Development of a sustainable road transport system

Significant progress has been made recently in reducing the negative impact of vehicles on the environment. The said progress mainly involves the reduction of exhaust emissions through the advancement of powertrains, the use of alternative fuels, preservation of natural resources and waste minimisation through recycling of end-of-life vehicles as well as reduction of noise emission. The greatest progress, however, can be achieved by the appropriate design of transport systems, particularly since most of the vehicles in use are fitted with conventional drive systems. Significant change in the level of environment pollution from automotive sources can be made through the application of traffic organisation solutions such as the design of road infrastructure hubs or traffic flow management in urban areas. In contrast to many other measures, the optimisation of traffic flow organisation has a huge advantage because it does not affect exclusively the selected but all vehicles involved in the traffic flow. This paper describes steps and basic guidelines related to the creation of a sustainable transport systems model. The model may be used to design environmentally-friendly transport systems that reduce negative environmental impact from vehicles and guarantee the efficient use of the road transport network.

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  https://doi.org/10.2495/UT130411
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• Authors:
  • Merkisz-Guranowska, A
  • Merkisz, J
  • Kozak, M
  • Jacyna, M
• Conference:
  • 19th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment
  • Location: Kos , Greece
  • Date: 2013-5-29 to 2013-5-31
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Urban Transport XIX
• Serial:
  • WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
  • Issue Number: 130
  • Publisher: Wessex Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: 1743-3509
  • Serial URL: http://library.witpress.com/pages/listBooks.asp?tID=2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Highway design; Highway planning; Highway transportation; Sustainable transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I15: Environment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01494681
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845647162
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 2013 10:31AM