Interpretations Of Sustainable Urban Transport Systems Of Different International Cities

Three quarters of emissions in 2004 were coming from road traffic (Woodcock, p.1930, 2009). Emissions used from transportation are forecasted to increase from the year 2007-2030 by about 80% according to studies done by James Woodcock who is currently studying climate change and health from car fuels (Woodcock, p.1930, 2009). This is due to the fact that the emissions from vehicles are increasing significantly and are higher than any other energy fragment (Woodcock, p.1930, 2009). The only way to lower this percentage is to decrease the number of individual automobiles on the road and increase the number of public transit systems, starting long distance walking to work or school, carpooling or even biking to destinations. These principles would

Urban sustainability is the idea that an urban area can be organised without excessive reliance on the surrounding countryside and be able to power itself with renewable sources of energy. The aim of this is to create the smallest possible environmental footprint and to produce the lowest quantity of pollution possible, to efficiently use land, compost used materials, recycle it or convert waste-to-energy, and to make the urban area overall contribution to climate change minimal. Therefore allowing the next generations and future generations to have the required resources without compromising them. However sustainably needs to focus also on other issues such as crime and economic factors.

The most commonly used definition of sustainable development is still that given in the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987), i.e. sustainable development is ‘a process to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.’ Sustainable development is therefore about creating a better life for all people in ways that will be as viable in the future as they are at present. In other words, sustainable development is based on principles of sound husbandry of the world’s resources, and on equity in the way those resources are used and in the way in which the benefits obtained from them are distributed (Making Tourism More Sustainable, 2005).

We need you and other members of the government to take More serious action to assist this issue. Forms of public transportation have been put in place to attempt to lower the amount of vehicle pollution, more emphasis needs to be put on them. Past attempts to assist the issue need to be reinvigorated, such as the “carpool lanes”. And, while I may not know enough to give realistic ideas on how to improve the condition, there are others more knowledgeable than me who would know how to improve the

California is the highest populated state in the USA spanning to be third-largest in area. It has 160,000 square miles of area and more than 50,000 miles of roads and conventional rail networks in addition to over 100 airports. This shows that the state is undoubtedly very well developed. However, the available current transportation systems are not able to satisfy the demands of the current population and the forecasted future demographics. The congestion in the transportation system is causing huge burden to the Californians and the government in terms of time and money.

The more modern life, the higher traveling. One country cannot develop without traveling. Thus, governments should give more money, and policies to improve the quality of streets, roads, highways and besides, governments have to increase more public transportation such as buses, trains, subways.. to service the needs of traveling.

Transportation is the method that a traveler uses to move from one location to another. Congested urban environments makes transportation a challenge. Since they generally consist of high density structures, activities and people. Due to the congested nature of urban environments, people who live and travel in these areas generally have various methods of transportation which may include; walking, driving a personal vehicle, riding a bike, as well as public transportation, such as trains. The Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (BIA), is an urban environment that too has challenges with creating sustainable methods of transportation. To understand the various methods to over come these challenges, this essay will discuss the transportation

“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. (Brundtland Report,

There is a lack of co-ordination between transit planning and land-use planning. Two prime examples are the subway’s at the Spadina branch, they installed more than 35 years ago and still with little development along this underused route. The Bloor-Danforth line, nearly 50 years old, is almost as bad as the Spadina branch in having too little associated development, as are most parts of streetcar routes. Public transit is an essential in having a healthy and liveable city. Many Torontonians rely on cars and heavy duty trucks to get around due to the poor TTC services. These vehicles are approximately the cause of 28% of Toronto’s greenhouse gas emissions that pollute the air. Toronto has some of the longest commute times on the continent so it doesnt take much to make a bad situation worse. Toronto’s transportation system has been over capacity for the past 20 years. Toronto’s major highways and transit lines have a common challenge: they are in the middle of rapid urban growth, and they struggle to handle everyday incidents. Studies show that anually traffic congestion and gridlock in Toronto cost above $6 billion. Many of the problems Toronto’s transportation faces is due to lack of funding

One particular town in china called, chengdu. Has created a town where it is not essential to drive. Every service can be reached by walking in approximately fifteen minutes and the road land use will be cut in half to reduce the amount of cars. By reaching bigger cities chengdu provides efficient public transit. This is an example of new urbanism, which can definity reduce the amount of air pollution, traffic and created by cars. (Peters, 2015). In tokyo japan they have an unique source of transport called a shinkansen, which is a bullet train. This model can convince some citizens to ditch their cars and use the bullet train to get to their destination much quicker. To prove that this model is efficient tokyo isn't on the most polluted cities in the world list or the most congested cities list either. This would really reduce canada's traffic and our air pollution levels. Having one train going to a destinations instead of having a few thousand cars backing up on the 401. In china and mexico the government only lets portions of the population drive on certain days. This idea allows for there to be less traffic and air

“Our generation grew up knowing all about the effects on the environment that cars can have, so we’ve grown up with an attitude of wanting to do our part for the earth – something that we can easily do with public transit and not with cars.” (Millennials and Mobility. p34) The role of public transportation from being a social service provided to persons who have limited transportation options to being the transportation mode of choice. With this come high expectation that public transportation will transform to meet the lifestyle needs of the riding public including access to information and options. “We are well-connected when it comes to searching and finding information we need to plan our transportation ahead of time.” (Millennials and Mobility.

From the past 18th century to the present 21st century. The developments and improvisation in all primary and secondary sectors brought humans under one urban roof, where things are easy to access ranging from sanitation to electricity and internet. The world’s urban population has increased form 733 million in 1975 to 2,857 million in 2000 and is estimated to reach 4,945 million by 2030 (storage). This pattern over the past 50 years gives us an insight about the net gain in urban population. Urban dwellings has transformed current cities into mega cities with population emerging up to 10 million. This rapid urbanization growth brings us a question about transportation. According to the information provided by PRB the number of megacities increased from 4 in 1975 to 22 in 2015(PRB). This trend indicated that in future there will be more cities entering into megacity categories, where the need for development of public transport sectors. Every two people in United States now have a car. If this is going to continue there would be 5.3 billion cars on roads by

Firstly, public transportation reduces carbon dioxide emissions. For instance, if everyone used their own private car to get to their destination daily, there will be a plenty of poisonous toxic gas released into the atmosphere daily which contributes to global warming and air pollution. "Public transportation produces about half as much carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide, per passenger mile, as private vehicles"(1). Thus, an advantage for our environment as well as for our health. "A research by United Nation revealed that people who are more likely to use public transports have contributed in reducing emission as much as

America was once a land of infrastructure greatness, from the first railroads built in the 1830’s to the national interstate system that opened in 1991. Americans are constantly working to find the best transit options available, the problem in the 21st century is that most all roads are growing old and failing. There have been hundreds of cases of bridges collapsing, sinkholes opening, and even major traffic jams. All of these things serve as either a minor or major inconvenience to the American public.

In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) used the term sustainable development to describe their goals, which was defined as “to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” (Brundtland 16) Sustainable development is the core value that supports any practice that places equal value on the environment, economics, and equity rather than solely on economics. The idea of sustainable development has been—and still is—subject to major criticism, because it places a limit on the actions of humans in the light of the environment and observes its impact on everyone else. The growth of the human population is difficult as a result of this method, which has some environmentalists challenging the concept of sustainable development. The continued prioritization on economic growth over the condition of our environment, in combination with our population growth may have irreparable impacts on the environment, but there are those who see sustainable development as an achievable goal. Through the use of sustainable energies, along with technology and innovations which change how we make the Earth cleaner, this ambition set by the WCED can be attained.