Sustainability and Public Transportation Theory and Analysis

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dc.contributor.advisorde Barros, Alexandre
dc.contributor.advisorKattan, Lina
dc.contributor.advisorWirasinghe, Chan
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-20T20:24:55Z
dc.date.available2014-03-15T07:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-20
dc.date.submitted2014en
dc.description.abstractIn the 21st century there is a need to provide sustainable transportation systems in cities to ensure that they remain centres of innovation, quality of life, and economic development. Public transit is often framed as a high potential mode of sustainable urban travel and while much research has been done on other modes of travel, comprehensive research into its sustainability benefits of public transit has been limited. This thesis first reviews the literature on sustainability and sustainable transport to develop a framework to analyze public transit and then applies the framework to 33 mass transit systems from the USA using the National Transit Database. The Public Transit Sustainable Mobility Analysis Project (PTSMAP) framework developed in this thesis utilizes environmental, economic, social and system effectiveness factors to compare the relative performance of Heavy Rail and Light rail systems while demonstrating how composite sustainability index techniques can be applied to public transit analysis. An application of this framework to a real world transit planning scenario is also presented using data from the TransLink UBC Line Phase 2 study report. Both demonstrations of the PTSMAP framework demonstrate a new way to analyze transit based on sustainability and aid in future research and decision making scenarios.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMiller, P. (2014). Sustainability and Public Transportation Theory and Analysis (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27943en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27943
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1277
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Civil
dc.subject.classificationTransiten_US
dc.subject.classificationSustainabilityen_US
dc.subject.classificationPublic Transporten_US
dc.subject.classificationPlanningen_US
dc.subject.classificationSustainability Analysisen_US
dc.subject.classificationSustainable Transportationen_US
dc.subject.classificationtransportationen_US
dc.subject.classificationComposite Indexen_US
dc.subject.classificationCitiesen_US
dc.titleSustainability and Public Transportation Theory and Analysis
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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