Future Transport - Sustainable Transportation Modes and Infrastructure for Germany Beck

With the aim of achieving a lower carbon footprint on the environment, green technology has been introduced in transportation systems in the past decade. Vehicles powered by renewable energy and smart road plans will need to be utilised. In this paper, the Galaxy Liner team, which combines expertise from different engineering disciplines, proposed smart road infrastructure, intelligent road lighting system, Urban Maglev, York bicycle hire system, electric vehicle charging system and Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit to be implemented in Germany Beck, a developing residential area in York. Although there are six means of transportation and infrastructure discussed in this paper, smart road infrastructure receives extra emphasis and detail. Problems this project sought to tackle included: bad weather conditions such as flood; snowy and icy roads; road congestion; excessive carbon emission; wastage of clean renewable energy. Public transport services provided by Galaxy Liner through this project will reduce car usage in York, encourage cycling and walking, provide easy access for York residents and visitors particularly students and Germany Beck residents and pioneer renewable energy usage for private vehicles. We advocated the aforementioned solutions based on a review of the literature, case studies, archival research and a survey. As York is a city full of historical structures and with a growing population, factors of both technology and local needs have been integrated to produce a pioneering city in the United Kingdom while advancing the technology growth. As a result, renewable energy is hoped to be used in a much wider context as it would help to pave a healthier and more sustainable future.