Sustainable Mobility
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Shams Tanvir, California State University – Long Beach
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Publisher: Mavs Open Press
Language: English
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction And Learning Objectives
- Chapter 1: The Basics of Sustainable Mobility
- Chapter 2: Transportation and Climate Change
- Chapter 3: Design of Bicycle Facilities
- Chapter 4: Design of Pedestrian Facilities
- Chapter 5: Energy Consumption and Emissions from Transportation
- Chapter 6: Introduction to Zero Emissions Vehicles
- Chapter 7: Design of Charging Infrastructure
- Chapter 8: Shared Mobility and Automation
- Chapter 9: Sustainable Freight
- Links by Chapter
- References
- Image Credits
- Derivative Notes
- Errata and Versioning History
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Submit ancillary resourceAbout the Book
This textbook and OER material cover tools and basic knowledge required to prepare transportation engineers and planners to contribute towards a carbon-neutral mobility future. In addition, we will explore the potential for vehicle electrification, automation, connectivity, and ridesharing to reduce the carbon impacts of auto mobility. The textbook modules are intended to inform and teach students how to design streets for modes that have almost no carbon emissions. The goal of the textbook is to train engineering students on existing tools and policy levers that can be used to incorporate emerging transportation technologies in a sustainable, equitable, and efficient manner. The course is designed for graduate transportation engineering, and city and regional planning students. The undergraduate seniors will be able to absorb the materials given they have already taken fundamental courses on transportation engineering and planning, including traffic engineering and highway design.
This textbook is a product of the grant OERTransport: Enabling Transportation Planning Professional Advancement awarded to the University of Texas-Arlington (UTA) in consortium with California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) and the University of South Florida (USF). It was developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. However, its contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and no endorsement by the Federal Government should be assumed.
About the Contributors
Author
Dr. Shams Tanvir is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management (CECEM) at California State University – Long Beach. Previously, he was an assistant professor at Cal Poly and a research faculty member at the Center for Environmental Research and Technology at the University of California Riverside. His research aims at the development and characterization of transportation technologies that minimize energy consumption and emissions while enhancing mobility efficiency and equity. Dr. Tanvir is a member of the Transportation Research Board committee on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, and Transportation Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation. He chairs the Sustainable Transportation Committee at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Currently, he is leading projects sponsored by the US Department of Transportation, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the US Department of Education, and the California Department of Transportation. Dr. Tanvir received his Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka.