An Eco-Mobility Equation

Conclusions and Future Directions

Human society is testing the planetary limit with excessive resource consumption. As growing economies heavily rely on fossil fuels and unconstrained emission, it is critical to begin adopting strategies that balance this skewed development and return to a more sustainable course. This paper focuses on the status quos of transportation systems in developing countries and discusses the associated problems from a green transport perspective. We need to go back to the fundamentals of the eco-mobility problem, that is, to manage transportation demand as a function of revealed traveler behavior. Only based on an understanding of traveler behavior in response to the implemented strategies, is it possible to evaluate and adapt eco-mobility strategies to improve their effective implementation and to further educate travelers. Moreover, the investigation of an eco-mobility cannot be separated from the context of landuse modeling – which represents local features

– or without knowing the city’s historical course of development. The implementation of EM implies the evolution of a society, a dynamic process that re-sculpts the scenery and reshapes its value. We perceive the important role of EM in sustainable development at this critical point for developing cities, and it is worth rigorous research to contribute to opportunities of a better future.

Y.T. Hsu
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering
National Taiwan UniversityYu-Ting Hsu is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University. His research interests include traveller behaviour, transportation system analysis, spatial network modeling, and evacuation problem.