Sustainable transport: Difference between revisions

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Sustainable transport is the movement of people and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. Transport can be public, where operators provide scheduled services, or private.

Types of vehicles

In general, following vehicles types can be distinguished:

water vehicle (includes supersurface water vehicles (regular or hydrofoiling), subsurface vehicles (regular or supercavitating))
ground vehicle (includes supersurface ground vehicles, subsurface ground vehicles)
air vehicle (includes lighter-than-air air vehicles and heavier-than-air air vehicles)

Most vehicles above can be either

privately owned; see personal water vehicle, personal ground vehicle, personal air vehicle
public: see public transport. Public transport vehicles includes cabs, trains, bicycles, buses, trucks, helicopters, and aircraft (renting services).

Appropriate use of vehicle types

To determine the most appropriate vehicle type in a specific situation, see See Appropriate methods of transport

Tweaking old vehicles

Old vehicles can be made completely ecologic by means of changes to the propulsion technology. These changes include changing IC-engines to run on a emissionless fuel, or swapping out the engine alltogether for ie a electric motor, ...

Notes

Interwiki links

Wikipedia:Low-energy vehicle

External links

Earth Cars - a U.S. based network of car dealers, with information and tips for earth-friendly cars and car usage.

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 To determine the most appropriate vehicle type in a specific situation, see See [[Appropriate methods of transport]]
-==Retro-fitted technology==
+==Tweaking old vehicles==
-Devices to save the energy from [[braking]] have been developed to fit to trucks. Due to the expense, they are only cost-effective for large [[trucks]], where heavy fuel use and long distances covered make it worthwhile.{{fact}}
+{{See|Green tuning}}
-==Pedicabs==
+Old vehicles can be made completely ecologic by means of changes to the propulsion technology. These changes include changing IC-engines to run on a emissionless fuel, or swapping out the engine alltogether for ie a electric motor, ...
-{{main|Pedicabs}}
-Pedicabs are among the simplest, lowest cost forms of transport. The traditional pedicab is [[pedal-powered]], but motorized pedicabs (perhaps consisting motorcycles with a passenger section attached) are also in use in various cities in Asia.
-==Vehicle production==
-'''A carbon-zero Volvo plant''':
-:<tt>The Volvo Trucks' manufacturing plant in Ghent, Belgium has become the first  vehicle manufacturing facility in the world to operate without releasing any  carbon dioxide. The Volvo Group intends to make all of their vehicle  manufacturing plants carbon-zero as part of the European Union-wide goal of  reducing carbon dioxide emissions by twenty percent by 2020.</tt><ref>from [http://www.thewebofhope.com/ The Web of Hope Newsletter], October 2007</ref>
 ==Notes==