Sustainable Mobility Ideas, Technologies, Best Management Practices: Technology or Policy Sustainable Transportation Technology or Policy Brief Description Web links Policy Access management / Enforcement regulation of interchanges, intersections, driveways and median openings to a roadway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_management Policy Accessibility In transportation, accessibility refers to the ease of reaching destinations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility Policy Bike sharing Community bicycle program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_bicycle_program Policy Car Restricted Zones /Living Streets needs of car drivers are secondary to the needs of users of the street as a whole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_street Policy Complete Streets Streets designed for multiple modes of transportation http://www.completestreets.org/ Policy Flexible Work Hours Alternative to the traditional 9 to 5 scheduling http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/flexibleschedules.htm Grid development that encourages pedestrian and bike mobility while retaining cul-de-sac Policy Fused Grid Development http://www.fusedgrid.ca/ type living patterns Policy Guaranteed Ride Home Local governments provide guaranteed ride home http://www.commuterpage.com/ridehome.htm Policy Integrated pricing strategies Pricing to encourage sustainable mobility practices http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1134 Policy Integrated ticketing Same tickets for transfers to different modes of public transit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_ticketing Policy Mixed Use Development Mixed uses in urban zones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-use_development Policy Parking Management parking management strategies to promote sustainability www.vtpi.org/park_man.pdf Policy Pedestrian Areas Pedestrian friendly urban design http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/publications.htm#essentials Policy Procurement & tendering of clean fuels and vehicles Public purchase of clean fuels and vehicles e.g. buses, police vehicles Policy School Bus Public Transit System Integrating School Buses into Public Transit http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=2562 Policy Shared Space (woonerf) "woonerf," which is a Dutch term loosely meaning "Street for living." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space Policy Traffic calming / Speed reduction calming automobile traffic in residential and pedestrian commercial areas http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/tcalm/index.htm Policy Truck only lanes Highways and lanes for trucks only http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/05sep/02.htm

Policy/Technology Car pooling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpool Policy/Technology Car sharing a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_sharing Policy/Technology City road pricing Paying for the use of a road http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm35.htm Technology Auto Train Amtrack transports you and your car by train http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Train Technology Bicycle Boulevards Designed Boulevards accommodating bicycles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_boulevard Technology Bicycles/Bike Lanes Encouraging Bicycle commuting with lanes and trails http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/ Technology Biodiesel non-petroleum-based diesel fuel Technology Biogas/CNG gas produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen transportation systems that attempt to use buses to provide a service that is of a higher Technology Bus Rapid Transit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit quality than an ordinary bus line Technology Bus Transit Conventional Bus Transportation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus Technology Clean fuels and vehicles Use of renewable, less polluting fuels Technology Cybertran Group Rapid Transit/ recommended by Amory Lovins http://www.cybertran.com/ Technology Electric Bikes One person transit. Generally battery power supplements human power http://www.electric-bikes.com/ Technology Electric Vehicles Vehicles that use electric batteries Technology Fuelling Station Technology Greenways/Linear Parks Long and narrow parks that can accommodate trails http://www.epa.gov/med/grosseile_site/indicators/greenways.html Technology Heavy Rail/Rapid Transit Usually an electric railway with the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic http://www.apta.com/links/transit_by_mode/heavyrail.cfm Technology High speed rail Above 90 mph by US and about 124 mph in Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_trains Technology Hybrid Fuel System for Natural Gas/Diesel Trucks and Buses Cost effective use of Natural Gas and Diesel http://www.drivers.com/article/715/ Technology Hybrid Vehicles Technology Hydrogen Hydrogen as a fuel alternative with use of fuel cells Technology Hypercar lightweight, efficient fuel cell automobiles http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid191.php Technology Hythane Blend of 20% Hydrogen and 80% natural gas http://www.hythane.com/ Technology Light Rail a form of rail transportation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail Technology LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas: non-toxic, non-corrosive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_petroleum_gas Technology Neighborhood Electric Vehicles Vehicles designed for low-speed use in neighborhoods and urban areas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_electric_vehicle Technology Passenger Rail There are many types of rail transit systems. See web article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_rail_terminology Technology Personal Rapid Transit [PRT] personal cars on ultralight monorail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_rapid_transit Technology Robocars Robotic car transportation http://www.templetons.com/brad/robocars/ Technology Scooters/Scooter lanes Lanes dedicated to scooters only http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsUSc3OIVEg