Sustainable Urban Transport

Sustainable Urban Transport Systems: An Expert-based Strategic Scenario Approach

Current trends in transport indicate that the system is moving away from sustainability and that major changes are necessary to make the transport system more compatible with environmental sustainability. Main problems may occur in urban transport, where not many promising solutions are expected, while the problems are severe. In view of the great number of uncertainties, we will in our paper r...

The Role of Urban Transport in Sustainable Human Settlements Development

Evaluation and Appraisal of Sustainable and Integrated Urban Transport Projects

A reliable urban transport system provides citizens’ access to workplaces, social engagements and other services (Browne and Ryan, 2011). At the same time, high levels of traffic impose negative externalities on society, including congestion, accidents, noise pollution or environmental damage (Santos et al., 2010). Decision-makers objectives are made up of a variety of different impacts (econom...

Pollution Control and Sustainable Urban Transport System - Electric Vehicle

Recently electric vehicles are becoming popular as an alternative of conventional fossil fuel vehicles. Conventional Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicle uses fossil fuel which contributing a major part of overall carbon emission in the environment. Carbon and other green house gas emission are responsible for global warming and resulting climate change. It becomes vital to evaluate perform...

Sustainable public urban transport systems: The case of Curitiba