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The objective of the study was to develop a comprehensive methodology for assessing the life cycle environmental performance of public transport modes in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The scope of the study comprises the life cycle phases of commuting trains, public bus transport, and metro. To reach this overarching scope, inventory data for broadly defined system boundary was collected from several departments of respective transport authorities. GaBi 6.5 platform has been used to conduct life cycle impact assessment of public transport modes. The environmental impact has been assessed in terms of six impact categories related to urban transport sector, namely, global warming, acidification, eutrophication, photochemical ozone creation, abiotic depletion potential, and primary energy demand. The functional unit identified for the present study is passenger kilometer traveled in the service life of the vehicle. The operation phase of public transport modes is the major contributor to most of the impact categories. Eventually, this study developed the environmental inventories that can be used by regional transport authorities for providing the sustainable public transportation.
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Shinde, A.M., Dikshit, A.K., Singh, R.K. (2020). Life Cycle Assessment of Public Transport Modes in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. In: Hussain, C. (eds) Handbook of Environmental Materials Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58538-3_192-1
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