Sustainable Transportation Problems and Solutions

by Black, William R.

• ISBN13: 9781606234853
• ISBN10: 1606234854
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-04
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

William R. Black, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography at Indiana University in Bloomington. He has written numerous articles in the area of sustainable transportation and planning. Dr. Black was North American chairman of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the European Science Foundation Conference on Social Change and Sustainable Transport held at the University of California at Berkeley in 1999. He served as coordinator of STAR, an NSF-funded thematic network on sustainable transport analysis and research, and as North American coordinator of STELLA, a thematic network on transatlantic sustainable transport research funded by the European Commission and the NSF. He has served on numerous Transportation Research Board (TRB) and National Research Council panels and committees. Dr. Black has been recognized for his contributions to sustainable transportation by the Chinese Institute for Transportation.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. xv
List of Figures	p. xvii
The Nature of The Problem
The Problem of Sustainability in the Transport Sector	p. 3
The Historical Problem of Sustainability in the Transport Sector	p. 13
Climate Change	p. 23
Urban Air Quality	p. 36
The Finite Nature of Petroleum Reserves	p. 45
Motor Vehicle Crashes and Safety	p. 54
Congestion and Sustainability	p. 63
Possible Solutions
An Introduction to the Range of Possible Solutions	p. 81
Pricing
The Full Costs of Transportation	p. 89
Pricing and Taxation	p. 117
Planning
Urban Form; Planning for Sustainability	p. 127
Indicator-Based Planning	p. 137
Policy
A Continuum of Policies	p. 149
The Special Role of Speed and Speed Limit Policies	p. 160
National Policy Solutions	p. 170
Sustainable Travel Demand Management	p. 189
Education
Educating for Change	p. 199
Technology
Telecommuting, Information and Communication Technology and E-Commerce	p. 209
The Potential of Alternative Fuels	p. 221
New Vehicles, Fuel Cells, and Catalytic Converters	p. 237
Intelligent Transport Systems	p. 249
Summary and Conclusions
Summary, Conclusions, and the Current Status of Sustainable Transport	p. 263
References	p. 273
Index	p. 289
About the Author	p. 299
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