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This handbook offers a state of the art, comprehensive overview of sustainable transportation modes, impacts, technologies and policy. It is an essential reference for researchers, academics and students working in all areas of sustainable transportation, in addition to industry practitioners looking to develop their professional knowledge.
List of contents
1. Introduction to Sustainable Urban Transport
2. Rapidly-Growing Cities and Transport Challenges: The Search for Sustainable Solutions
Part I: Urban Transport Sectors
3. Short-Distance Travel in Urban Areas
4. Cycling and Micromobility
5. Children's Travel and Sustainability
6. Reducing Universities' Carbon Emissions from Urban Business Travel
7. Mobility and Health Operations from a Collaborative Perspective
8. Transport for Retail in Urban Areas
9. The Online Check-Out for Local Authorities: A Toolkit for Sustainable E-Commerce Deliveries
10. Commuting: The Rise of Urban Air Mobility?
Part II: Challenges, issues and impacts
12. Environmental Impacts
13. The Dynamics of Urban Congestion in European Cities: was COVID-19 a Turning
Point? 14. Urban Transport and Human Health
15. Transit Safety
16. Traveller and Driver Safety in an Urban Context
17. Trends of Urban Mobility Systems in the Global South: The Case of African cities
18. Destinations Unknown: Equity and Justice Debates in Sustainable Transportation
Part III: Technical, Social and Economic Solutions
19. Fare Free Public Transport: From Policy Fringes to an Established Practice
20. Taxes, Levies and Subsidies
21. Governance - The Role of Public and Private Actors for Sustainable Urban Transport Systems
22. Unleashing the Potential: Exploring User Choices and Societal Implications of MaaS
23. Navigating Low Demand Landscapes: A Comprehensive Exploration of Sustainable Transportation Strategies
24. Commuting Mode Choice and Work from Home in the Later Stages of COVID-19: Implications for Sustainability
25. Differentiated Travel Demand Management Based on Travellers' Heterogeneous Preference: A Case Study of Beijing Subway Peak-Avoidance Policy
26. Analysing the Effectiveness of Urban Transport Interventions Using Sustainability Indicators
27. The Role of Renewable Energy to Promote Future Electric Transport and Power Systems
28. Automation and Sustainable Urban Transport
About the author
is human geographer and Professor of Transport Management at Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, UK.
Stephen Ison is Professor of Transport Policy within Leicester Castle Business School at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
Maria Attard is Head of Geography and Director of the Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the University of Malta.
