Clean earth – clean sky: impact of locating bus stations on sustainable transportation sector in Malaysia
Our climate condition is changing and there is now scientific, social and political recognition that it is definitely a consequence of increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission. Transport now allocates for about 20% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide emission, and these amounts are pro...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/34883/ http://eprints.usm.my/34883/1/HBP20.pdf |
| Summary: | Our climate condition is changing and there is now scientific, social and political
recognition that it is definitely a consequence of increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission.
Transport now allocates for about 20% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide emission, and these
amounts are progressing faster than for any other sector. However, access to sustainable transportation
supports our current way of life; indeed, good mobility is a fundamental component of our desires.
The transport sector in particular depends entirely on system implementation, fuel consumption and
planning, which is divided to urban planning and urban design. Networking efficient and public
transportation helps to control transport sector in terms of urban planning, on the other hand, urban
design presents some guidelines, for instance, land use functions, green integrative space, urban
furniture design, transit oriented and green design _non-polluter vehicles such as bicycle _ which have
the potentials to provide benefits to the sustainable transportation. The global climate policy is going
to supply clean and healthy air with less fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emission; in urban
furniture design locating bus stations in cities is one of the particular subjects proves it, which makes
possible for fossil carbon to remain in the soil, instead of ending up in the atmosphere by optimizing
distances between stations linking two main places.
The paper defines the sustainability on the basis of relevant subjects in the view of transportation;
which are Greenhouses gas emission, Biodiversity, Environment, Prosperity and Social well-being. It
intends to know how large could the locating bus stations play a role in sustainable transportation in
Malaysia? Also, it aims to address this main question through critical review of the literature for
exploring of key development strategies for suitable placement of bus stations in cities focusing
particularly on transportation from public healthy and pollution aspects. |
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