Job Types Related To Sustainable Transportation

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Technology:

• Software design for trip reduction through: telecommuting, videoconferencing, IVHS applications to transit efficiency, road pricing systems, car pooling and transit pooling databases, networking bulletin board systems
• Signalling technology for transit, bicycle and walking priority
• Alternative fuels for trains and transit vehicles

Services:

• Tourism: non motorized tours; information and maps; historians and cultural experts
• Accompaniment and delivery services for youth, aged, disabled (Meals on Two Wheels...)
• Car and van rental for heavy hauls
• Driver leasing for non-drivers
• Bicycle Security
• Bike & Blade Retail, Repair and Rental
• Bicycle and walking delivery
• Bicycle lane maintenance and clearing
• Community bus or car pool drivers
• Car-use reduction program planners and company transportation coordinators
• Human powered vendors
• Insurance, licencing & registration

Maintenance:

• Transit vehicle and train repair, Bicycle repair
• Transit and train operations
• Transportation and car pool coordination
• Neighbourhood transportation managers
• Telecommuting managers and co-ordinators
• Community organizing

Phase out work:

• Retraining in auto and other sectors
• Programs to help people consider new transportation options

Production and Manufacturing:

• Trains and Transit vehicles
• Bicycles, delivery vehicles, parking structures
• Bricks/materials for sidewalks, bike lanes, etc
• Bicycle accessories, Bicycle-friendly fashion

Research and Development:

• Human powered transportation
• Sustainable freight technologies
• Economic, Social, and Transportation Policy
• Academic and private sector research in Engineering, Planning, Architecture, Urban Studies, Environmental Studies, Psychology, Social Studies
• Sustainable Transportation Consultants

Design:

• Sidewalk widening and street design
• Traffic calming and bike lane design
• Architechture/redesign of auto infrastructure
• Design of local depots
• Train and transit design, Transit route design
• Bicycle trailer and delivery vehicle design
• Bicycle security and bicycle-friendly fashion

Construction and Deconstruction:

• Traffic calming infrastructure
• Bike lanes and facilities, Secure bike parking
• Urban horticulture to infill old parking lots
• Retrofitting of car-centred architecture
• Sustainable transportation signage

Education and Communication:

• Publishing of books, maps, magazines
• Information distribution
• Bicycle events, safety and maintenance courses
• Teaching and curriculum development in Urban Design
• Advertising sustainable transportation

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Source: Background information from, "MOVING THE ECONOMY: Economic Opportunities in Sustainable Transportation" An International Conference . July 9 - 12 1998, Toronto, Canada.