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Sustainable Mass Transit,

Edition 2 Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation

Editors: By Thomas Abdallah

Publication Date: 26 May 2023

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Sustainable Mass Transit: Challenges and Opportunities in Urban Public Transportation, Second Edition highlights the many sustainability solutions and alternatives to fossil fuel usage including renewable energy and efficiency in mass transit, as well as the conservation of materials, water, and air and the overall health of communities. This new edition will update the reader on developments in the field since 2017 and advancements in sustainability solutions. It explores how Environmental Management System frameworks improve environmental performance in the operations, maintenance, design, rehabilitation, and expansion of a mass transportation system.

The book covers the numerous types of mass transit systems, looking closely at all their key functions, including operations, maintenance, development, design, building, and retrofitting. It explores the mitigation measures that reduce or eliminate negative environmental impacts, including green infrastructure, materials conservation, ecological conservation, and more. It covers energy, greenhouse gas emissions, toxic pollution and other significant environmental impacts, recycling, and more. It also examines organizational best practices and 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.

Key Features

Contains case studies from around the world, including several new case studies from the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and Asia
Thoroughly updated with four new chapters on The Sustainable Mass Transit Revolution, Relevance of Mass Transit, Environmental Professionals in Transportation, and Reimagining Sustainable Mass Transit
Includes a new companion website with assessment questions for educators, image files and video presentations
Shows how teams from different fields, entities, agencies and cities can work together to solve complex sustainability challenges

About the author

By Thomas Abdallah, Deputy Vice President and Chief Environmental Engineer, New York City Transit and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University’s Sustainability Management graduate program, Brooklyn, NY, USA

1. The Sustainable Mass Transit Revolution
2. Relevance of Mass Transit
3. Environmental Sustainability Professionals
4. Mass Transit Infrastructure, Facilities and Vehicles
5. Energy Use in Mass Transit
6. Environmental Impacts of Mass Transit Operations
7. Sustainable Elements in Train Systems
8. Sustainable Elements of Bus Networks
9. Pilot Sustainability Initiatives in Mass Transit
10. Environmental Mitigation of Mass Transit Construction Projects
11. Environmental Management Systems and Mass Transit
12. Challenges and Opportunities for Continuous Sustainable Success
13. Reimagining Sustainable Mass Transit

Case Studies of Mass Transit Agencies
Appendix A – Glossary of Terms
Appendix B - Acronyms

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"This book explores the mass transit developments, including reduction of the carbon footprint and the TOD programs. It focuses on the various types of mass transit systems, mitigation measures that reduce or remove negative environmental impacts, on energy, greenhouse gas emissions, toxic pollution, and much more."—Wonderpedia USA

ISBN: 9780443152719

Page Count: 264

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Graduate and undergraduate students in Transportation and Urban Planning, and Sustainability Management, designers, engineers, planners, architects, and environmental scientists in Transportation, Urban Planning, and Sustainability, government employees in agencies involved in transportation, including state DOTs, municipal governments, local transit agencies, airports, state and private port facilities, the Federal Transit Agency or the Federal Highway Administration, Entry level or mid-level professionals involved in sustainability in transportation or numerous industries, e.g. training courses for professional development