Copy of Sustainable Tranportation: Performance Measures and Challenges

This study develops a hierarchical indicator system for measuring the transport sustainability of Taiwan from 1993-2010. (2014)

Sustainable practices have now become the edifice of the transportation sectors, but the adoption of such practices is not fast enough to overcome the ever-increasing global demand for resources. The paper makes an extensive analysis on carbon emissions when treated by total population and gross domestic product (GDP). The evaluation focuses on the transparency of sustainability through measurement and quantification of sustainability rather than to develop standard compliance approaches. (2014)

A sustainable infrastructure improves the short- and long-term economic and environmental performance while taking the impact on society into consideration. In order to create a sustainable infrastructure there are a number of underlying components, such as transport, energy, water, communication, solid waste, etc., that needs to be addressed. In this paper, the transport infrastructure and how transport solution manufacturers influence a sustainable infrastructure is discussed, and a measurement method is presented for measuring the sustainability of transport solutions. (2014)

The objective of this study is to examine whether the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is moving toward or away from sustainable transportation through exploring the spatial and temporal changes of urban form and travel behavior, related policies and responses to these changes during the period between 1986 and 2006. (2014)

Sustainability and livability in transportation, as the concepts indicating the capability of transportation systems to maintain the well being of our society, have been widely accepted as the critical principles to improve the quality of life and health of our communities. The research introduced a geographic information system (GIS)-based performance measurement system for assessing the two goals from the standpoint of transportation systems. (2015)

Achieving a sustainable highway system contributes to overall transportation development. This article focuses on the development of a sustainability index that can be used to measure and benchmark state highway transportation systems. (2014)

It is agreed that a sustainable transportation system has to satisfy today's needs with a positive influence on meeting future transportation demand. The major concerns for most transportation agencies are related to (a) the safety issues for all users, (b) the system’s efficiency in providing accessibility and mobility, (c) the potential of the transportation systems to enhance economic productivity and social justice, and (d) limiting the negative impact on the natural environment. (2014)

The Partnership for Sustainable Communities (PSC), established in 2009, laid out six principles for livable communities in the United States. Building more “livable” communities is a goal of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). (2013)

Greenroads, a system used to rate the sustainability of roadway projects, was used to evaluate 105 roadway and bridge projects in the United States for sustainable design and construction practices at various life cycle stages. A sustainability rating system can be a practical tool to help quantify and measure sustainability for a roadway project. (2013)

This study develops a hierarchical indicator system for measuring the transport sustainability of Taiwan. (2015)

This article provides an overview of trends in demand for urban transport, considers their implications for the achievement of a set of urban transport policy objectives, and summarizes the principal problems which are likely to arise. It notes in particular the challenge of meeting climate change goals, which is likely to dominate the development of urban transport policy over the next four decades. (2012)

The challenge in creating a sustainable transportation and land-use system is to dramatically lower the kinetic energy of personal travel while retaining the advantages of personal motorized automobility and low-density development. (2014)

This paper attempts to investigate the transportation network design problem from the perspective of sustainable development, and focuses on the impacts of road broadening on total travel time, total fuel consumption, and total vehicular emission at the network level. (2014)

Continuously emerging new technologies bring lots of opportunities to innovate the transportation system. However, a new transportation technology usually has to face many challenges when it is put into use. Based on the experience of establishing a high-speed passenger transportation system in China, the authors analyze some new technologies which could lead to important innovations in the transportation system. (2014)

Given that the modal split between transport modes has remained relatively unaltered in recent decades, this suggests that the levels of private car usage will lead to even greater levels of congestion and air pollution in urban areas. Therefore, a modal shift from private to public transport needs to be effected with urgency. (2015)

Challenges and Advances in Sustainable Transportation Systems contains 86 peer-reviewed papers addressing the challenges facing transportation engineers in the design, construction, maintenance, and management of transportation facilities. (2014)

This report summarizes the sustainability issues faced by cities and points toward the road ahead. It reviews successes in policy as well as investment, and discusses what is needed to reach out to the rapidly growing cities of the developing world and make them effective users of existing knowledge. (2013)

New York City’s streets are constantly called on to meet new and varied needs of a growing, dynamic, 21st Century city—and to do this in a complex environment where there is little opportunity to expand the existing footprint. How do city leaders address these challenges and measure their success? (2013)