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Liu, Ching-man. "Railway and sustainable transport development." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31595315.
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Liu, Ching-man, and 廖靜文. "Railway and sustainable transport development." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31595315.
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Canning, Paul Edward. "Three measures to advance sustainable transport." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.549459.
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Lam, Wing-yee Winnie, and 林泳怡. "Individual mobility for socially sustainable transport." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47752889.
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A socially sustainable transport system has to make sure that opportunities are accessible to all. The social dimension is important as transport-related barriers can contribute to social injustice. A well-functioning transport system should promote greater equity by linking people and places together. The discussion in this thesis revolves around the main concept of individual mobility. It refers to the ease with which an individual can move from one place to another to access opportunities. The main research objective of the thesis is to investigate the factors affecting individual mobility of three selected transport-disadvantaged groups, namely children, working mothers and the elderly.
The thesis presents three in-depth case studies within a framework of time geography. Each study highlights the individual mobility problems confronted by the selected transport-disadvantaged group. The first case study is a detailed investigation of children’s mobility to access educational opportunities. The next chapter examines gendered mobility of working mothers and their counterparts. Finally, a walkability study is carried out to evaluate how the walking environment affects outdoor mobility of the aging population. This research employs a suite of methods in evaluating individual mobility. Children’s access to educational opportunities is examined through the computation of the size of potential path area and the number of weighted opportunities reachable within given space-time constraints. To move on, multilevel analysis is carried out to compare the daily activity spaces of married couples. Finally, a walkability assessment is conducted to evaluate factors affecting older people’s access to health-care facilities. These approaches build up to a comprehensive and holistic view to explore the issue of socially sustainable transport.
By providing a more focused picture on the transport problems faced by groups which run the risks of being excluded in the mainstream transport development, this study has the potential to provide a new and comprehensive outlook in the theme of social sustainability in transport research. This thesis brings the social, spatial and temporal dimensions together in planning for a socially sustainable transport system. The results of each case study provide advice and develop initiatives to work towards a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable society. The findings from the chapter on children show that place disadvantage is an important issue to be addressed. For working mothers, the household responsibility hypothesis is evident, despite the compact city environment. The final chapter shows that active transport can benefit elderly citizens in a multitude of ways. More walkability assessments surrounding health-care and other opportunities should be looked into and audited. From the findings, the research concludes that the needs of these groups are not thoroughly addressed in Hong Kong, and related geographical research is also limited in the field. The urge to address the preferences and needs of these groups are of strategic
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Geography
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Doctor of Philosophy
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Voge, Tom. "Automated transport systems for sustainable urban mobility." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485515.
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The thesis has as a general aim to analyse if and to what extent automated urban transport systems (AUTS) can provide more sustainable mobility in urban areas. AUTS is defined as a transport system with the following properties. AUTS consist of a fleet of road vehicles with fully automated driving capabilities for passenger transport on a network of roads with on-demand and door-to-door capability. The vehicle fleet is under control of a central management system in order to meet a particular demand in a particular environment. Key Findings are that various related systems and technologies which provide one or more of the functionalities of AUTS have proven to be feasible and to provide some of the benefits anticipated for AUTS. A number of early AUTS applications have already been used or tested since 1997; these systems have proven to be safe and reliable, but various perceived risks so far delayed a wider implementation. Users and stakeholders were able to envisage the potential of AUTS to improve urban mobility, but some concerns remained at this stage over technology being mature enough for systems in mixed traffic. After having used the system, public acceptance increased, as due to the innovative characteristics of AUTS, users who had no direct experience with the system before, developed a different attitude. AUTS vehicle performance parameters including acceleration, deceleration, and jerk are below benchmark values for comparable systems in terms of comfort and safety levels for passengers. AUTS as part of the multi-modal public transport system and with accompanying measures can improve .network efficiency and reduce travel times. The research has shown that there is large potential for AUTS to provide more sustainable mobility in urban areas. But a number of implementation barriers have been identified, which so far have hindered a more widespread and large-scale implementation of AUTS. Future work in this field therefore has to address these issues and to develop means to overcome these barriers in order to realise the potentials of AUTS. Furthermore sensor technologies and robotics algorithms have to be further improved, and new vehicle, infrastructure and operational concepts have to be developed for larger and more advanced systems.
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Musadi, Maya Ramadianti. "Catalytic hydrogenation of CO₂ for sustainable transport." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505377.
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C02 emissions are one of the main causes of the greenhouse effect. Reactions between C02 and H2, such as methanol synthesis and methanation, could play an important role in reducing these emissions. The low methanol yield, both selectivity and conversion, is the main problem in the methanol synthesis. Methanation could be considered as another alternative process, because recent research showed that the yield in methanation'process is high, the conversion of C02 to C~ was nearly 100%. By using a combination of the Zero Emission Petrol Vehicle (ZEPV) concept, catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 and methanol to gasoline (MTG) process gasoline can be re-synthesised from recycle C02. The objectives of this thesis are to examine the methanol sY!lthesis behaviour in the lab scale tubular catalytic reactor, to investigate the effect of molecular Sieve 4A (MS 4A) on this synthesis and to analyse the feasibility study for a re-syn fuel refinery. First, methanol synthesis experiments were performed on a CuO/ZnO/AhOJ catalyst at 190- 2200 C, 1 bar, 3600 - 7200 h-I and H2/C02 = 3 - 4. The results indicated that methanol was produced from reaction between H2 and CO2 at those conditions. A maximum C02 conversion was reached at 1900 C, 1 bar, 3600 h-I and H2/C02 = 4. The numerical model results predicted that the initial rate of methanol synthesis increase sharply at pressures into 50 atm and is then relativ~ly constant at pressures above 50 atm. At 50 atm, the initial rate ratio is predicted to increase 35 - 45 times than the initial rate at 1 atm. The presence of water is one of the problems affecting the synthesis. Then to investigate the effect of adding a desiccant, methanol synthesis using a CuO/ZnO/AhOJ catalyst and a MS 4A were carried out at the conditions with the maximum CO2 conversion. The results showed that MS 4A adsorbed water hence the conversion of C02 increased from 1.13% to 2.12%. According to the numerical model, these conversions are predicted 35 - 45 times at pressure around 50 atm. Finally, material and energy balances were calculated for four possible chemical pathways for this re-synthesis (the direct CO2 hydrogenation, the Camere process, the methane to methanol process and the electrolysis process) to determine energy requirements in the re-syn fuel refineries. By using the ZEPV concept, some 70 MT/year of C02 from the combustion of about 22 MT/year of gasoline in around 30 million vehicles in UK can be liquefied at 70 bar and stored on board. This liquid C02 is available to be converted back to gasoline via methanol. The 30% conversion, which was obtained from combination of experiment and numerical model results, was applied for direct hydrogenation of CO2. For the other chemical pathways, the conversion used was based on previous studies. Carrying out this recycling in a set of geographically distributed 're-syn fuel' refineries using offshore wind energy has no further requirement for exploration of crude oil, no limitation of raw material and furthermore no cost penalty for the emitted carbon value. The economic analysis shows that the present (2008) forecourt price for the typical oil refinery (98 p/l) is lower than this forecourt price for the 're-syn fuel' refinery using the offshore wind energy (l09 p/l). By predicting that the wind energy cost will be reduced to as Iowa 2.5 plkWh in the future (2020), it is estimated that the forecourt price of gasoli~e from this futuristic sustainable resynthesis refinery would be decreased to 89 p/l. This forecourt price is cheaper than the current gasoline forecourt price from a typical conventional oil refinery. Based on this preliminary economic assessment, gasoline re-synthesis from recycled CO2 using offshore wind energy is both perfectly sustainable and almost competitive for today and will be cheaper than gasoline from crude oil in the future.
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Lee, Chi-on. "Sustainable development and integrated transport planning : "Is Hong Kong moving towards a more sustainable transport system for new development areas?" /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2104238X.
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Doi, Naoko. "Sustainable Urban Transport in Asia: Barriers and Enablers." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/157889.
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Zuidgeest, Marcus Henricus Petrus. "Sustainable urban transport development a dynamic optimisation approach /." Enschede : University of Twente [Host], 2005. http://doc.utwente.nl/57439.
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Smith, Mark Craig. "Challenges in Achieving Sustainable Transport Through Spatial Planning." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.507794.
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Chan, Kwong-yan Ian, and 陳光仁. "Developing a sustainable transport system in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29854076.
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Beasley, Aimee K., and Victoria H. Hsu. "Sustainable transport at MIT : improving area bus services." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50621.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (p. 115).
Everyday each member of the MIT community makes a decision about how they will travel to school or work. Using the Commuter Habit Survey and information regarding local bus services as guides, this report analyzes the existing transportation options available to MIT students, staff, and faculty. People are grouped by mode choice depending on whether they commute using public transit or private MIT shuttle service, walk, bike, drive, carpool, or use another mode entirely. Understanding these market groups help focus the recommendations of this report to maximize the service efficiency while also being budget conscious. In addition to researching MIT commuters' choices, an in-depth analysis was conducted for the MBTA bus routes that serve the MIT area of Cambridge and the MIT Shuttle services. Both services were evaluated in terms of on-time performance and MIT-affiliated ridership. Recommendations for the MBTA include route revisions on Route 64 and 70/70A, which increase access to Kendall Square and the MIT Campus, and service improvements on Route 1. Several alternatives are presented regarding methods to improve the MIT Daytime shuttle performance. The top recommendation focuses on utilizing EZ Ride in place of the Northwest Shuttle, an extended Boston Daytime route, and a more efficient Tech Shuttle route. In the future, MIT members should have online tools available to help plan their commute in an environmentally friendly and efficient manner.
by Aimee K. Beasley and Victoria H. Hsu.
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Sikora, A., and K. Lipniak. "Cohesion fund and its influences on sustainable transport." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10229.
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The most important aim of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy is to identify and develop actions to enable the EU to achieve a continuous long-term improvement of quality of life through the creation of sustainable communities able to manage and use resources efficiently, able to tap the ecological and social innovation potential of the economy and in the end able to ensure prosperity, environmental protection and social cohesion . The strategy set overall objectives and concrete actions for seven key priority challenges until 2010.
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Du, Toit Elsa Elizabeth. "South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10326.
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Includes bibliographical references.The assumption that ownership of private motor vehicles as a right is questioned. This thesis is based on the hypothesis that in fact in the case of South Africa this will have many detrimental effects if allowed to continue. It is argued that for sustainable growth, other more attractive options exist. Developments in more developed countries are examined in order to prove that similar conclusions have been reached. The problem investigated in this thesis is therefore the non-sustainability of the continued growth of the private car population in South African urban centres. A literature survey was conducted on what other countries did with their transport problems but the same problem as in South Africa has not been encountered anywhere else in the world. South Africa therefore has a unique situation, which needs to be resolved in a unique way. There is increasing awareness elsewhere in the world that the causes of most of the problems experienced in the transport sector are deficiencies in the efficient operation of markets. Environmental costs are neglected or underestimated in transport prices. As a result, the individual transport user receives distorted price signals. Failure to respect economic principles results in waste, characterised in the transport sector by high accident rates, health problems, negative environmental impacts, financial constraints in the public transport sector and an increase in congestion that persist because users perceive them only indirectly.
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Bachels, Mark A. "Development of sustainable urban transport energy policy : transport and land use planning implications." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Environmental Science, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6062.
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The intent of this research was to investigate sustainable transport energy policy at a regional level. Transport energy use in the Canterbury region and Urban Christchurch provides the focus but a global context enables more far reaching conclusions.
The research focuses on regional and district level policy influences affecting transport energy use, cutting across a number of academic disciplines. The analysis suggests that well meaning independent land use and transport planning processes may be producing synergistic and unintended systemic outcomes leading to increasing transport energy use. The holistic approach adopted in this thesis develops an important tenet: unless means and ways are developed which provide balancing feedback to increasing car use - these unintended outcomes will continue.
Energy survey results for Canterbury and Urban Christchurch show that transport energy consumption is by far the fastest growing and largest sector. Mode split affects transport energy consumption as does trip length. In Christchurch car use dominates mode split. Cycling, public transport and walking are all declining in use while car trips are significantly increasing. Land use and transport planning policy factors are evaluated which affect transport energy use.
A new series of data for New Zealand's main urban areas, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland are collected. The data include a detailed review of urban land use activities and transport network efficiencies, as well as data on economic and environmental implications of New Zealand's transport choices. This land use, transport, economic and environmental city data are compared to similar data collected for over 46 international cities. Analysis of the data reveals key insights into urban and transport planning policy effects on transport energy use, including many unexpected linkages between key parameters.
Utilising insights from the local planning process, literature on transport policy, and urban land use and transport indicators from a global survey, a systems modelling approach is utilised to identify and qualitatively assess feedback mechanisms affecting transport energy consumption. A number of positive feedbacks are found (resulting from planning policies) which support current transport energy trends.
Policies are identified for further investigation to reduce these positive feedbacks, including the need to provide more support for sustainable transport modes and reduce both car use and trip length. Key policy areas to investigate include the size of the urban area, population density and urban planning, the process of infill development, accessibility guidelines, traffic demand management measures, transport project improvement criteria (including road building), safety for slow modes, and transport funding.
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Muchlsin, Muchlisin. "The Role of New Transport Policy on Creating Sustainable and Integrated Public Transit System in Jakarta (Case Study: TransJakarta, Indonesia and Freiburg, Germany) : sustainable transport, integrated transport, transport policy, efficient, effectiveness." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Centrum för tjänsteforskning, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-29943.
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Bösch, Stephan. "The Tragedy of Ordinarity : Culture Constraints on Sustainable Development Based on Public Transport." Licentiate thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-2879.
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This licentiate thesis consists of two free-standing papers and a linking essay that links the papers by articulating an overall research aim and common theoretical background. The research aim is kept general and focuses on the role public transport can play in sustainable development. The work aims to contribute to a better understanding of why people do or do not choose to use public transport, to grasp the ideas/attitudes underlying the decisions made regarding the future of public transport, and to make suggestions for solving problems that may arise in public transport.
The thesis has three theoretical bases: transport research, cultural theory, and sustainable development. Transport research is the starting point of the work, and I outline a gap in it that needs to be filled. This gap is filled by drawing on cultural theory connected to geographic terms. Sustainability discourses, on one hand, legitimate the work’s importance but also further stimulate the linking essay. Methodologically, the thesis can be placed in the hermeneutic tradition. Due to the work’s particular alignment with cultural theory, cultural relativism is supported. In addition, the interdisciplinary and multi-methodical approach can be explained by the work’s cultural focus.
Against this background, the research concluded that, as a business, public transport has difficulties achieving the vaguely formulated ideological goals set for it at the national political level. As well, citizens have been marginalised in the goal-setting process. Citizen empowerment and a clearer formulation of the ideological goals are needed. Furthermore, public transport seems to be poorly rooted in society, and the present research found subregional differences that might be culturally based or explainable. The fact that public transport is poorly rooted in society can partially be explained by the marginalisation of citizens from decision making. Cultural differences in and between subregions should thus be taken into account by a farther-reaching customer perspective that acknowledges the importance of subregions. In conclusion, one should be sceptical as to public transport’s role in sustainable development. This pessimism arises from the technological step backward people would have to take in changing their main mode of transportation. Therefore, more all-embracing technical innovations are needed in the transport sector.
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Rayner, Timothy John. "Constructing sustainable transport policy in the UK, 1997-2001." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406923.
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Chan, On-kei, and 陳安琪. "Hong Kong's performance in relation to international sustainable transport." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31945399.
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Lee, Ming-yan, and 李銘欣. "Cycling as a sustainable transport : is Hong Kong ready?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/199866.
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Motorized transport modes have caused many transport problems. There is an increasing concern about the importance of sustainable transport. Cycling has been widely recognized as a sustainable transport in many European countries. However, although cycling is one of the major transport modes in many new towns, the role of cycling is still only be regarded as a recreational activity in Hong Kong. The significance of utility cycling, especially the use of bicycle for education trips, has been undervalued. Therefore, this study aims to address on the importance of utility cycling to children and to increase cycle use among school children in new towns.
Through carrying out an interview survey at the new town which has the highest cycle use, major obstacles to promote cycling to school have been found. As most of them are related to psychological barriers, the use of traditional approach which is infrastructural measure may not be effective. Non-infrastructural measures, so-called as ‘soft measures’, are proved to be useful to encourage more children to cycle to school. With reference to foreign experience, it is found that a coordinated approach involving many different parties is the success to promote utility cycling.
This dissertation concludes by giving out recommendations on how each party could make use of soft measures to promote cycling as an alternative transport for school children in new towns. Although this study cannot reflect the whole picture of utility cycling, it could stimulate more interest for further research on the development of cycling in Hong Kong.published_or_final_version
Transport Policy and Planning
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Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning
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Oberc, Barbara. "Gender and Mobility - Sustainable Development in the Transport Sector." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-236169.
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Several statistical studies show that women in developed countries, taken to be facing equal opportunities, are more environmentally benevolent in transport choice than men, as well as shape more environmentally benign (i.e. smaller) mobilities. Some researchers contend that a greater inclusion of women is needed in matters furthering sustainable development within the transport sector, because they believe women to be intrinsically more environmentally conscious. However, few qualitative studies explore the actual reasons behind women's more environmentally sustainable behavior in the transport sector. This qualitative study, conducted in Uppsala, aims to uncover the situation in present-day Sweden, a country renowned for its high level of sustainability and gender equality initiatives. Fourteen in-depth interviews were carried out (allowing for greater insight into the factors informing individuals' transport choices and mobility patterns) with a sample of individuals pertaining to two demographically different neighborhoods (providing an observation of the influence that other demographic and socio-economic factors might have). While the results show certain gendered undertones in the organization of the interviewed individuals' lifestyles, the reasons behind making certain transport choices and shaping one's mobility are reported by the study's subjects to be the same for both men and women. The primary factors guiding the interviewees' choices are predominantly linked to convenience, saving money, and saving time. Although the interviewees speak of facing equal opportunities, however, these appear to be to an extent still influenced by gender, mainly in the meaning ascribed to automobility and an unequal division of labor.
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Castillo, Nicodemus Herb. "A methodological approach for indicator-based sustainable transport assessment." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2004. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7696.
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Sustainable transport is now a popular goal of transport planning. As with any aspiration, systems and mechanisms are required to assess and gauge success in achieving this policy goal. There is increasing reliance on sustainable transport indicators as appropriate tools for this purpose. The usefulness and credibility of any indicator-based assessment will undoubtedly depend on the specific indicators utilised. As such, indicators must be selected carefully to maximise their contribution to the sustainable transport decision making process. A review of current applications of sustainable transport indicators has revealed however, that they are typically selected in an ad hoc and arbitrary fashion. Development of a framework that facilitates transparent and systematic indicator selection would therefore represent a significant advance in transport research. In that regard, this thesis presents the Evaluative and Logical Approach to Sustainable Transport Indicator Compilation (ELASTIC), a methodological framework which provides a flexible, participatory and systematic mechanism for identifying and selecting key sustainable transport indicators. The output of ELASTIC is the Transport Sustainability Profile (TSP), a small un-aggregated suite of sustainable transport indicators which together can provide a snapshot of the sustainability of a transport system. Using various multi-criteria and statistical techniques, ELASTIC applies a robust process to evaluate and select indicators based on their analytical soundness and their relevance to key objectives of sustainable transport. A generic and transferable tool, ELASTIC is capable of application at different geographical scales as well as to non-transport sustainability assessment. For the purpose of this research, the framework is demonstrated through application to England, UK where the judgements of relevant Academics and Transport Planners are elicited and entered into the ELASTIC framework to systematically select a subset of 15 indicators from an initial set of 200. By disaggregating the sample of stakeholders into regional groupings, different context-specific suites of indicators for the regional groupings were also derived. The demonstration confirms ELASTIC to be an inclusive and practical approach to compiling a suite of sustainable transport indicators specific to context and which reflects the unique values of key stakeholders.
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Borén, Sven. "Sustainable Personal Road Transport : The Role of Electric Vehicles." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-11715.
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Electric vehicles can play an important role in a future sustainable road transport system and many Swedish politicians would like to see them implemented faster. This is likely desirable to reach the target of a fossil independent vehicle fleet in Sweden by 2030 and a greenhouse gas neutral Swedish society no later than 2050. However, to reach both these targets, and certainly to support the full scope of sustainability, it is important to consider the whole life-cycle of the vehicles and also the interaction between the transport sector and other sectors. So far, there are no plans for transitions towards a sustainable transport system applying a sufficiently wide systems perspective, in Sweden or elsewhere. This implies a great risk for sub-optimizations. The overall aim of this work is to elaborate methodological support for development of sustainable personal road transport systems that is informed by a strategic sustainable development perspective. The Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) is used as a foundation for the work to ensure a sufficiently wide systems perspective and coordinated collaboration across disciplines and sectors, both in the research and application. Maxwell’s Qualitative Research Design and the Design Research Methodology are used as overall guides for the research approach. Specific research methods and techniques include literature studies, action research seminars, interviews, and measurements of energy use, costs, and noise. Moreover, a case study on the conditions for a breakthrough for vehicles in southeast Sweden has been used as a test and development platform. Specific results include a preliminary vision for electrical vehicles in southeast Sweden, framed by the principled sustainability definition of the FSSD, an assessment of the current reality in relation to that vision, and proposed solutions to bridge the gap, organized into a preliminary roadmap. The studies show that electric vehicles have several sustainability advantages even when their whole life-cycle is considered, provided that they are charged with electricity from new renewable sources. Electrical vehicles also imply a low total cost of ownership and could promote new local ‘green jobs’ under certain conditions. Particularly promising results are seen for electric buses in public transport. As a general result, partly based on the experiences from the specific case, a generic community planning process model is proposed and its usefulness for sustainable transport system development is discussed. The strategic sustainable development perspective of this thesis broadens the analysis beyond the more common focus on climate change issues and reduces the risk of sub-optimizations in community and transport system development. The generic support for multi-stakeholder collaboration could potentially also promote a more participatory democratic approach to community development, grounded in a scientific foundation. Future research will explore specific decision support systems for sustainable transport development based on the generic planning process model.GreenCharge
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Kim, Junghwa. "Strategies for Increasing the Acceptability of Sustainable Transport Policies." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/180621.
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Рибіна, Олена Іванівна, Елена Ивановна Рыбина, and Olena Ivanivna Rybina. "Components of sustainable development of railway transport in Ukraine." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10220.
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Gomes, Correia A., M. G. Winter, and A. J. Puppala. "A review of sustainable approaches in transport infrastructure geotechnics." Elsevier, 2016. https://publish.fid-move.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A73235.
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Transportation geotechnics associated with constructing and maintaining properly functioning transportation infrastructure is a very resource intensive activity. Large amounts of materials and natural resources are required, consuming proportionately large amounts of energy and fuel. Thus, the implementation of the principles of sustainability is important to reduce energy consumption, carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, and to increase material reuse/recycling, for example. This paper focusses on some issues and activities relevant to sustainable earthwork construction aimed at minimising the use of energy and the production of CO2 while improving the in-situ ground to enable its use as a foundation without the consumption of large amounts of primary aggregate as additional foundation layers. The use of recycled materials is discussed, including steel slag and tyre bales, alongside a conceptual framework for evaluating the utility of applications for recycled materials in transportation infrastructure.
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Chan, On-kei. "Hong Kong's performance in relation to international sustainable transport." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23339780.
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De, Giorgio Francesca <1985>. "High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries for a Sustainable Transport." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7451/1/PhD_Thesis_F._De_Giorgio.pdf.
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The development of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with specific energy >200 Wh/kg plays a key role to boost the progress of sustainable transport and to promote the large-scale diffusion of electric vehicles with long electric-driving-range. The battery energy density can be increased by using high-voltage and/or high-capacity cathode materials. LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4 and LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 are among the most promising cathode materials for the high theoretical specific capacity and high nominal operating voltage. However, the major concern is about their reactivity towards conventional electrolytes that decompose at high potentials leading to thick surface layers on the cathode resulting in capacity loss.
This PhD work deals with the development of high energy and power LIBs featuring LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4 and LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathodes, mainly for hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) applications. Starting from the challenging study of cell components such as electrolyte, separator, electrode conductive additive and binder, full cells with graphite anodes were assembled and tested according to the US Dept. of Energy (DOE) protocols for the use in power-assist and plug-in HEV applications.
The use of a carbonate-based electrolyte with a fluorinated non-conventional lithium salt and of the reinforced polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) macroporous membrane as separator significantly improve the electrochemical performance of graphite//LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4 cells with respect to those with the conventional electrolyte and commercial separator. The study of different conductive additives on the cycling performance of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 electrodes demonstrated that reduced graphene oxides improve the electrode/electrolyte interface by acting as a protective barrier that hinders the formation of a thick passivation layer on the cathode surface. The study of water-soluble binder proved that carboxymethyl cellulose remarkably improve the cycling performance of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 electrodes compared to those with conventional PVdF binder. Characterization tests according DOE protocols on graphite//LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4 and graphite//LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 confirmed that these cells meet the DOE targets of energy and power for power-assist and plug-in HEVs.
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De, Giorgio Francesca <1985>. "High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries for a Sustainable Transport." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7451/.
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The development of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with specific energy >200 Wh/kg plays a key role to boost the progress of sustainable transport and to promote the large-scale diffusion of electric vehicles with long electric-driving-range. The battery energy density can be increased by using high-voltage and/or high-capacity cathode materials. LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4 and LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 are among the most promising cathode materials for the high theoretical specific capacity and high nominal operating voltage. However, the major concern is about their reactivity towards conventional electrolytes that decompose at high potentials leading to thick surface layers on the cathode resulting in capacity loss.
This PhD work deals with the development of high energy and power LIBs featuring LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4 and LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathodes, mainly for hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) applications. Starting from the challenging study of cell components such as electrolyte, separator, electrode conductive additive and binder, full cells with graphite anodes were assembled and tested according to the US Dept. of Energy (DOE) protocols for the use in power-assist and plug-in HEV applications.
The use of a carbonate-based electrolyte with a fluorinated non-conventional lithium salt and of the reinforced polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) macroporous membrane as separator significantly improve the electrochemical performance of graphite//LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4 cells with respect to those with the conventional electrolyte and commercial separator. The study of different conductive additives on the cycling performance of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 electrodes demonstrated that reduced graphene oxides improve the electrode/electrolyte interface by acting as a protective barrier that hinders the formation of a thick passivation layer on the cathode surface. The study of water-soluble binder proved that carboxymethyl cellulose remarkably improve the cycling performance of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 electrodes compared to those with conventional PVdF binder. Characterization tests according DOE protocols on graphite//LiNi0.4Mn1.6O4 and graphite//LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 confirmed that these cells meet the DOE targets of energy and power for power-assist and plug-in HEVs.
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Mild, Axel, and Arvid Mild. "Hållbar last mile distribution : Sustainable Last Mile Distribution." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-418146.
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Syftet med examensarbetet är att utforma en distributionscentrals processer för identifiering, sortering och packning av gods, för att möjliggöra en hållbar last mile-distribution med cykel. Varulogistik i städer är en stor utmaning för att främja en hållbar stadsutveckling. Transporter är nödvändiga för att förse verksamheter och invånare med gods. Samtidigt bidrar dessa transporter till negativa miljöpåverkningar, i form av buller och utsläpp. Kommuner har en central roll i att främja en hållbar utveckling på grund av deras planmonopol och möjligheter att reglera trafiken. Ett sätt att minska tyngre trafik i innerstäder är genom införandet av mindre, energieffektiva distributionsfordon för last mile-leveranser av lättare paket. Studien bygger på en mix av kvalitativa och kvantitativa metoder. Intervjuer med experter inom området, samt studiebesök hos framgångsrika transportföretag har gett en bred kunskap i området. Tillgång till data inom nuvarande processer har dessutom hjälpt forma de två lösningsförslag som slutligen presenteras i studien. Resultatet av studien framkommer i två lösningsförslag, ett nutidsförslag och ett framtidsförslag. Nutidsförslaget innehåller förändringar i såväl nuvarande processer som införandet av nya. Förslagen som presenteras här är mindre resurskrävande att implementera och ses därför vara möjliga att genomföra i dag. Framtidsförslaget presenterar vidare förbättringar som kan tillämpas inom terminalens processer. Dessa förslag är mer resurskrävande. Trots att studien är utförd efter specifika önskemål från uppdragsgivaren täcker den relevanta områden som är av intresse för alla företag som vill implementera en last mile-lösning med hjälp av cykelfordon.
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Jagintavičius, Darius. "Transporto sektoriaus analizė darnaus vystymosi požiūriu." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120620_131137-66778.
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Darbo tikslas – atlikti Lietuvos autotransporto sektoriaus rodiklių analizę darnaus aplinkos būklės, ekonominio ir socialinio vystymosi aspektais 2000–2011 m.
Vykdant išsikeltus darbo uždavinius buvo renkami, grupuojami, ir analizuojami statistiniai duomenys susiję su transporto sektoriaus darniu vystymusi ir apimantys šio sektoriaus aplinkosauginius, ekonominius bei socialinius aspektus.
Analizuojamas laikotarpis apima 2000 – 2010 metus. Per šį laikotarpį Lietuvos transporto sektorius labai vystėsi.. Kelių transporto priemonių skaičius 2000 – 2006 padidėjo 40 %. Vėliau šis augimas nebuvo toks ryškus. Kuro sunaudojimas transporto sektoriuje per analizuojamą laikotarpį išaugo 50 proc. Kuro suvartojimas transporto sektoriuje sumažėjo dabartinės ekonominės krizės metu. Vis didesnę dalį krovinių ir keleivių apyvartos užima kelių transportas. Keleivių vežimas viešojo naudojimo autobusais iki 2008 metų padidėjo 22 %.
Transporto sektoriaus sukuriama BVP dalis 2000 – 2008 metų periodu augo 25 %. Darbuotojų skaičius transporto sektoriuje per 2000 – 2010 metų laikotarpį sumažėjo 16 %, tai rodo, kad net ir maža dalis dirbančiųjų transporto sektoriuje sukuria gan didelę dalį bendrojo Lietuvoje sukuriamo BVP. Bendras kelių tinklas išaugo 10 %. Lietuvoje gyventojų mirtingumas dėl transporto įvykių sumažėjo 54 %. Krovinių vežimas visomis transporto rūšimis iki 2008 metų augo, vėliau pastebimas sumažėjimas dėl finansų krizės. Ir tik nuo 2009 metų pastebimas pervežamų krovinių skaičiaus... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]The purpose - to carry out motor Lithuania sector analysis of indicators of sustainable environmental, economic and social aspects of development in 2000-2011. The performance targets set for itself were collected, grouped and analyzed statistical data related to the transport sector and the sustainable development of the sector covering the environmental, economic and social aspects. The analysis covers the period 2000 - 2010 years. During this period the Lithuanian transport sector is very developed .. Road vehicles 2000 - 2006 increased by 40%. Later, the increase was less pronounced. Fuel consumption in the transport sector during the analysis period increased by 50 percent. Fuel consumption in the transport sector dropped in the current economic crisis. An increasing share of freight and passenger turnover of road transport occupies. Passengers carried by public buses by the year 2008 increased by 22%. Transport sector in the GDP of 2000 - 2008 season increased by 25%. Number of employees in the transport sector during 2000 - 2010 the period decreased by 16%, suggesting that even a small proportion of workers in the transport sector creates a relatively large part of total GDP generated in Lithuania. The total road network grew by 10%. Lithuania mortality rate of traffic accidents decreased by 54%. Freight transport by all modes of transport by the year 2008 to grow at appreciable reduction of the financial crisis. It is only since the year 2009 appreciable increase... [to full text]
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ELLIS, ELLIS. "DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT(Case studies : Varmlandstrafik AB and TransJogja)." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för ekonomi, kommunikation och IT, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-7284.
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ABSTRACT The use of motor vehicles has a significant and growing impact on global climatechange, the slow but steady increase in average world temperature commonly known asglobal warming. The governments from central to local are then positioned to address theproblem caused by motor vehicle use and promote a more sustainable transportation system.By taking actions that minimize motor vehicle use, encourage public transport use by citizensand promote advanced vehicle technologies. Hopefully these actions could allow citizensaccess their needs and destinations without causing undue harm to the climate. This researchaims at (1) identifying the sustainability of Trans Jogja service regarding existing valuenetwork system and stakeholder view; (2) observing what can be learned fromVarmlandstrafik AB in terms of communicating with other stakeholders in the value networksystem for environmentally friendly activities and maintaining profit as well and (3)identifying how the existing service performance of Trans Jogja in term of sustainableservice.Learned from IKEA (a furniture company with a good model for sustainable servicebusiness) regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and embedded principles, thisresearch try to analyze that value network in terms of how the networks of stakeholderscreate value, CSR, stakeholder, and organization changes are closely related towardssustainability. And also by developing the indicator for sustainable transport to besustainable public transport model, using SERVQUAL model this thesis try analyze whetherthe service is successfully delivered or already sustainable in both public transport.Varmlandstrafik AB as a case study be a comparative for Trans Jogja regarding sustainablepublic transport and sustainable service.From the analysis it can be concluded that in overall components regardingsustainability, Trans Jogja have not fulfilled all sustainable public transport indicators foreconomic, social and environmental aspects. This was due to the lack of awareness towardsCSR, the mind set of creating value between multiple stakeholders, and service, Trans Jogjaservice has not been obtaining sustainability. Based on the assessment from passengers andlesson learned from Varmlandstrafik AB, sustainability can be achieved if all the componentsof service are clearly regulated in the contract between PTA and the operator. Sustainabilityis also related to how communities in accesings their necessities to work, education, health,business, entertainment etc. Therefore all stakeholders or institutions involved in Trans Jogjaoperation should consider how to develop Trans Jogja so that it is integrated with other kindsof public transport and also how to develop the service for a long term necessities formobility. The things can be learned from Varmlandstrafik AB is that the change or reform ofpublic transport authorities is important in order to develop policies. The dialogues amongmultiple stakeholders aimed to create a change pressure in the Swedish Public TransportIndustry due to the contribution of change pressure proves that the dialogues help asuccessful quality improvement.. Key Words : Sustainable development, sustainable transport, sustainable public transport,CSR, stakeholder view, value network.
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Yu, Ka-yi Carrie, and 俞嘉儀. "Hong Kong's environmentally sustainable transport: rail-based or road-based?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31260688.
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Du, Toit Rudolph. "Developing a scorecard for sustainable transport : a Cape Town application." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2017.
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Thesis (MPhil (Sustainable Development Planning and Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.Globally, transport and its associated ills are creating urban landscapes that can best be described as unhealthy, unfriendly and unsustainable. The unsustainable nature of current transportation practices are most keenly displayed in four key areas, namely: the pending oil peak; global climate change; environmental degradation and social deprivation. South Africa is no exception to these impacts, but also suffers an extra disadvantage of demonstrating very little knowledge of more sustainable transportation option in terms of its planning regime. This study endeavours to improve the state of sustainability in transportation planning by developing a user-friendly and pragmatic transportation sustainability appraisal mechanism and testing this mechanism on a real-life case. In order to develop such an appraisal mechanism, the theory of sustainable development is firstly examined to provide direction to the study, followed by an attempt to distil the most pertinent principles of sustainable transport from the literature. These principles form the objectives which the appraisal mechanism aims to measure sustainability against. Owing to the poor level of awareness regarding sustainable transport practices in South Africa, a discussion on selected benchmark sustainable transport practices is also included in the study and consequently added to the appraisal mechanism. To test its operability, the appraisal mechanism is finally applied to Cape Town’s Draft Integrated Transport Plan (ITP) 2006-2011. The study indicates that the ITP is a reasonably sustainable transport plan, with the exception of its affordability and public participation aspects. These exceptions are attributed to the ITP either not properly addressing these aspects, or due to the ITP not providing enough information on these aspects. Finally, the study found that the developed appraisal mechanism is operable in the field of transportation planning, but suggests that the mechanism be further developed and refined to improve its value and effectiveness. A transdisciplinary process involving the input of community stakeholders and specialists is identified as major area for such development
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Nurhadi, Lisiana. "An Approach to Business Modeling for Sustainable Personal Road Transport." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-11830.
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Between 1950 and 2013 the total amount of Swedish travelling has increased from about 20 billion to about 140 billion passenger kilometers. This included an increase in travelling with private cars from about 3 billion to about 105 billion passenger kilometers, and in bus travelling from about 2.5 billion to about 5 billion passenger kilometers. The European commission has indicated that public transportation (if powered by clean fuels) is a suitable way to reduce environmental and health problems. This thesis focuses on sustainable personal road transport, and aims to develop and test a new approach to examining the economic and socio-ecological sustainability effects of various road vehicles for private travelling and related business models. A special focus is set on comparing various bus systems for public transport and ways (business models) for private people to access cars. The main comparison parameters are the total cost of ownership and carbon dioxide emissions of different energy carriers for buses and cars. The Design Research Methodology is used to guide the research approach. The approach also builds on the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, which includes, for example, principles that define any sustainable future and a strategic planning process. The approach first employs Strategic Life Cycle Assessment to give a quick overview of sustainability challenges in each bus life cycle stage from raw materials to end of life. Several analysis tools such as Life Cycle Costing, Life Cycle Analysis, Product Service System, and Business Model Canvas mapping are then iteratively used to ”dig deeper” into identified prioritized challenges. Literature reviews, interviews, and simulations are used as supporting methods. The results from a first theoretical test of the new approach suggest that a shift from diesel buses to electric buses (powered by renewable energy) could significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions, while also significantly lowering the total cost of ownership. The theoretical calculations were followed up by testing of electric buses in real operation in eight Swedish municipalities. The tests verified the theoretical results, and showed that electric buses are better than diesel buses both from a sustainability point of view and a cost point of view, and also that electric bus operation is a practically viable alternative for public transport. The new approach was tested also by comparing a variety of business models for private car travelling. The results indicate, among other things, that only people who travel more than 13.500 kilometers per year would benefit from owning a car. In all, the thesis suggests a simultaneous shift from diesel buses to electric buses in public transport and, for the majority of the car drivers that drive less than 13.500 kilometers per year, switching from car ownership to car use services would be favourable for an affordable transition of the transport sector towards sustainability.
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Lee, P. N. "Sustainable urban transport in Kuala Lumpur : a backcasting scenario approach." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1444947/.
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Urban transport trends and issues in Kuala Lumpur have indicated that they are moving away from sustainability. Besides the conventional problems such as congestion, accidents, urban air pollution, there are signs showing mat social inequality and institutional problems are confronting the transport system in Kuala Lumpur. The above issues are not the natural outcome of development instead, they are related to specific social, economic and political policies. In view of the complexity and the great number of uncertainties, a backcasting scenario methodology has been adopted in this study to analyse the means of breaking the present trend. The overall aim of the research is to explore a wider perspective of possible future opportunities and policy options in order to achieve sustainable urban transport objectives in Kuala Lumpur. The sustainable urban transport policy has been formulated in four major steps (the central structure of scenario backcasting methodology). Firstly, the vision of the urban transport system in Kuala Lumpur has been defined, i.e. the one that provides affordable access to all levels of the community, and does so in an economically viable, environmentally sound and equitable manner. Secondly, policy targets have been identified in accordance with the vision. Then, three Images of the Future have been constructed to represent the alternative images. Finally, measures and policy packages have been developed to bridge the gap between the present and the future images. At every stage of the methodology, local transport experts were invited to contribute their inputs to the study as part of the validation process. The thesis concludes with an assessment of the three Images in relation to sustainability achievement and also their practicality in terms of implementation. It also recommends basic conditions and common measures to achieve a sustainable transport system in Kuala Lumpur. The contributions of this research are twofold. Firstly, it extends the frontiers of the existing transport policy considerations and formulation in Kuala Lumpur, and secondly, it demonstrates a novel application of backcasting scenario methodology to the sustainable urban transport field at the city level.
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Yu, Ka-yi Carrie. "Hong Kong's environmentally sustainable transport : rail-based or road-based? /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23425982.
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Thompson, Neil W. "Sustainable housing development through integrated strata utility and transport infrastructure." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/94465/10/Neil_Thompson_Thesis.pdf.
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A comprehensive study was conducted on potential systems of integrated building utilities and transport power solutions that can simultaneously contain rising electricity, hot water and personal transport costs for apartment residents. The research developed the Commuter Energy and Building Utilities System (CEBUS) and quantified the economic, social and environmental benefits of incorporating such a system in future apartment developments. A decision support tool was produced to assist the exploration of the CEBUS design variants. A set of implementation guidelines for CEBUS was also developed for the property development industry.
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Hu, Wenqi. "Active transport journey planner methodology /." Connect to thesis, 2009. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/4211.
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Nichols, Samantha Laura, and 黎焯霖. "Sustainable transport in Hong Kong : reshuffling the transport hierarchy based on geographical and trip characteristics variations." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/212625.
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With the increased concern as to sustainable development in recent years, there is a need to develop a sustainable transport system as urban transportation plays an important role in cities. Transportation is an important part of daily life as it is related to mobility; and enhanced mobility will contribute to economic development and improve the quality of life. However, the most commonly used transport modes (i.e. motorised transportation) have contributed to heavy air and noise pollution, degrading our environment and affecting people’s quality of life. With this unsustainable urban transport system, there is an urgent need to apply the principles of sustainable development to the development of the transport system.
The aim of this study is to revisit the general transport hierarchy, examine how the hierarchy varies according to geographical and trip characteristics, and propose new sustainable transport hierarchies that take local contexts, availability of existing infrastructures, travel distance, and income level into consideration. In this study, Hong Kong is chosen as the focus of the study despite the fact that government has already identified the heavy rail system as the backbone of Hong Kong’s transport system, and 90% of all travel trips in Hong Kong are carried out on public transport, yet there is much room for improvements, for example the high roadside air pollution, the public transport are not fully utilised, non-motorised transport modes are not widely used, and the public transport fares are on the high side. The Travel Characteristics Survey 2001 will be used for examining trip characteristic variations in Hong Kong.
The findings suggest that the general transport hierarchies in Hong Kong do not match with the theoretically most sustainable transport hierarchy. Furthermore, the findings suggest that travel distance and income level have an effect on people’s choice of transport modes. The results give a better understanding of the overall sustainability of Hong Kong’s transport system and its local variations so that supportive policy can be formulated to further promote sustainable transportation based on the local characteristics, such as the availability of infrastructure, and the socio-economic and travel characteristics of residents in different districts.published_or_final_version
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Tang, Siu-shan Sandy. "Railways as a backbone : a sustainable transport strategy in Hong Kong? /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B34739245.
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Assereto, Gómez Jesús Orlando, and Alvarado Martin Eduardo Melgar. "Propuesta de ciclovía para mejorar la eficiencia de la conexión entre las estaciones del Metro y Metropolitano de la avenida Angamos en Lima." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/651896.
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El crecimiento económico y social que afronta el país en la actualidad ha traído como resultado un gran incremento de la demanda de viajes en las zonas urbanas de Lima Metropolitana; esto se ve reflejado en el incesante aumento de transporte privado y público, lo que da a lugar a la congestión vehicular, diversos accidentes de tránsito y elevados niveles contaminación ambiental y sonora. El flujo vehicular ha aumentado, no solo en avenidas principales, sino también calles secundarias, por vehículos particulares y de transporte público debido a que el parque automovilístico en el Perú ha aumentado en estos últimos años. Llegando a alcanzar hasta Julio del año 2018 un aumento del 5.5% anual, así lo indica el informe técnico N°09 de la INEI y el MTC. Es por esta razón que es necesaria la implementación de otras alternativas para el transporte privado y que sirva como apoyo al transporte público. La importancia de establecer una solución al importante tráfico que se vive en las calles diariamente ha concluido en la utilización de la bicicleta como medio de transporte cotidiano. En los últimos años, ciudades como Bogotá, en Colombia y Santiago en Chile han logrado que la bicicleta pase ser un modo de transporte recreativo a ser también un modo de transporte urbano cotidiano y eficiente. Sin embargo, Lima ha mantenido el porcentaje de personas que usa la bicicleta, ya sea de manera recreativa o laboral, en un 0.5% de la población, según el FONAM. Asimismo, los 150 km de ciclovía establecidas hasta la actualidad presentan falta de funcionalidad, planificación y deficiencia en el diseño geométrico de la interconectividad entre estas. Por lo tanto, en la presente tesis se analizará la aceptación de una ciclovía que conecte las estaciones de la Av. Angamos de dos medios de transporte masivo como lo son el Metro y el Metropolitano de Lima y se propondrá una ruta que cumpla con las bases de tiempo, infraestructura y accesibilidad de manera que cumpla eficientemente las necesidades de los usuarios de llegar a tiempo.The economic and social growth that the country is facing nowadays has resulted in an unceasing increase in the demand for travel in the urban areas of Metropolitan Lima; This is reflected in the constant increase in private and public transport, which leads to high traffic congestion, accidents, environmental pollution and noise. The traffic flow has increased, not only in main avenues, but also secondary streets, by private vehicles and public transport because the automobile fleet in Peru has increased in recent years. Reaching until July of 2018 an increase of 5.5% per year, as indicated in the technical report N ° 09 of the INEI and the MTC. It is for this reason that it is necessary to implement other alternatives for private transportation and to serve as a support to public transport. The importance of establishing a solution to the important traffic that lives on the streets daily has ended in the use of the bicycle as a means of daily transport. In recent years, cities such as Bogotá, Colombia and Santiago in Chile have made cycling a recreational mode of transport and also a daily and efficient mode of urban transport. However, Lima has maintained the percentage of people who use the bicycle, either recreationally or work, in 0.5% of the population, according to the FONAM. Likewise, the 150 km of bikeways established to date present lack of functionality, planning and deficiency in the geometric design of the interconnectivity between them. Therefore, in this thesis will be analyzed the acceptance of a bikeway that connects the stations of Av. Angamos of two means of mass transport as they are the Metro and the Metropolitan of Lima and a route that complies with the bases will be proposed of time, infrastructure and accessibility in a way that efficiently meets the needs of users to arrive on time.
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Nal, Seda. "Sustainable Transport In City-regions: The Case Of Izmir City Region." Thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609661/index.pdf.
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SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN CITY-REGIONS:
THE CASE OF IZMIR CITY REGION
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M.S., Department of City and Regional Planning, Regional Planning
Supervisor : Assist. Prof. Dr. Ela Babalik Sutcliffe
July 2008, 385 pages
While the vast literature on sustainable transport emphasizes certain urban development patterns as those that should be encouraged in urban planning, it is a fact that there is an increasing tendency in many urban areas in the world towards becoming a city-region. However, whether these city-region development patterns can help attain a more sustainable urban growth and transport system is a relatively less studied area in the field of sustainable transport. In general terms, the study aims to bring together these two important fields of research in the planning literature: sustainable transport and city-regions, with a view to analyze whether they can co-exist, whether their policies comply with, and complement each other, eventually whether it is possible to attain transport sustainability in city-regions.
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Tang, Siu-shan Sandy, and 鄧小珊. "Railways as a backbone: a sustainable transport strategy in Hong Kong?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4501324X.
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Moody, Matthew. "The case for transition to a sustainable transport system in Stellenbosch." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20442.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Human existence in its current form is unsustainable. Urban transport systems are one of the chief contributors to this problem due to the dominant role of the car. Car dominated transport systems have a number of serious impacts on social, economic and ecological systems which collectively suggest they are not sustainable. The complex, global “system of automobility”, a powerful socio-technical regime, ensures that car dominated transport systems endure, despite the serious problems they generate. In the face of the power and resilience of this system, there are examples around the world of urban areas which have implemented transport initiatives which depart from the dominant paradigm of automobility. They have successfully provided viable alternatives to the car, facilitated urban forms which are supportive of green modes and “reconquered” scarce urban space from the automobile. However, there are a multitude of barriers to any transition to sustainable urban transport systems. These can only be overcome through the related processes of contestation and innovation. The case of Stellenbosch is a local expression of the global “system of automobility”. Through a combination of infrastructure, urban form, institutions, beliefs and ways of life, this system is perpetuated at a local level. In a highly inequitable developing country context, this is particularly problematic. A town primarily designed to service car mobility is best suited to the reproduction of the middle class. The poor, and others without access to a car, are at a disadvantage and movement by green modes is, everywhere, discouraged. And yet, there are a number of innovative initiatives occurring within the town which depart from the dominant paradigm, contesting its continued dominance. The path towards transition is at all times uncertain. However, it is possible to enhance the potential for transition by strengthening existing niches, contesting existing regimes and preparing for the imminent increase in landscape pressure generated by climate change and resource scarcity.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Menslike bestaan in sy huidige vorm is onvolhoubaar. Stedelike vervoerstelsels is een van die belangrikste bydraers tot hierdie probleem weens die oorheersende rol van die motor. Vervoerstelsels waar die motor die botoon voer het ‘n aantal ernstige gevolge op maatskaplike, ekonomiese en ekologiese stelsels wat gesamentlik daarop dui dat sodanige stelsels nie volhoubaar is nie. Die komplekse, globale “stelsel van motorvervoer”, ‘n kragtige sosio-tegniese regime, verseker dat vervoerstelsels waar die motor die botoon voer in stand gehou word, ondanks die ernstige probleme wat hulle skep. Met inagneming van die krag en veerkragtigheid van hierdie stelsel bestaan daar oral in die wêreld voorbeelde van stedelike gebiede wat vervoerinisiatiewe geïmplementeer het wat afwyk van die oorheersende paradigma van motorvervoer. Hulle het uitvoerbare alternatiewe vir die motor suksesvol verskaf, stedelike vorme wat groen gebruike ondersteun gefasiliteer en skaars stedelike ruimte van die motorvoertuig “herwin”. Daar is egter ‘n menigte hindernisse in die pad van enige oorgang tot volhoubare stedelike vervoerstelsels. Dit kan slegs oorkom word deur die verwante prosesse van verset en innovering. Die geval van Stellenbosch is ‘n plaaslike uitdrukking van die globale “stelsel van motorvervoer”. Deur ‘n kombinasie van infrastruktuur, stedelike vorm, instellings, gebruike en lewenswyses word hierdie stelsel op ‘n plaaslike vlak bestendig en behou. Teen die agtergrond van ’n uiters onregverdig ontwikkelende land is dit in die besonder problematies. ‘n Dorp wat in die eerste plek uitgelê is om vervoer wat op motors berus, te bedien, is veral geskik vir die reproduksie van die middelklas. Die armes en diegene sonder toegang tot ‘n motor word benadeel en beweging met behulp van groen wyses word oral ontmoedig. En tog kom daar ‘n aantal vernuwende inisiatiewe in die dorp voor wat afwyk van die oorheersende paradigma wat die voortgesette oorheersing daarvan beveg. Die weg na oorgang is te alle tye onseker. Dit is egter moontlik om die potensiaal vir oorgang te verbeter deur versterking van bestaande nisse, bestryding van bestaande regimes en voorbereiding vir die toenemende druk op die landskap weens klimaatsverandering en die skaarste aan hulpbronne.
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Comer, Bryan. "Sustainable intermodal freight transportation : applying the geospatial intermodal freight transport model /." Online version of thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10887.
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Keblowski, Wojciech. "Moving past sustainable mobility towards a critical perspective on urban transport. A right to the city-inspired analysis of fare-free public transport." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2018. https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/270011/4/KEBLOWSKI.pdf.
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Cette thèse de doctorat est consacrée aux politiques de transport public gratuit, à travers des données empiriques tirées d'une analyse géographique globale de la FFPT et de programmes particuliers de FFPT à Tallinn (Estonie), Aubagne (France) et Chengdu (Chine). Le travail empirique et les réflexions qui y sont menées résultent d’un intérêt pour les « alternatives » urbaines et d’une réflexion sur la façon dont les celles-ci pourraient être identifiées et étudiées dans le domaine de transports urbains. Reconnaissant la domination des perspectives dites « néoclassiques » et « durables » sur le transport urbain, la thèse propose de remettre en cause cette domination en intégrant une dimension explicitement urbaine dans l'analyse des politiques des transports. L'objectif principal de la recherche est donc de renforcer le lien entre les traditions critiques de la théorie urbaine et la géographie des transports en analysant et en démontrant comment les politiques des transports sont également des politiques urbaines. Elle développe ainsi un cadre inspiré du concept de « droit à la ville » d’Henri Lefebvre. Cela permet d'étudier comment les politiques de transports sont étayées par des questions de gouvernance, de coalitions et de régimes urbains ;quels intérêts et acteurs elle représentent ;comment elles sont au centre de l’entre-preneurialisme urbain ainsi que des résistances aux logiques entrepreneuriales ;quel rôle elle jouent dans la compétitivité territoriale ;comment elle peuvent être explorées à travers des questions liées à la participation des travailleurs et des citoyens, en soulignant le rôle de ses travailleurs et utilisateurs. Dans ce sens, le « droit à la ville » est proposé comme une grille d’analyse critique à travers laquelle la réalité des transports urbains peut être vue, analysée et, de manière volontairement normative, modifiée.Doctorat en Sciences
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Yanuaria, Cathrina. "Evaluation criteria for transport: an analysis of local policy implementation towards sustainable residential development." Thesis, Curtin University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/424.
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One of the most important issues influencing urban areas is that of sustainable residential development. In this regard, formulation and implementation of policies relating to transport play a major role in decreasing the amount of energy consumed and greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. This awareness of the major role of transport posed the main research question “Have transport elements in policies for residential development in Western Australia been implemented on the ground in the Perth Metropolitan Region?” Since this study focuses on and evaluates the implementation of residential planning policy on the ground at local level, it uses case study areas (Joondalup and Woodlake) deemed benchmark of sustainable development within the Perth Metropolitan Region in Western Australia. Policies for residential development and sections on transport (towards sustainable development) were collected and from this, evaluation criteria were drawn to be measured against their implementation. Then, field observation, and household questionnaire surveys were conducted to check and identify the extent of implementation. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews with policy players were undertaken to clarify findings and factors influencing (impeding or supporting) policy implementation. The findings of this research indicate that Joondalup (planned and developed more than two decades ago) was more sustainable in transport terms than Woodlake (developed nearly a decade ago) when measured against policies at the time of the planning and development phases. But when the case study areas were measured against current policy objectives and new evaluation criteria for transport towards sustainable development, Woodlake performs better.It may not be surprising that in future Woodlake might be considered less sustainable than it is now. It signifies that policies and residential planning standards have improved to a certain degree over time. Improvement is also apparent in the translation of international and national policies to lower-level policies. Recommendations propose what could be performed better in future, based on what has been learnt from past experience.
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Lee, Chi-on, and 李子安. "Sustainable development and integrated transport planning: "Is Hong Kong moving towards a more sustainable transportsystem for new development areas?"." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31259959.
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Haq, Anwar Gary Anthony. "Implementation of sustainability in transport corridors : an Anglo-Dutch comparison." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337365.
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