Based on papers from the Asilomar Conference on Transportation and Global Climate Change, held in Pacific Grove, Calif., summer, 1991. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Highway vehicle activity trends and their implications for global warming / Michael P. Walsh -- Trends in transportation energy use / Lee Schipper, Ruth Steiner, and Stephen Myers -- The effects of transportation sector growth on energy use, the environment, and traffic congestion in four Asian cities / Mia Layne Birk and Peter Reilly-Roe -- Designing incentive-based approaches to limit carbon dioxide emissions from the light-duty vehicle fleet / Robin Miles-McLean, Susan M. Haltmaier, and Michael G. Shelby -- IC engines and fuels for cars and light trucks / John McLean -- Vehicle efficiency and the electric option / Paul B. MacCready -- The USDOE vehicle propulsion research and development program / John J. Brogan and Sek R. Venkateswaran Solar hydrogen transportation fuels / Joan M. Ogden, and Mark A. DeLuchi -- Why is energy use rising in the freight sector / Marianne M. Mintz and Anant D. Vyas -- Characteristics of future aviation fuels / Oren J. Haddler and Albert M. Momenthy -- Transportation on a greenhouse planet / John M. DeCicco ... {et. al}