Coordinated Development of Urban Transportation Structure Optimization and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Under the Low-Carbon Background in Lanzhou, China

Under the context of low-carbon travel, promoting the green and environmentally friendly upgrade of urban transportation and optimizing urban transportation structures are of great significance in reducing carbon emissions. Exploring the pathways and methods to achieve green and low-carbon goals in...

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Main Authors: Zheming Shi, Yongsheng Qian, Junwei Zeng, Xu Wei, Minan Yang
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/1/34
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Yongsheng Qian
Junwei Zeng
Xu Wei
Minan Yang
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Minan Yang
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description Under the context of low-carbon travel, promoting the green and environmentally friendly upgrade of urban transportation and optimizing urban transportation structures are of great significance in reducing carbon emissions. Exploring the pathways and methods to achieve green and low-carbon goals in urban transportation is a key research objective. Accordingly, this study constructs a multi-objective optimization model to optimize the transportation structure of Lanzhou City and quantitatively verifies the optimization effects through carbon emission calculations and coordination evaluations. The results indicate that (1) optimizing urban transportation structures can reduce energy consumption and emission levels but cannot achieve the “carbon peaking” goal; (2) developing urban rail transit has a significant positive impact on energy saving and emission reduction; (3) the development of green transportation is closely integrated with and mutually influenced by slow-moving transportation, showing both synergy and constraints; and (4) under the comprehensive restriction scenario, despite higher energy consumption and emission values, better coordination is achieved, making it the most suitable optimization plan aligned with the green transportation development concept.
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spelling doaj-art-3d8e03ae85094c6984b4c7d16ae01e022025-01-24T13:50:33ZengMDPI AGSystems2079-89542025-01-011313410.3390/systems13010034Coordinated Development of Urban Transportation Structure Optimization and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Under the Low-Carbon Background in Lanzhou, ChinaZheming Shi0Yongsheng Qian1Junwei Zeng2Xu Wei3Minan Yang4School of Traffic and Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaUnder the context of low-carbon travel, promoting the green and environmentally friendly upgrade of urban transportation and optimizing urban transportation structures are of great significance in reducing carbon emissions. Exploring the pathways and methods to achieve green and low-carbon goals in urban transportation is a key research objective. Accordingly, this study constructs a multi-objective optimization model to optimize the transportation structure of Lanzhou City and quantitatively verifies the optimization effects through carbon emission calculations and coordination evaluations. The results indicate that (1) optimizing urban transportation structures can reduce energy consumption and emission levels but cannot achieve the “carbon peaking” goal; (2) developing urban rail transit has a significant positive impact on energy saving and emission reduction; (3) the development of green transportation is closely integrated with and mutually influenced by slow-moving transportation, showing both synergy and constraints; and (4) under the comprehensive restriction scenario, despite higher energy consumption and emission values, better coordination is achieved, making it the most suitable optimization plan aligned with the green transportation development concept.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/1/34green transportationurban trafficcarbon emissiontransportation structure optimizationLEAP model
spellingShingle Zheming Shi
Yongsheng Qian
Junwei Zeng
Xu Wei
Minan Yang
Coordinated Development of Urban Transportation Structure Optimization and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Under the Low-Carbon Background in Lanzhou, China
Systems
green transportation
urban traffic
carbon emission
transportation structure optimization
LEAP model
title Coordinated Development of Urban Transportation Structure Optimization and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Under the Low-Carbon Background in Lanzhou, China
title_full Coordinated Development of Urban Transportation Structure Optimization and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Under the Low-Carbon Background in Lanzhou, China
title_fullStr Coordinated Development of Urban Transportation Structure Optimization and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Under the Low-Carbon Background in Lanzhou, China
title_full_unstemmed Coordinated Development of Urban Transportation Structure Optimization and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Under the Low-Carbon Background in Lanzhou, China
title_short Coordinated Development of Urban Transportation Structure Optimization and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Under the Low-Carbon Background in Lanzhou, China
title_sort coordinated development of urban transportation structure optimization and energy conservation and emission reduction under the low carbon background in lanzhou china
topic green transportation
urban traffic
carbon emission
transportation structure optimization
LEAP model
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/13/1/34
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