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Sustainable transportation : problems and solutions
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Sustainable transportation : problems and solutions
AUTHOR:
Black, William R. (William Richard), 1942-
ISBN:
9781606234853
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York [etc.] : Guilford Press, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xviii, 299 p. ; 26 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
The problem of sustainability in the transport sector -- The historical problem of sustainability in the transport sector -- Climate change -- Urban air quality -- The finite nature of petroleum reserves -- Motor vehicle crashes and safety -- Congestion and sustainability -- An introduction to the range of possible solutions -- The full costs of transportation -- Pricing and taxation -- Urban form: planning for sustainability -- Indicator-based planning -- A continuum of policies -- The special role of speed and speed limit policies -- National policy solutions -- Sustainable travel demand management -- Educating for change -- Telecommuting, information and communication technologies, and e-commerce -- The potential of alternative fuels -- New vehicles, fuel cells, and catalytic converters -- Intelligent transport systems -- Summary, conclusions, and the current status of sustainable transport.
SUBJECT:
Transportation -- Environmental aspects
Local transit -- Environmental aspects
Sustainable engineering
Green technology
Environmental degradation
Transportation and state