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Evaluation aspects of active transport system: A review and way forward in the context of developing countries 主动运输系统的评价方面：发展中国家背景下的审查和前进方向

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2500559

Sakshi Sharma , Rajat Rastogi , Debasis Basu

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Tools for estimating traffic emissions considering spatial scales and mitigation strategies: A systematic review 考虑空间尺度和减缓战略的交通排放估算工具：系统综述

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2502558

Saewoom Jang , Junseo Park , Gahyeong Yu , Jinuk Hwang

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Tourist preferences for cleaner mobility: A contingent valuation of electric rickshaws in Guatemala 游客对清洁交通的偏好：危地马拉电动人力车的偶然评估

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2499037

Ximena Villagrán , William F. Vásquez , Benjamín Leiva

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Real-time charging scheduling of aggregated electric vehicles: A novel PATCH framework addressing asynchronous plug-in dynamics 聚合电动汽车的实时充电调度：一种解决异步插电动态问题的新颖PATCH框架

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2500550

Xiaofeng Liu , Zhenya Ji

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Overnight charging scheduling of electric buses considering V2G technology and uncertain battery charge-discharge efficiency 考虑V2G技术和不确定电池充放电效率的电动客车夜间充电调度

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2501264

Zhaojie Wang , Feifeng Zheng , Ming Liu

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A SWOT analysis of stakeholder perspectives on the strategic application of economic sustainability indicators in Ghana’s road infrastructure development 加纳道路基础设施发展中经济可持续性指标战略应用的利益相关者视角SWOT分析

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2496894

George Okyere Dokyi , Kwame Kwakwa Osei , John Tookey , Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi

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Energy intensity, GHG and pollutant emissions of freight and passenger rail applications in the United States 美国货运和客运铁路应用的能源强度、温室气体和污染物排放

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2467665

Choudhury Siddique , Yan Zhou , Amgad Elgowainy , Md Rakibul Alam , Melissa Shurland

{"title":"Energy intensity, GHG and pollutant emissions of freight and passenger rail applications in the United States","authors":"Choudhury Siddique , Yan Zhou , Amgad Elgowainy , Md Rakibul Alam , Melissa Shurland","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2025.2467665","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2025.2467665","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research establishes a baseline for the energy intensity and emissions of freight and passenger rail applications, focusing on diesel locomotives. We quantified the diesel energy intensity for freight rail (in Btu/revenue ton-mile), and both diesel and electric energy intensity for passenger rail (in Btu/passenger-mile) using publicly available data. Emissions of HC, CO, NO<sub>X</sub>, and PM emissions from diesel locomotives were analyzed based on real world emissions testing of in-use locomotives and compared to EPA standards. Additionally, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from freight and passenger rails were compared to those from other transportation modes, including heavy-duty trucks, transit buses, and freight and passenger aircrafts, using a well-to-wheels (WTW) approach. Results show that freight rail powered by diesel engines produces lower WTW emissions when compared to competing freight transportation modes such as trucks and aviation. In contrast, passenger rail exhibits higher overall WTW emissions compared to other passenger transportation modes (e.g. cars, transit buses, aviation), and greater variability primarily due to the fluctuations in passenger load factors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 297-307"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Costs and carbon: Evaluating the tradeoffs in Taiwan’s shift toward electric vehicles 成本与碳排放：台湾转向电动汽车的权衡评估

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2490488

Jing-Siou Tseng , Yuan-Hsi Chien , Ruo-Wen Chen , I-Yun Lisa Hsieh

{"title":"Costs and carbon: Evaluating the tradeoffs in Taiwan’s shift toward electric vehicles","authors":"Jing-Siou Tseng , Yuan-Hsi Chien , Ruo-Wen Chen , I-Yun Lisa Hsieh","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2025.2490488","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2025.2490488","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) are pivotal in advancing sustainable mobility and addressing climate change globally. An increasing number of regions, including Taiwan, are implementing plans to phase out the sale of Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEVs). In Taiwan, where the transportation sector contributes 13% of fossil carbon emissions, nearly half attributed to passenger vehicles, electrification is key to achieving net-zero emissions. This study provides a comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) and total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis of 182 vehicle models, including ICEVs, Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), and BEVs. Our findings reveal that BEVs reduce total CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by an average of 20% compared to ICEVs, largely due to decreased emissions from electricity generation and reduced fuel consumption. Although BEVs initially present double the purchase costs of ICEVs, their long-term economic competitiveness is enhanced by lower operational and maintenance costs. Nevertheless, the environmental impact of BEVs depends heavily on the decarbonization of the power grid, and the prevalence of expensive imported BEVs challenges their adoption. This study highlights the necessity for specific policies, such as financial incentives, support for domestic BEV production, and accelerated grid decarbonization, to enhance BEV adoption in Taiwan. Such measures, coupled with increased public awareness, are crucial to ensuring Taiwan’s vehicle electrification aligns with its ambitious 2050 net-zero emission goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 363-374"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating dwelling of freight trains with a view to the reduction of carbon and pollutant emissions 调查货运列车的居住环境，以减少碳和污染物的排放

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2479616

Shin Ying Ng , Yan Cheng , Taku Fujiyama

{"title":"Investigating dwelling of freight trains with a view to the reduction of carbon and pollutant emissions","authors":"Shin Ying Ng , Yan Cheng , Taku Fujiyama","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2025.2479616","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2025.2479616","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many freight trains are still diesel-powered, and their CO<sub>2</sub> and other emissions cannot be ignored. This research proposed a framework to evaluate freight trains’ stops during their journeys and the associated emissions from idling and reacceleration. It includes (1) number of stops, (2) stopping time (duration) and (3) stopping percentage (a train’s total stopping time divided by its journey time). The framework was applied to integrated datasets of Great Britain from January to June 2022 to evaluate freight train operations and estimate emissions. We found that 83% of the observed 105,714 freight trains were diesel-powered. Each diesel freight train made an average of 1.34 stops during its journey, with an average total stopping time of 17.2 minutes and a stopping percentage of 6.89%. It was estimated that in that six-month period 53.12 ktonnes of CO<sub>2</sub>, 0.35 ktonnes of NO<sub>x</sub> and 6.58 tonnes of PM were emitted from diesel freight trains. Domestic Intermodal (containers) accounted for 60% of the emissions, followed by Construction (23%). Many emission hotspots were along lines with high-frequency passenger services. The developed framework could be used to evaluate railway timetables and operation management at a national level.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 322-343"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Enhancing urban sustainability through optimizing Distributed energy resources for electric vehicles’ fast charging 优化电动汽车快速充电分布式能源，增强城市可持续性

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2025.2479622

Harprinderjot Singh , Hamid Mozafari , Mohammadreza Kavianipour , Mehrnaz Ghamami , Ali Zockaie , Robert Jackson

{"title":"Enhancing urban sustainability through optimizing Distributed energy resources for electric vehicles’ fast charging","authors":"Harprinderjot Singh , Hamid Mozafari , Mohammadreza Kavianipour , Mehrnaz Ghamami , Ali Zockaie , Robert Jackson","doi":"10.1080/15568318.2025.2479622","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15568318.2025.2479622","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid growth of the electric vehicles (EVs) market penetration rate and the resulting energy demand will impact the electricity supply-demand balance and stability in the electricity distribution network. These impacts could be mitigated by distributed energy resources (DERs) (i.e. second-life batteries (SLB), new batteries (NB), solar panels, and flywheels). To support the energy demand of EVs at fast-charging stations whilst minimizing the cost of the system, a mixed-integer optimization model is developed considering the spatiotemporal demand (existing demand and EV demand), the details of the electric grid distribution network, spatiotemporal power generation of solar panels, energy storage systems’ (ESSs’) charge/discharge schedule, and the capacity constraints. The case study (major cities in Michigan) shows sensitivity to the seasonal variation in the grid and solar conditions and the DER’s unit cost. Based on the result, providing the maximum area for solar panels leads to the maximum cost savings. Lithium-ion SLBs offer a cost-effective solution for energy storage, efficiently utilizing time-of-use electricity rates and intermittent solar energy. Depending on the existing and fast-charging energy demand, grid upgrades may be necessary at some locations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47824,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Transportation","volume":"19 4","pages":"Pages 344-362"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144106054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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