Introduction to sustainable transports /

• Main Author: Favre, Bernard, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Hoboken, NJ : ISTE Ltd ; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014.
• Series: Automation-control and industrial engineering series.
• Subjects: Transportation > Environmental aspects.; Transportation and state.; Transportation > Planning > Decision making.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.; TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"Transport systems have to meet the mobility needs of people and commodities on all scales, from the local to the global level. Concerns about the energy, fumes and sound emissions produced, and about the safety, service quality, intelligence and lifecycle of the systems, etc. can all be includ...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Fundamentals of Sustainable Transport
• Chapter 2. Vehicles: An Element of the Solution for Sustainable Transport
• Chapter 3. A Systemic Approach to Transport Schemes
• Chapter 4. Can We Organize Sustainable Mobility?
• Chapter 5. Innovation Projects for Sustainable Transport Systems
• Chapter 6. Public Policies, Economics and Sustainable Transport.