, it is clear that the declared environmental targets cannot be met without dramatically reducing the environmental impact of energy utilization in the transportation sector.
Transforming street design
Published in William Riggs, Disruptive Transport, 2018
William Riggs, Marc Schlossberg, Elizabeth Shay, Adam Millard-Ball
As a concluding thought it may be appropriate to think about sustainable transportation as an exercise in balance and equity. It prioritizes walking, biking, and transit as primary desired modes of travel for most trips within metropolitan areas. Sustainable transport modes are space-efficient, energy-efficient, or non-polluting, available to almost all members of society independent of age or economic situation. They may be time-efficient with the appropriate infrastructure and also enhance social interaction, health, and happiness.
Effects of speed hump on vehicle performance in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Ghana
Published in Cogent Engineering, 2022
Solomon Ntow Densu, Peter Damoah-Afari
Walking and cycling are sustainable transport modes. They are one of the dominant modes of transport in most developing countries. In most African cities, walking accounts for 99% of all non-motorised trips, and makes up between 50% and 90% of daily trips (Mitullah et al., 2017). RTCs, however, deters walking and cycling and measures that reduce vehicle speed below 30 km/h guarantee the survival of vulnerable road users in the event of a crash (Wegman & Aarts, 2006), as the probability of fatal and severe injury crashes are substantially reduced at this speed. Clearly, the marked reduction in the 85th speed percentile at the humps fulfills the safe speed requirement for vulnerable road users. This undoubtedly would facilitate the downward trend in pedestrian-involved crashes, and encourage walking in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
Factors influencing consumers’ intentions to purchase electric vehicles in Ghana
Published in Transportation Letters, 2022
Williams Ackaah, Augustus Terry Kanton, Kwame Kwakwa Osei
These developments have compelled Supranational Organizations like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and various governments around the world to develop strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to ensure sustainable development. One of the strategies is to ensure sustainable transport by introducing electric vehicles. This has been done in several countries including the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, Spain, Norway, China, etc. Electric vehicles – hybrid electric (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), or battery electric vehicle (BEV) technologies – provide the promise for a steady decline of energy consumption and GHG emissions (Guo et al. 2020; Massiani 2014; Shen et al. 2012). The benefits of electric vehicles are further corroborated in a report commissioned by the European Climate Foundation (2018) which summarized that there was substantial reduction in GHG when there was a move from internal combustion engines (Kang et al. 2019; Schuller and Stuart 2018; Rothkrantz, Boehle, and van Wezel 2013).
What is the role of carsharing toward a more sustainable transport behavior? Analysis of data from 80 major German cities
Published in International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2022
Daniel Göddeke, Konstantin Krauss, Till Gnann
In terms of policy recommendations, regulators should accompany the strategy toward reducing emissions from transport by measures aiming to reduce car ownership in the first place. Since all cities studied offer carsharing, we argue that the push needs to come via the demand-side by decreasing the private car’s attractiveness without directly decreasing the demand for carsharing services. One might think of parking fees or toll roads excluding carsharing vehicles. Fuel pricing or bans of vehicles in cities could also increase the demand for carsharing, making supply densities more important. Future research is needed to analyze the potential effects thereof. Moreover, the infrastructure for cycling and public transport are key toward a more sustainable transport behavior. Hence, these need to be high up in the agenda for policy makers in order to enable the urban population to actually use these modes in a safe and efficient manner.