Main Title |
Environment and energy. |
Publisher |
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Transportation Research Board, |
Year Published |
2015 |
OCLC Number |
930795380 |
ISBN |
9780309369237; 0309369231 |
Subjects |
Power resources--Environmental aspects--United States ;
Environmental impacts ;
Greenhouse gases ;
Transit oriented development ;
Energy ;
Energy consumption
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Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELCM |
TE7.H5 no. 2502 |
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NVFEL Library/Ann Arbor, MI |
08/26/2016 |
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Collation |
vii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Notes |
"Journal of the Transportation Research Board" "A peer-reviewed publication." Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents Notes |
This issue contains 17 papers concerned with the environment and energy. Specific topics addressed include the following: ground-borne noise criteria; noise measurement types in a quiet pavement pilot program; force density levels of light rail vehicles; pavement and barriers for noise mitigation; energy consumption by liquefied natural gas carriers; driver response to hydrogen fuel cell buses; and time-dependent greenhouse gas benefits of transit-oriented smart growth. Additional topics addressed in this issue are: the greenhouse gas impacts of subway line ridership; the effect of improved fuel efficiency on fuel tax revenues and greenhouse gas emissions; adoption of battery electric vehicles; a sustainable supply chain of biofuels; long-haul truck hybridization; woody biomass supply, economics, and biofuels policy; electric vehicle charging behavior; charging and parking choices of electric vehicle drivers; electric vehicle fast charger planning for metropolitan planning organizations; and advance mitigation. |