Sustainable Transportation Systems Engineering : Evaluation & Implementation

Engineer and implement sustainable transportation solutions

Featuring in-depth coverage of passenger and freight transportation, this comprehensive resource discusses contemporary transportation systems and options for improving their sustainability. The book addresses vehicle and infrastructure design, economics, environmental concerns, energy security, and alternative energy sources and platforms. Worked-out examples, case studies, illustrations, equations, and end-of-chapter problems are also included in this practical guide.

Sustainable Transportation Systems Engineering covers:

• Background on energy security and climate change
• Systems analysis tools and techniques
• Individual choices and transportation demand
• Transportation systems and vehicle design
• Physical design of transportation infrastructure
• Congestion mitigation in urban passenger transportation
• Role of intelligent transportation systems
• Public transportation and multimodal solutions
• Personal mobility and accessibility
• Intercity passenger transportation
• Freight transportation function and current trends
• Freight modal and supply chain management approaches
• Spatial and geographic aspects of freight transportation
• Alternative fuels and platforms
• Electricity and hydrogen as alternative fuels
• Bioenergy resources and systems
• Transportation security and planning for extreme weather events

Preface

Part I : Overview
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Major Challenges : finite resources, transportation congestion, climate change

Part II : Tools
Chapter 3 : A Systems ApproaChapter to Solving Transportation Problems
Chapter 4 : Transportation Technology Considerations
Chapter 5 : Modeling of Consumer Choice

Part III : Passenger Transporation
Chapter 6 : Overview of Passenger Transportation
Chapter 7 : Private Light-Duty Vehicle Solutions
Chapter 8 : Multimodal Passenger Transportation Solutions
Chapter 9 : Intercity Transportation Solutions

Part IV : Freight Transportation
Chapter 10 : Overview of Freight Transportation
Chapter 11 : Intramodal Solutions
Chapter 12 : Intermodal and Multimodal Solutions
Chapter 13 : Supply Chain Level Solutions

Part V : System-Wide Transportation Issues
Chapter 14 : Energy Security and Conventional Energy
Chapter 15 : Transportation and Air Quality
Chapter 16 : Electrified Transportation
Chapter 17 : Biofuel Transporation
Chapter 18 : Transportation and Security
Chapter 19 : Transportation Planning for Emergencies

Part VI : Conclusion
Chapter 20 : Conclusion : Creating a Sustainable Transportation System for the 21st century

Index