{"id":116877,"key":"Ecovillage_&_Intentional_Community_Solutions:_Transportation","title":"Ecovillage & Intentional Community Solutions: Transportation","latest":{"id":1217464,"timestamp":"2025-12-16T16:21:09Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Ecovillage Research Project notice}}{{Ecovillage Research Project navigation}}\n\nPreparing this page to host a directory of information and case studies about transportation solutions that are proven to work in ecovillages and sustainable communities\n\n* '''Appropedia [[Sustainable transport|Sustainable Transport]] page'''.\n\n=== Human power ===\n\n* Walking, running - how this is supported in communities\n** Kauai (Hawaii) pedestrians and multi-modal transportation initiative. https://ulupono.com/newsletter-listing/july-2024/kaua-i-works-to-create-a-walkable-community/\n* For water\n** Canoe, Kayak, Small sailing,\n** Human powered water transport (rowing, pedal-powered boats like kayaks and mini-pontoon boats)\n** Buckminster Fuller design for a push-oar (somewhat like an umbrella).\n* Bicycles, tricycles (human powered)\n* Animal transport (e.g. horse-powered)\n* Railroad \"hand pumper\" cars.\n\n=== Electric and solar electric ===\n\n* Solar Powered Transport for Last-Mile services in Zimbabwe. /www.bastillepost.com/global/article/4050896-solar-powered-tricycles-revolutionize-rural-transport-in-zimbabwe|https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/4050896-solar-powered-tricycles-revolutionize-rural-transport-in-zimbabwe\n* Electric [https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=8431c7f1e33c912b&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS1012US1012&sxsrf=ADLYWIJoH6nLHnFx6M_t75KmjEPq_3PuZQ:1723407481855&q=electric+AND+wagon+AND+wheelbarrow+AND+%22Utility+Cart%22&udm=28&fbs=AEQNm0BglSNKPbDQcL4Et01QEIYvJ5VGsHgUL_tsKqYywhWXkknveTpaLEIQiU02u5i1FK5Aui8Lbcs6UtNG0K_ZRX5_Sfaez_nbio7ZevU-01UapIxO69dMWeVTKP_UKwkGJCi-gm4_XCwzeGcd3iWHdX18pJO4SCbD0xKKCtmS-V7RqxnCEfTZFtgpF81MF2iMynb0DJhUqRTMt9YhJKKaN0U-I1PLrg&ved=1t:220175&ictx=111&biw=2294&bih=825&dpr=1.5 wagons, utility carts, wheelbarrows, etc.]\n* Non-fossil fuel transport fuels (bio-fuel alternatives for gases and liquids; green hydrogen).\n* Shared mobility services (e.g. lift sharing, car sharing)\n\n=== Gas and liquid fuel ===\n\n* Public transport - relationship with communities. Intentional communities integrated with public transportation (e.g. case study from Portland, Oregon, co-housing).\n* Water transport\n** Wind powered transport (sailing)\n* Electrified transport (bicycles, cars, buses, rail, ferries)\n* Roadway and infrastructure systems and techniques.\n** Permeable materials for walking, biking, roadways.\n** \"Plastic\" roadways case studies.\n*** https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-paving-with-plastic-could-make-a-dent-in-the-global-waste-problem\n*** https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/plastic-roads-made-waste-path-worth-paving-south-asia\n*** https://theindexproject.org/post/plasticroad\n** inflatable bags for building culverts.\n** Planning for integrated systems for pedestrians, bikes, and roadways.\n** More specific techniques and systems.\n** Ice and snow melting systems for cold climates.\n** Hot climate solutions.\n* Apps and software to coordinate transport\n* Solar walkways, pathways, bicycle lanes, roadways.\n\n== RESOURCES ==\n\n* '''''Back to main page''''': [[Ecovillages & Intentional Communities Energy and Climate Action Research Project]]\n* Climate Mobility Working Groups [several to add here]\n* Gao, Jinggin, Fan Zuo, Di Yang, et al. 2024. \"Toward Equitable Progress: A Review of Equity Assessment and Perspectives in Emerging Technologies and Mobility Innovations in Transportation,\" ''Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, v151''(1). /doi.org/10.1061/JTEPBS.TEENG-8675|https://doi.org/10.1061/JTEPBS.TEENG-8675\n* National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. ''Recycled Plastics in Infrastructure: Current Practices, Understanding, and Opportunities.'' Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.17226/27172</nowiki>.\n\n{{Page data\n| part-of = Ecovillages & Intentional Communities Energy and Climate Action Research Project\n| keywords = ecovillage, sustainable development, climate action\n| license = CC-BY-SA-4.0\n| language = en\n| title = Transportation\n}}"}