During the last two decades, sustainability has become the dominant concern of transportation planners and policymakers. This timely text provides a framework for developing systems that move people and products efficiently while minimizing damage to the local and global environment. The book offers a uniquely comprehensive perspective on the problems surrounding current transportation systems: climate change, urban air pollution, diminishing petroleum reserves, safety issues, and congestion. It explores the full range of possible solutions, including applications of pricing, planning, policy, education, and technology. Numerous figures, tables, and examples are featured, with a primary focus on North America.
I. The Nature of the Problem
1. The Problem of Sustainability in the Transport Sector
2. The Historical Problem of Sustainability in the Transport Sector
3. Climate Change
4. Urban Air Quality
5. The Finite Nature of Petroleum Reserves
6. Motor Vehicle Crashes and Safety
7. Congestion and Sustainability
II. Possible Solutions
8. An Introduction to the Range of Possible Solutions
Pricing
9. The Full Costs of Transportation
10. Pricing and Taxation
Planning
11. Urban Form: Planning for Sustainability
12. Indicator-Based Planning
Policy
13. A Continuum of Policies
14. The Special Role of Speed and Speed Limit Policies
15. National Policy Solutions
16. Sustainable Travel Demand Management
Education
17. Educating for Change
Technology
18. Information and Communication Technologies, and E-Commerce
19. The Potential of Alternative Fuels
20. New Vehicles, Fuel Cells, and Catalytic Converters
21. Intelligent Transport Systems
III. Summary and Conclusions
22. Summary, Conclusions, and the Current Status of Sustainable Transport
