Glossary
- Biodiversity is a top-notch bus-based transportation system that offers metro-level capabilities for quick, pleasant, and economical services. (“Essay on Biodiversity,” n.d.)
- The bus rapid transit (BRT) system is a top-notch bus-based transportation system that offers metro-level capabilities for quick, pleasant, and economical services. (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, n.d.)
- Carbon footprint is the volume of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds released from a specific individual, organization, or other entity using fossil fuels. (National Park Service, n.d.)
- Climate change is a change in regional or worldwide climate patterns since the middle to late 20th century. It is primarily attributable to the increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide caused by burning fossil fuels. (Society of Exploration Geophysicists, n.d.)
- Climate change mitigation implies preventing or limiting the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere to stop the world from warming to more extreme levels. (World Wildlife Fund, n.d.)
- Congestion pricing entails restricting or blocking the release of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere to prevent the earth from warming to more extreme levels. (Investopedia, 2012)
- Discretionary Travel is optional, including excursions to places of pleasure or shopping.
- Environmental impact assessment Before deciding to take the suggested action, a strategy, policy, program, or actual project is evaluated for its potential impact on the environment—the phase in this situation.(Climate Change Scavenger Hunt – National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/teachers/classrooms/climate-change-scavenger-hunt.htm)
- Environmental justice is the equitable treatment and meaningful participation of all people in creating, implementing, and enforcing environmental laws, rules, and policies, regardless of race, color, country of origin, or income level. (“Ethical Management,” n.d.)
- Environmental racism, sometimes also known as ecological racism or apartheid, is a form of racism that can be observed through the adverse environmental outcomes disproportionately impacting communities of color (“Environmental racism,” 2024).
- Global South is the regions of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
- Global warming is a slow-moving rise in the planet’s average temperature typically linked to the greenhouse effect of higher amounts of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
- Greenhouse gas emissions are the gases released into the planet’s atmosphere, particularly carbon dioxide, contributing to the greenhouse effect.
- High occupancy toll (HOT) Vehicles with many people enter lanes. For use, there is a cost (particularly during rush hours), which promotes carpooling and provides cars with a less crowded route while easing traffic on nearby roads. A method of managing the demand for transportation that uses dynamic tolling to lessen traffic.
- High-speed rail (HSR) is a passenger rail transportation that travels much faster than other rail traffic. The European Union has established specific parameters, such as 200 km/h (120 mph) for modified tracks and 250 km/h (160 mph) or faster for new routes. (High-speed Rail. https://railsystem.net/high-speed-rail)
- Informal transportation is often composed of tiny cars that a single person owns, operates, or leases.
- Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodology for assessing environmental impacts associated with all the life cycle stages of a commercial product, process, or service. (Khadour, 2011)
- Light rail transportation (LRT) is a kind of urban rail public transit that, on average, has more capacity and speed than typical street-running tram systems but lesser capacity and speed than heavy rail and metro systems. The phrase is commonly used to describe rail systems with rapid transit-style features that employ electric rail cars and operate primarily in private rights that are isolated from other traffic but may occasionally be mixed with other traffic in city streets, depending on the situation. (Rail System, n.d.)
- Low-Income Commuters work irregular schedules with no safe or affordable way to get to work.
- Mandatory trips are required for performing activities with limitations in terms of time, such as work trips.
- Metropolitan transportation authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metro area of the U.S. state of New York. (Wikipedia, n.d.)
- Non-Motorized transportation, walking, cycling, and other forms of small-wheeled, human-powered mobility are all considered non-motorized transportation. These forms of transportation, except for walking, use non-motorized vehicles such as bicycles, skateboards, push scooters, wheelchairs, and rickshaws. (Wikipedia, n.d.)
- Renewable energy is generated from a non-depleted source, such as wind or solar power.
- Spatial accessibility, the ease with which community inhabitants may physically access facilities, is referred to as spatial accessibility.
- Sustainable development refers to economic development that does not deplete natural resources.
- Sustainable mobility includes the critical notion of access to mobility, regardless of income or location. Also, equity in accessibility, with particular attention to more vulnerable groups of the population and geographical areas at risk of social exclusion. (Neste, n.d.).
- Sustainable transportation refers to low- and zero-emission, energy-efficient, affordable modes of transport, including electric and alternative-fuel vehicles and domestic fuels. The benefits of sustainable transportation in the United States include Cost savings on energy and cars. (U.S. Department of Energy, n.d.)
- Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queuing. Congestion begins when traffic demand is great enough for vehicle interaction to slow the traffic rate. (Jung and Vu, 2016)
- Equity No of their economic level, level of ability, or any other criteria, all community members must have access to and afford reasonable transportation choices. This guarantees that transportation resources, advantages, prices, programs, and services are distributed fairly.
- Traffic flow comes from interactions between infrastructure and passengers. The components of traffic flow include flow, speed, and density.
- Transportation policy focuses on creating a collection of ideas and theories to attain specific goals about the social, economic, and environmental situations as well as the operation and effectiveness of the transportation system. (Transport Geography, n.d.)
