Sustainable Mass Transit: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation examines the numerous types of mass transit systems, looking closely at all their key functions, including operations, maintenance, development, design, building and retrofitting. It examines the mitigation measures that reduce or eliminate negative environmental impacts, including green infrastructure, materials conservation, ecological conservation and other sustainable initiatives.
The book explores organizational best practices, environmental regulatory constraints and life-cycle assessments, describing which sustainable elements can be added while rehabilitating or expanding a mass transportation infrastructure or ancillary facility. The book concludes with a look at forthcoming sustainable initiatives that will enhance mass transit systems.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. iv 6. Chapter 1. Sustainable Mass Transit - p. 1 7. Chapter 2. Infrastructure, Facilities and Vehicles - p. 15 8. Chapter 3. Energy - p. 31 9. Chapter 4. Environmental Impacts - p. 45 10. Chapter 5. Sustainability in Train Rail Systems - p. 61 11. Chapter 6. Sustainable Initiatives for Public Bus Networks - p. 79 12. Chapter 7. Future Challenges and Sustainability Opportunities - p. 95 13. Chapter 8. Environmental Mitigation of Construction Impacts - p. 109 14. Chapter 9. Environmental Management Systems - p. 123 15. Chapter 10. Continuous Sustainability in Mass Transit - p. 141 16. Case Studies of Mass Transit Agencies - p. 159 17. Appendix A. Glossary of Terms - p. 173 18. Appendix B. Environmental Acronyms - p. 189 19. Appendix C. Photos - p. 191 20. Index - p. 211
Sustainable Mass Transit: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation examines the numerous types of mass transit systems, looking closely at all their key functions, including operations, maintenance, development, design, building and retrofitting. It examines the mitigation measures that reduce or eliminate negative environmental impacts, including green infrastructure, materials conservation, ecological conservation and other sustainable initiatives.
The book explores organizational best practices, environmental regulatory constraints and life-cycle assessments, describing which sustainable elements can be added while rehabilitating or expanding a mass transportation infrastructure or ancillary facility. The book concludes with a look at forthcoming sustainable initiatives that will enhance mass transit systems.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. iv 6. Chapter 1. Sustainable Mass Transit - p. 1 7. Chapter 2. Infrastructure, Facilities and Vehicles - p. 15 8. Chapter 3. Energy - p. 31 9. Chapter 4. Environmental Impacts - p. 45 10. Chapter 5. Sustainability in Train Rail Systems - p. 61 11. Chapter 6. Sustainable Initiatives for Public Bus Networks - p. 79 12. Chapter 7. Future Challenges and Sustainability Opportunities - p. 95 13. Chapter 8. Environmental Mitigation of Construction Impacts - p. 109 14. Chapter 9. Environmental Management Systems - p. 123 15. Chapter 10. Continuous Sustainability in Mass Transit - p. 141 16. Case Studies of Mass Transit Agencies - p. 159 17. Appendix A. Glossary of Terms - p. 173 18. Appendix B. Environmental Acronyms - p. 189 19. Appendix C. Photos - p. 191 20. Index - p. 211
