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To overcome geography, transportation requires a footprint. Transportation infrastructures are important consumers of space, which includes the right of way (e.g. roads and rail lines) as well as the terminals. Jointly they form transportation networks.
- Guarantee Reliable Access to Safe and Modern Mobility
- Reduce Avoidable Vehicle and Air Travel
- Shift to Public, Shared and Non-Motorized Transport
- Transition to Zero-Carbon Cars, Trucks and Buses
- Transition to Zero-Carbon Shipping and Aviation
- Transforming A Global System
Future transportation systems — in addition to being low-carbon — must be safe, modern and center around improving health. For example, expanding the infrastructure around public transportation systems with dedicated walkways or bike paths will not only combat vehicular congestion and reduce air pollution, but will also encourage more physical acti...
The switch from internal combustion to low- and zero-carbon technologies is vital but also unlikely to happen fast enough to decarbonize the entire transportation sector at the necessary speed and scale. Even a complete electrification of cars, buses and trucks would pose challenges due to the increased electricity demand. We need solutions that wi...
Currently, almost three quarters of transport carbon dioxide emissionscome from road travel —largely from cars, vans, buses and trucks. Convincing drivers to shift to more efficient modes will require fundamental cultural change around the car-centric design of many cities. This, alongside holding back car adoption in places where cars are not as p...
We need to phase out fossil-fuel-powered vehicles as fast as possible. Fortunately, electric vehicles (EVs) provide a similar service without directly emitting carbon dioxide or air pollution. While EV uptake numbers are surging, it’s not fast enough. To stay on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C by 2030, all new cars sold globally need...
Both shipping and aviation are seen as hard-to-decarbonize sectors, where zero-carbon technologies are still in infancy. Each is responsible for around 3% of global greenhouse emissions. However, both sectorshave pathways to a greener future. Decarbonizing shipping and aviation will require a combination of technological solutions such as zero-emis...
Together, these five shifts can transform our global transportation system. They offer a new system where opportunities and services are easily and equitably accessed through clean, safe mobility from walking to electric buses to bike share programs; a system where planes run on clean fuel and road crashes are not the leading cause of death in chil...
Jul 27, 2021 · Urban freeways and transit infrastructure projects — often paid for in large part by federal transportation funds — have disproportionately displaced and isolated people living in minority neighborhoods, tearing at the fabric of vibrant communities and compounding issues of equity and access to jobs and essential services.
Public transit policy is based on two objectives: to provide basic mobility for the transportation of disadvantaged, and to serve broader social and environmental goals by reducing car use in metropolitan areas of the United States.
Nov 16, 2020 · This is how cities can overcome their growing transport pains. New research from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) suggests how urban mobility systems can change to meet the needs of future populations. Around the world, people are increasingly migrating from rural to urban areas. By 2030, the United Nations estimates, megacities (those with at ...
The most important transport challenges occur when urban transport systems cannot adequately satisfy the requirements of urban mobility.
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Where barriers exist, such as narrows, rapids, or land breaks, water transport can only overcome these obstacles with substantial investments in canals or dredging. Conversely, waterways serve as barriers to land transportation, necessitating the construction of bridges, tunnels, and detours.
