Handbook on Transport and Energy

This Handbook examines the challenges and opportunities of meeting growing passenger and freight transport demand while drastically reducing the sector’s climate impact. Taking into account the diversity of factors that shape transport systems, it explores how changes in demand, technology, energy supply, behaviour and policy can contribute to a more sustainable transport future.Leading experts examine the major transport modes and the technological and energy pathways available for their decarbonisation. Chapters investigate electrification, alternative fuels and emerging technologies alongside the roles of transportation demand, land use, travel behaviour, logistics and infrastructure. The Handbook demonstrates that no single solution can deliver deep decarbonisation: technological innovation must be combined with behavioural change, appropriate infrastructure, and effective policy. It highlights the growing interdependencies between transport and energy systems and the need for coordinated action and long-term planning to achieve an efficient, resilient, equitable and low-carbon transport future.Integrating analyses of transport demand, fuels and technology, The Handbook on Transport and Energy is an essential resource for scholars and students of transport, energy and environmental studies. Policymakers and transport and infrastructure professionals will also benefit from its comprehensive assessment of decarbonisation pathways and policy options.