A new generation of buses to support more sustainable urban transport policies: A path towards “greener” awareness among bus stakeholders in Europe

Corazza, Maria Vittoria; Guida, Umberto; Musso, Antonio; Tozzi, Michele

doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2016.04.007

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“…Noise pollution concern 0.396** 0. 6 CONCLUSION Buses move about half of all transit passengers in Europe, playing a major role in competing with passenger cars in terms of efficiency, emissions and safety [1]. ZEBs offer different operations characteristics when compared to traditional diesel buses, and even if other transportation modes have specific advantages (like rail), the bus is likely to continue to play a major role in servicing public transport needs [5].…”

Section: Environmental Concernmentioning

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“…Climate change and public health are two global issues that arise from the use of fossil fuels in transports and need to be addressed urgently [1]- [3]. Public transport is generally regarded as a sustainable mode of transportation, as emissions per passenger are lower than those of automobiles, although, conventional diesel buses contribute to air and noise pollution, especially in high density areas [4]- [6].…”

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Promoting zero emissions buses programs: A study of Ekaterinburg residents’ willingness to pay

Pedrosa¹,

Leontyeva²,

Mayburov³

2018

Int. J. EQ

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Transports are among the major sources of atmospheric pollution, causing climate change and public health damage. Public transportation is a well-known, recognized solution to greatly decrease transport emissions, especially when making use of zero emissions buses in the fleet, such as buses driven by batteries or by hydrogen. However, cost imposes a large barrier on zero emissions buses. The transition to the use of such buses is expensive, and it must be driven by several stakeholders, thus motivating service providers to make efforts towards zero emissions buses implementation strategies. In this study, citizens from a Russian district capital city were questioned on their potential role as contributors to the zero emissions buses transition, by studying their willingness and attitudes to pay a premium for the bus fares, in order to supplement the public transport agencies revenues. It was found that environmental concern and air pollution concern can be critical factors driving consumers into paying premium, but not noise pollution. Based on this study, there are several recommendations proposed for practitioners, as well as several future research avenues. In this article we seek to investigate how the consumers' attitudes and concerns over the environment and city pollution could influence their willingness to play a role as supporters of the introduction of zero emissions buses in the public transportation fleet, since understanding the consumer attitudes is essential to perform and run an efficient public system.

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Section: Environmental Concernmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Promoting zero emissions buses programs: A study of Ekaterinburg residents’ willingness to pay

Pedrosa¹,

Leontyeva²,

Mayburov³

2018

Int. J. EQ

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“…Many studies use this method for explaining the research in theme of sustainable urban transport. Some of the studies using this method are as follows: to describe the trends, problems and implementation of SUT [22]- [24], transportation effect on urban pollution and climate change [25], the development of an initial supplies of sustainable transportation performance indicators [26], concepts, policies and methodologies of SUT [27]- [32], use of technology [33], comparative studies in cities in a common strategy of SUT [34], [35], approaches that unites stakeholders views on the SUT [36], BRT development to promote the SUT to be more economically, socially and environmentally [37], [38], common environmental barriers and the problem [39], sources of financing [28], [40], [41], interventions in infrastructure and its indicators [42], introduces measuring tool for SUT [43], [44], introduce the use of spatial analysis for the SUT [45] and demonstrate quantitative methods for SUT [46].…”

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“…-Describe such outcomes, identify reasons which prevent a wider exploitation of cleaner buses, provide possible explanations and suggest recommendations to develop "green" awareness among bus stakeholders. [38] -describe the main features of the Urban Transport Roadmaps 2030 policy support tool [44] Backasting Scenario Approach Policy evaluation -To discover a broader viewpoint of possible future prospects and policy options in order to achieve SUT purposes.…”

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Review of methods and indicators in sustainable urban transport studies overview from 2000 to 2016

Nadi

Murad²

2017

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The attention of countries either the developed or developing countries on sustainable urban transport is becoming more popular. The purpose of paper is to review the methods and the indicators used for measuring performance of sustainable urban transport. This study is based on the literature review and the case study observation and also uses the quantitative assessment. It reviews the theoretical aspects of sustainability factors at various research works and performance indicator in urban transportation. The indicators were classified into two major categories: (i) assessment methods in sustainable urban transport (SUT), and (ii) basic of sustainability indicators for urban transport. This study found several types of analytical techniques for measuring sustainability indicators in urban transport. It also identify five indicators as basic element to measure sustainable urban transport performance i.e. traffic congestion, traffic air pollution, traffic noise pollution, traffic accidents and land consumption for transport infrastructure.

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“…In the search for more sustainable means of transportation, the EU has funded several research projects that aim to develop a new generation of buses which are more environmentally friendly and more convenient for passengers. However, even though the technology has evolved to find new engines designed to save fuel and enhance electric vehicles, these are still scarce in practice due mainly to economic reasons [6,7,20]. For that reason, some countries, such as Sweden, are developing research programs to actively establish roadmaps that encompass creative ways to achieve a sustainable transport system based on electric vehicles [21][22][23].…”

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On the Environmental and Social Sustainability of Technological Innovations in Urban Bus Transport: The EU Case

2019

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Logistics in urban areas are currently suffering a radical transformation due to increasing population concentration and the massive use of cars as the preferred transport mode. These issues have resulted in higher pollution levels in urban environments and traffic congestion, impacting the world globally. Facilitating the use of sustainable transport modes is widely regarded as a necessity to cope with these adverse effects on citizens’ life quality. Hence, some regions, such as the European Union, are encouraging bus transport firms to make their business models more environmentally and socially sustainable. The aim of this research is thus to explore how technological innovations adopted by urban bus companies can improve cities’ sustainability. With this in mind, a combined Importance Performance Analysis (IPA)–Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was applied. In this way, their environmental and social sustainability effects were separately represented through hierarchical structures. Subsequently, the importance and performance ratings of technological innovations in each sustainability dimension were estimated, and thus two IPA grids were generated. These grids support managers in the establishment of more effective action plans to improve logistics sustainability in cities. The findings also provide guidance to governments on the technological innovations that should be promoted in future urban mobility plans.

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A new generation of buses to support more sustainable urban transport policies: A path towards “greener” awareness among bus stakeholders in Europe

Cited by 27 publications

References 10 publications

Promoting zero emissions buses programs: A study of Ekaterinburg residents’ willingness to pay

Promoting zero emissions buses programs: A study of Ekaterinburg residents’ willingness to pay

Review of methods and indicators in sustainable urban transport studies overview from 2000 to 2016

On the Environmental and Social Sustainability of Technological Innovations in Urban Bus Transport: The EU Case

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