Best practices for designing and implementing sustainable
transportation operations
The fifth volume of the Wiley Series in Environmentally
Conscious Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Transportation
provides a foundation for understanding and implementing methods
for reducing the environmental impact of a wide range of
transportation modes, from private automobiles (with a separate
chapter on biofuels) to heavy trucks and buses to rail and public
transportation systems to aircraft. Each chapter has been written
by one or more experts who, based on their hands-on field
experience, present relevant practical and analytic techniques for
enhancing the integrity and reliability of transportation vehicles
and infrastructure, as well as for measuring and limiting the
pollution caused by transportation activities. Moreover, the book
explains how to satisfy key business objectives, such as maximizing
profits, while meeting environmental objectives.
Chapters cover such topics as:
The linkage between public transportation systems and
environmental impacts
Managing traffic activity to reduce emissions and improve air
quality
Design of small and large electric and hybrid vehicles
Integrating environmental issues into the management of
transportation infrastructure assets
A thorough and objective review of biofuels
Environmentally Conscious Transportation is an important
reference for environmental, civil, transportation, mechanical, and
industrial engineers, as well as public policy planners and
officials. This book examines the societal costs of transportation
in their broadest sense, both environmental and economic.
References at the end of each chapter enable youto investigate
individual topics in greater depth.
Turn to all of the books in the Wiley Series in Environmentally
Conscious Engineering for the most cutting-edge, environmentally
friendly engineering practices and technologies.
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