TOD – Transit Oriented Development Urban Planning around Accessible Rail Transit
An SNI Conference on “TOD (Transit Oriented Development) – Urban Planning Around Accessible Rail Transit, was held on March 9, 2010. The conference was organized by Prof. Daniel Gat (Technion), Dr. Yodan Rofe (Ben Gurion Univ.) and Prof. (emer.) Shlomo Maital (SNI). This volume summarizes the presentations. The opening article by Avi Bar-Eli is reprinted […]
National Environmental Priorities of Israel – transportation and environment in Israel 2008
Through the past decade, several papers have been published by SNI dealing with the relation between transportation and environmental issues. These papers covered a great number of topics, some of them were highlighted for further thinking and some presented as recommendations for action. During the same time, progress can be seen in some of the […]
National Environmental Priorities of Israel, Position Paper VI, appendix to Vol. 3: Road pricing mechanisms for managing traffic congestion
Heavy traffic congestion, typical in cities and the highways leading to them, affect the environment as well as mobility. In these cases, the traffic system does not fulfill its goals efficiently. This paper discusses an economic tool “the congestion toll” it’s use in the world and in Israel and its expected effect on the transportation […]
National Environmental Priorities of Israel, Position Paper V
This issue of “National Environmental Priorities of Israel” presents three main topics. The Environmental Community Advising Panels (CAPs) active in the Negev (southern Israel) demonstrate a new attitude towards industrial responsibility for environmental and social impacts. But can cooperation between representatives of the public and industry change processes and impacts without representatives from the legal […]
Policy Towards Reducing Transportation-Related Air-Pollution in Dan Region
This report summarizes activities carried out today in the municipal and governmental systems all over the world, that have an effect on transportation and air quality related . This literature review identifies technological developments and other transportation concepts and policy measures that are ready for use and could be integrated and affect air quality in […]
Environmental Obligations of Public Transportation
In many of Israel’s urban centers, air pollution levels represent a public health hazard. Conservative estimates indicate that over 1000 people die each year in Israel because of exposure to high levels of air pollution. The main contributor to urban air pollution is vehicular traffic. The number of vehicles on Israeli roads is constantly growing, […]
