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[citation needed] Transportation sustainability is largely being measured by transportation system effectiveness and efficiency as well as the environmental and climate impacts of the system. [1] Transport systems have significant impacts on the environment, accounting for between 20% and 25% of world energy consumption and carbon dioxide ...
Other environmental effects of transport systems include traffic congestion and automobile-oriented urban sprawl, which can consume natural habitat and agricultural lands. By reducing transportation emissions globally, it is predicted that there will be significant positive effects on Earth's air quality, acid rain, smog and climate change. [10]
The Green Transportation Hierarchy: A Guide for Personal & Public Decision-Making by Chris Bradshaw was first published September 1994 [9] and revised June 2004. [citation needed] As part of a pedestrian advocacy group in the United States, he proposed the hierarchy ranking passenger transport based on environmental emissions.
A demand management approach to transport also has the potential to deliver better environmental outcomes, improved public health, stronger communities, and more prosperous cities. [3] TDM techniques link with and support community movements for sustainable transport.
Walking and running are among the least environmentally harmful modes of transportation. Cycling follows walking and running as having a low impact on the environment. Public transport such as electric buses, metro and electric trains generally emit less greenhouse gases than cars per passenger.
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST) is a Vancouver-based charity focused on promoting walking, cycling, public transit, and other forms of sustainable transportation in Metro Vancouver. The organization was founded in 1991 [1] and has several active projects as of 2019.
The environmental calculator of the French environment and energy agency (ADEME) published in 2007 using data from 2005 [144] enables one to compare the different means of transport as regards the CO 2 emissions (in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent) as well as the consumption of primary energy.