This paper is published in Volume-8, Issue-4, 2022
Area
Automotive, Environment
Author
Abdul Kadir M. Poonawala, Mustafa Patanwala
Org/Univ
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Pub. Date
14 July, 2022
Paper ID
V8I4-1172
Publisher
Keywords
Cost/Passenger-Km, Carbon Di-Oxide/Passenger-Km, Specific Tractive Force, Efficiency, Environment. Transportation Modes

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Abdul Kadir M. Poonawala, Mustafa Patanwala. Economic and Environmental Impact of Major Transportation Modes, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Abdul Kadir M. Poonawala, Mustafa Patanwala (2022). Economic and Environmental Impact of Major Transportation Modes. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 8(4) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Abdul Kadir M. Poonawala, Mustafa Patanwala. "Economic and Environmental Impact of Major Transportation Modes." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 8.4 (2022). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

The efficiency range of modern transport modes has increased. Fifty-five years ago, ‘What Price Speed?’ in Ingenia's article illustrated the price to pay in terms of efficiency for faster travel. Economic and environmental demands leading to more efficient transport have been matched by a growth in faster, more fuel-hungry modes brought about by society’s need for speed. As society grows wealthier over time, people tend to travel more frequently and over greater distances. Travel demand increases by a factor of approximately 10 for each generation, but the amount of time spent traveling has remained constant at approximately one hour per day per person over the past three decades. The primary reason for this is the development of faster and faster modes of transport. Speed is a key driver for transport developments, although factors such as price, convenience, comfort, and safety also play major roles. Transport now consumes a large and increasing proportion of our energy budget. Gabrielli and vonKármán suggested using specific tractive force to make such comparisons. A further examination of this revealed that any form of transport is an economic balance between the cost of the transport and the value of the time that goods or people are capable of during transit. In this article, we have collected data for 4 categories of Transport i.e. Road, Rail, Water & Air. Those points are plotted on the graph plotted for vehicles in 2005, trying to verify the accuracy of those curves. It also helps us to compare different vehicles in terms of Cost/passenger-km and Carbon Dioxide/passenger-km.