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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.

Local transit --- City transit --- Mass transit --- Municipal transit --- Public transit --- Rapid transit --- Transit systems --- Urban transit --- Transportation --- Ridesharing --- Environmental aspects.

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Local transit --- City transit --- Mass transit --- Municipal transit --- Public transit --- Rapid transit --- Transit systems --- Urban transit --- Transportation --- Ridesharing --- Mobiliteit --- Openbaar vervoer. --- E-books

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Based on data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2014 Consumer Expenditure Survey, this report examines how much Americans spend on getting around town by the demographics that count: age, income, high-income households, household type, race and Hispanic origin, region of residence, and education.

E-books --- Motor vehicle industry --- Local transit --- Consumers --- City transit --- Mass transit --- Municipal transit --- Public transit --- Rapid transit --- Transit systems --- Urban transit --- Transportation --- Ridesharing --- Transportation equipment industry --- Statistics

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The TTC Story features 75 magnificent black-and-white images that illustrate the major ""transit event"" in each year of the TTC's existence.

Local transit --- City transit --- Mass transit --- Municipal transit --- Public transit --- Rapid transit --- Transit systems --- Urban transit --- Transportation --- Ridesharing --- History. --- Toronto Transit Commission --- Toronto Transportation Commission --- T.T.C. --- TTC --- Toronto (Ont.).

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Lawrence D. Brown presents five case studies of cities that have promoted active living with varying success through a range of approaches. He shows how and why the transformation of a call for public intervention into projects, programs, and policies is inescapably political.

Public health --- Health planning. --- Political aspects --- Social aspects. --- Albuquerque. --- Louisville. --- New York City. --- Sacramento. --- Wilkes-Barre. --- bicycles. --- bike lanes. --- bike paths. --- biking. --- city bikes. --- city planning. --- cycling. --- exercise. --- jogging. --- local politics. --- parks. --- public health. --- running. --- urban studies. --- urban transit.