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Sustainable Mass Transit
Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation
A comprehensive overview of how to make global public transportation systems more energy efficient and less reliant on fossil fuels
Thomas Abdallah (Author)
9780128112991
Paperback / softback, published 12 May 2017
230 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.34 kg
Sustainable Mass Transit: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation examines the numerous types of mass transit systems, looking closely at all their key functions, including operations, maintenance, development, design, building and retrofitting. It examines the mitigation measures that reduce or eliminate negative environmental impacts, including green infrastructure, materials conservation, ecological conservation and other sustainable initiatives. The book explores organizational best practices, environmental regulatory constraints and life-cycle assessments, describing which sustainable elements can be added while rehabilitating or expanding a mass transportation infrastructure or ancillary facility. The book concludes with a look at forthcoming sustainable initiatives that will enhance mass transit systems.
1. Sustainable Mass Transit 2. Infrastructure, Facilities and Vehicles 3. Energy 4. Environmental Impacts 5. Sustainable Elements - Trains 6. Sustainable Elements - Buses 7. The Future 8. Construction - Environmental Mitigation 9. Environmental Management Systems 10. Final Concluding Remarks
Subject Areas: Transport planning & policy [RPT], Transport industries [KNG]
