Our project goal was to provide recommendations for improving the efficiency, equity, and sustainability of Greater Melbourne’s bus system. We interviewed experts, conducted a spatial analysis to supplement a satisfaction survey distributed to riders, and completed cost-benefit and life-cycle analyses of electric buses. Our findings provided Friends of the Earth Melbourne and the Public Transport Users Association with suggestions for improving the bus system’s equity and efficiency, as well as statistics supporting Melbourne’s switch to a fully electric fleet.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Lewitzky, Jennifer
• LoPresti, Anthony M.
• Astor, Ryan C.
• Jaeger, Caroline O.

Subject

• Innovation
• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Energy
• Sustainability
• Project-Based Learning
• Inclusion
• Well-Being
• Health
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 5881
• E-project-031721-175624

Palabra Clave

• equity
• efficiency
• sustainability
• bus
• electric
• Melbourne

Advisor

• Boucher-Yip, Esther
• McCauley, Stephen M.

Year

• 2021

Center

• Melbourne, Australia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Claudia Gallois, Friends of the Earth Melbourne
• David Robertson, the Public Transport Users Association

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 10 - Reducing Inequality
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action
• 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

Date created

• 2021-03-17

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Última modificación

• 2021-05-03