- "Sustainable transport refers to ways of transportation that are sustainable in terms of their social and environmental impacts."
Using alternative modes of transportation such as walking, biking, and carpooling in order to reduce environmental impact and save money.
Public transportation: Understanding different modes of public transportation, routes, schedules, and fares in your city or region.
Active transportation: Walking, cycling, or using non-motorized modes of transportation for physical activity and reducing carbon footprint.
Ridesharing and carpooling: Sharing rides with others for environmental and economic benefits, and using apps like Uber, Lyft or BlaBlaCar to arrange rides.
Electric and hybrid vehicles: Learning about the differences between traditional and electric vehicles, their benefits, and charging infrastructure.
Alternative fuel options: Exploring alternative fuels like biofuels, hydrogen fuel cells, and compressed natural gas for transportation.
Autonomous vehicles: Understanding the technology, benefits, and potential impact of self-driving cars on urban transportation systems.
Mobility as a service (MaaS): Combining various transportation modes, including public transit, taxis, car-sharing, and bike-sharing under a single platform.
Transportation demand management (TDM): Strategies that reduce the demand for single-occupancy vehicles, including parking management, pricing, and incentives.
Land use and transportation planning: How urban design and transportation infrastructure affect each other in creating walkable, bikeable, and transit-oriented communities.
Consumer behavior and decision-making: Understanding how people make choices between different modes of transportation and what factors influence those decisions.
Walking: Using your feet to get from one place to another.
Biking: Riding a bicycle for transportation purposes.
Skateboarding: Using a skateboard to travel.
Scooting: Using a scooter to travel.
Rollerblading: Using inline skates to travel.
Segway: A two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle.
Electric skateboard: A battery-powered skateboard.
Electric scooter: A battery-powered scooter.
Electric bike: A battery-powered bicycle.
Electric unicycle: A single-wheeled, battery-powered vehicle.
Hoverboard: A two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle.
Carpooling: Sharing a ride with others in a car.
Public transportation: Using buses, trains or subways to travel.
Car-sharing: Renting a car for a short period of time.
Ride-sharing: Using apps like Uber or Lyft to share a ride with others.
Telecommuting: Working from home and avoiding transportation altogether.
Walking buses: Walking with a group of people to encourage safe walking to school or work.
Park and ride: Driving to a designated parking area and using public transportation to complete your trip.
Ride-hailing: Using apps like Uber or Lyft to order a ride on demand.
Human-powered boats: Boats that rely entirely on human power, such as row boats or kayaks.
- "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."