Public Transportation and the Environment

This chapter examines how public transportation systems can be viewed from an environmentally conscious perspective. The next section defines what is meant by a public transportation system. The following section then examines the relationship between environmental impacts and transit system planning and operations. This relationship not only includes the physical impacts that result from the construction and operation of such systems, but also the important symbiotic relationship between transportation accessibility and land use, which over the long term can affect the overall sustainability of a metropolitan area. The last section of the chapter concludes with important observations relating to a more environmentally conscious approach to public transportation planning and system design.

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• Corporate Authors:

  John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated

  111 River Street
  Hoboken, NJ  United States  07030-6000
• Authors:
  • Meyer, Michael D
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 15-46
• Monograph Title: Environmentally Conscious Transportation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Environment; Environmental impacts; Environmental policy; Land use planning; Public transit; Sustainable development; Transit operating agencies
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01109848
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780471793694
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2008 2:09PM