- "Sustainable transport refers to ways of transportation that are sustainable in terms of their social and environmental impacts."
Encouraging the use of sustainable modes of transport, including cycling, walking, and public transportation.
Sustainable Transportation: This is the overarching topic that encompasses all aspects of sustainable transportation, including modes of transportation, policies, and strategies.
Alternative Modes of Transportation: This topic is concerned with modes of transportation other than personal automobiles, such as walking, cycling, transit, and shared mobility, and the ways in which they can be promoted and made more sustainable.
Green Infrastructure: This topic focuses on the development, maintenance, and use of green infrastructure (vegetation, trees, green roofs, and so on) to promote more sustainable transportation outcomes, such as reduced air pollution, improved water quality, and increased active transportation.
Sustainable Fuel: This topic involves the use of sustainable or low-carbon fuels, such as electric or hydrogen vehicles, biofuels, and renewable energy sources, to power transportation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: This topic looks at the ways in which the transportation sector can contribute to efforts to mitigate climate change, such as by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as strategies for adapting to the impacts of climate change on transportation.
Sustainable Urban Planning: This topic involves the integration of transportation and land use planning to create more sustainable communities with less dependence on personal automobiles.
Sustainable Freight Transportation: This topic focuses on the movement of goods and commodities in a sustainable manner, through measures such as modal shift, freight demand management, and sustainable logistics.
Behavioral Change: This topic involves changing individual behavior to promote more sustainable transportation practices, such as through encouraging active transportation, reducing solo car trips, and promoting shared mobility.
Equity and Social Justice: This topic looks at the ways in which transportation policies and systems affect different social groups, and how to ensure that transportation policies promote equity and social justice.
Innovative Technologies: This topic explores new and emerging technologies that promise to transform the transportation sector and make it more sustainable, such as autonomous vehicles, smart transportation systems, and shared mobility platforms.
Cycling: Riding a bicycle is an efficient, low-cost, and zero-emission mode of transportation that promotes physical activity and reduces traffic congestion.
Walking: Walking or hiking is a sustainable mode of transportation that reduces carbon emissions and promotes health and well-being.
Electric Vehicles: Electric vehicles run on batteries that can be recharged by renewable energy sources like solar, wind, or hydropower, making them a sustainable and efficient mode of transportation.
Hybrid Vehicles: Hybrid vehicles combine an electric motor with an internal combustion engine, reducing fuel consumption and emissions.
Mass Transit: Mass transit systems such as buses and trains provide sustainable transportation options that reduce congestion and promote community connectivity.
Carpooling: Carpooling involves sharing a ride with someone who is traveling to the same destination, reducing traffic congestion and vehicle emissions.
Telecommuting: Telecommuting or working from home reduces the need for transportation and promotes energy efficiency.
Green Fuels: Renewably sourced fuels like biodiesel, ethanol, and hydrogen provide a sustainable alternative to traditional fossil fuels.
Car Sharing: Car sharing involves renting a vehicle for a short period instead of owning one, which reduces the environmental impact of car manufacturing and maintenance.
Electric Bicycles: Electric bicycles combine the efficiency and health benefits of cycling with an electric motor that provides additional power, making them a sustainable alternative to traditional vehicles.
- "Components for evaluating sustainability include the particular vehicles used for road, water or air transport; the source of energy; and the infrastructure used to accommodate the transport (roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and terminals)."
- "Transportation sustainability is largely being measured by transportation system effectiveness and efficiency as well as the environmental and climate impacts of the system."
- "Transport systems have significant impacts on the environment, accounting for between 20% and 25% of world energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions."
- "The main source of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union is transportation."
- "In 2019 it contributes to about 31% of global emissions and 24% of emissions in the EU."
- "In addition, up to the COVID-19 pandemic, emissions have only increased in this one sector."
- "Road transport is also a major contributor to local air pollution and smog."
- "Sustainable transport systems make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve."
- "People quickly take up the opportunities offered by increased mobility, with poor households benefiting greatly from low carbon transport options."
- "The social costs of transport include road crashes, air pollution, physical inactivity, time taken away from the family while commuting and vulnerability to fuel price increases."
- "Many of these negative impacts fall disproportionately on those social groups who are also least likely to own and drive cars."
- "Traffic congestion imposes economic costs by wasting people's time and by slowing the delivery of goods and services."
- "But the real purpose of transport is access – to work, education, goods and services, friends and family."
- "Traditional transport planning aims to improve mobility, especially for vehicles."
- "Communities which are successfully improving the sustainability of their transport networks are doing so as part of a wider program of creating more vibrant, livable, sustainable cities."
- "The links between greenhouse gas emissions and particulate matter make low carbon transport an increasingly sustainable investment at a local level—both by reducing emission levels and thus mitigating climate change; and by improving public health through better air quality."
- "The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that each year 2.4 million premature deaths from outdoor air pollution could be avoided."
- "The term 'green mobility' also refers to clean ways of movement or sustainable transport."
- "The entire life cycle of transport systems is subject to sustainability measurement and optimization."