Green transportation for sustainability: Review of current barriers, strategies, and innovative technologies

Abstract The sustainability of a transportation system is a major concerning factor for urbanisation, as evidenced by the ever-growing problems of air pollution issues in major cities. While the growing population and migration don't have too much control to overcome the widespread use of public and personalised vehicles, it has destroyed our global environment. Therefore, the expansion of the transportation system should be carefully planned for global sustainability: so-called green transportation or sustainable transportation. In this paper, factors that should be considered when implementing green transportation for global sustainability have been critically reviewed. Firstly, barriers and challenges associated with current travel demands and blocking the implementation of green transportation have been identified. A three-step strategy (so-called ASI strategy, i.e., avoid, shift, and improve strategy), which had been proposed to overcome the challenges and barriers, was investigated. Identification of innovative technologies or management approaches has been proposed for greening the public transportation system. Finally, some well-recognised success stories of the ASI strategy were presented, in which Avoid can reduce 146–312 kgCO2/y, Shift can be reduced 0.27 kgCO2/revolution of vehicles use and Improve can be reduced 12.4% CO2 emissions. This review guides successful urban planning through the green transportation system.