Reducing energy consumption and pollution in the urban transportation sector: A review of policies and regulations in Beijing

L Sun, T Zhang, S Liu, K Wang, T Rogers, L Yao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the rapid growth of urbanisation and associated vehicle numbers in China, urban
transportation has become responsible for a large increase in the country's energy …

Critical review of the energy-water-carbon nexus in cities

F Meng, G Liu, S Liang, M Su, Z Yang - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy, water, and carbon dioxide are interdependent and have complex interactions
through the economic supply chains of cities. Reviewing the state-of-art advances in the …

Impact of drone delivery on sustainability and cost: Realizing the UAV potential through vehicle routing optimization

WC Chiang, Y Li, J Shang, TL Urban - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, offers the advantage of
speed, flexibility, and ease in delivering goods to customers. They are particularly useful for …

An ethical framework for big data and smart cities

V Chang - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents an ethical framework for Big Data and Smart cities, focusing on
contemporary ethical and non-ethical issues in big data analytics applications in smart cities …

Life cycle CO₂ footprint reduction comparison of hybrid and electric buses for bus transit networks

A García, J Monsalve-Serrano, RL Sari, S Tripathi - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
To control the global warming by ensuring the greenhouse gas emissions reduction of the
automotive sector, the standards or norms are getting ever stricter globally, specifically in the …

Mapping dynamic road emissions for a megacity by using open-access traffic congestion index data

Y Wen, S Zhang, J Zhang, S Bao, X Wu, D Yang, Y Wu - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The high populations of vehicles in global megacities have raised serious mobility and
sustainability challenges, such as traffic congestion, air pollution deterioration and energy …

Coordinated control strategy of railway multisource traction system with energy storage and renewable energy

H Dong, Z Tian, JW Spencer, D Fletcher… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Influenced by the growing daily travel demand of citizens and extension of urban land, the
construction of the urban railway transit (URT) system is gradually increasing nowadays …

Development and application of an energy use and CO2 emissions reduction evaluation model for China's online car hailing services

T Wu, Q Shen, M Xu, T Peng, X Ou - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging online car hailing services have caused many unintended consequences in urban
centers such as more congested traffic and increased vehicle travels. Those unintended …

Economic, energy and environmental efficiency of road freight transportation sector in the EU

J Domagała, M Kadłubek - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The proper development of transportation constitutes the basis for an effectively functioning
economy at the national and global levels. On the other hand, transportation significantly …

Energy consumption and carbon footprint accounting of urban and rural residents in Beijing through Consumer Lifestyle Approach

C Chen, G Liu, F Meng, Y Hao, Y Zhang, M Casazza - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Household carbon emissions are major contributors to global emissions that is increasing
recognized. In China, approximately 20 million rural populations transfer to the urban areas …