Development of a sustainable road transport system

Abstract

Significant progress has been made recently in reducing the negative impact of vehicles on the environment. The said progress mainly involves the reduction of exhaust emissions through the advancement of powertrains, the use of alternative fuels, preservation of natural resources and waste minimisation through recycling of end-of-life vehicles as well as reduction of noise emission. The greatest progress, however, can be achieved by the appropriate design of transport systems particularly since most of the vehicles in use are fitted with conventional drive systems.Significant change in the level of environment pollution from automotive sources can be made through the application of traffic organisation solutions such as the design of road infrastructure hubs or traffic flow management in urban areas. In contrast to many other measures, the optimisation of traffic flow organisation has a huge advantage because it does not affect exclusively the selected but all vehicles involved in the traffic flow. This paper describes steps and basic guidelines related to the creation of a sustainable transport systems model. The model may be used to design environmentally-friendly transport systems that reduce negative environmental impact from vehicles and guarantee the efficient use of the road transport network.

Emissions in real urban traffic conditions as a determinant of shaping sustainable urban development

“…In the currently applicable homologation tests in the vehicle category of PC and LDV the parameters of operation of the engines are much different from the actual intraffic parameters [4,6,12]. During the measurement and analysis of the exhaust emissions from road transport the key factor is the specialized measurement equipment from the PEMS group (Portable Emission Measurement System).…”

“…In that case, a sustainable transport system possesses all features of a transport system [1][2][3][4][5]. Designing such a system, we have to take into consideration economic, ecological and social aspects.…”

“…The social functioning of transport system may be realized through a developed network of public transit or a properly developed road infrastructure [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

“…Their research is done to answer the question of real emission levels compared with EURO standards. EMITRANSYS project adapt this methodology to obtain broad vehicles characteristics opportunely for simulation [4,10,13].…”

The influence of the external costs of modal split in the transport network, with particular reference to rail transport

“…The article analyzes the external costs adjusted for air pollution. Other components of external costs were not included [16].…”