"Journal of the Transportation Research Board." "A peer-reviewed publication." Papers sponsored by Environmental Analysis in Transportation Committee, Transportation and Air Quality Committee, Ecology and Transportation Task Force, Transportation-related Noise and Vibration Committee, Waste Management in Transportation Committee, Transportation Energy Committee, and Alternative Transportation Fuels Committee. "Many of these papers were presented at the TRB 84th Annual Meeting in January 2005 ..."--Page ix. Includes bibliographical references.

Effect of fuel economy on automobile safety : a reexamination / Sanjana Ahmad, David L. Greene -- Energy efficiency, fuel economy, and policy implications / Nicholas Lutsey, Daniel Sperling -- Introduction of hybrid and diesel vehicles : status within the life cycle of technology adoption / Danilo J. Santini, Anant D. Vyas -- Methodology for developing transit bus speed-acceleration matrices for load-based mobile source emissions models / Seungju Yoon [and five others] -- Estimating extended idling emissions of heavy-duty diesel trucks in Texas / Josias Zietsman, Dennis G. Perkinson -- Evaluating the ability of Global Positioning System receivers to measure a real-world operating mode for emissions research / Eric Jackson [and three others] -- Designing on-road vehicle test programs for the development of effective vehicle emission models / Theodore Younglove, George Scora, Matthew Barth -- On-road vehicle emission and activity data collection and evaluation in Houston, Texas / Fengxiang Qiao, Lei Yu, Michal Vojtisek-Lom -- Surprises from a field validation of speed estimation techniques for air quality conformity analysis / John S. Miller [and four others] -- Impact of regional simulation on emission estimates / David B. Roden -- Travel characteristics of urban freight vehicles and their effects on emission factors / Annie Protopapas [and three others] -- MOBILE6.2 modeling of exhaust air toxic emission factors : trend and sensitivity analysis / Tianjia Tang [and five others] -- Energy and emissions impacts of operating higher-productivity vehicles / Michael A. Tunnell, Rebecca M. Brewster -- Causal analysis of hydrogen acceptance / Eric Molin -- Analysis of 11 bioengineered stream bank erosion control structures in Alaska / Kenneth F. Karle, William W. Emmett, Nancy Moore -- Multi-agency permitting teams : teamwork as a critical tool to joint delivery of transportation and environmental protection needs / Jason W. Smith, Sherry L. Weber -- Measuring and modeling emission effects for toll facilities / Margarida C. Coelho, Tiago L. Farias, Nagui M. Rouphail -- Streamlining success of Southeast Arkansas Interstate 69 connector project : integrating geographic information system and stakeholder involvement / Timothy J. Smith, Marion Butler -- Comparison of Traffic Noise Model 2.5 with 2.1 and measured data / A.A. El-Aassar, R.L. Wayson, J.M. MacDonald -- Accuracy of a traffic noise model using data from machine vision technology / Lloyd Herman, Sunita Nadella -- Basics of noise generation for pavement engineers / Robert J. Bernhard, Rebecca S. McDaniel -- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Texas with high-volume fly ash concrete / Cindy K. Estakhri, Donald Saylak -- North Carolina's Ecosystem Enhancement Program : mitigation for the future / Janet D'lgnazio [and three others] -- Pile driving and barotrauma effects / Sara Hardyniec, Sarah Skeen.