Transport beyond oil : policy choices for a multimodal future /

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Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. That means that the national oil addiction and all its consequences, from climate change to disastrous spills to dependence on foreign markets, can be greatly reduced by changing the way we move. In Transport Beyond Oil, leadi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Renne, John L., Fields, Billy (Billy M.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Imprint : Island Press, ©2013.
©2013
Temas:
Transportation and state > United States.
Sustainable urban development > United States.
Transportation > Energy consumption > United States.
Transportation > Energy conservation > United States.
Petroleum as fuel > United States.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Urbanisme durable > États-Unis.
Transport > Économies d'énergie > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Petroleum as fuel.
Sustainable urban development.
Transportation and state.
Transportation > Energy conservation.
Transportation > Energy consumption.
United States.
Environmental sciences.
Regional planning.
Design and construction.
Sustainable development.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.
Earth System Sciences.
Transportation.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction Moving from Disaster to Opportunity
  • Introduction Moving from Disaster to Opportunity / John L. Renne, Billy Fields
  • Petroleum Consumption Impacts and Trends
  • The Role of Transportation in Climate Disruption1 / Deborah Gordon, David Burwell
  • Oil Vulnerability in the American City / Neil Sipe, Jago Dodson
  • Full Cost Analysis of Petroleum Consumption1 / Todd Litman
  • How Does Induced Travel Affect Sustainable Transportation Policy? / Robert B. Noland, Christopher S. Hanson
  • Bending the Curve / Deron Lovaas, Joanne R. Potter
  • Transportation and Oil Dependence: A Modal Analysis
  • Public Transportation as a Solution to Oil Dependence / Bradley W. Lane
  • Taking the Car out of Carbon / Projjal K. Dutta
  • High-Speed Rail and Reducing Oil Dependence / Petra Todorovich, Edward Burgess
  • The Challenges and Benefits of Using Biodiesel in Freight Railways / Simon McDonnell, Jie Jane Lin
  • Healthy, Oil-Free Transportation / Kevin Mills JD
  • Building an Optimized Freight Transportation System / Alan S. Drake
  • Moving Forward
  • Imagining a Future Without Oil for Car-Dependent Cities and Regions / Peter Newman
  • The Pent-Up Demand for Transit-Oriented Development and Its Role in Reducing Oil Dependence / John L. Renne
  • Deteriorating or Improving? / Jeffrey Kenworthy
  • Policy Implications of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program / Billy Fields, Tony Hull
  • From Potential to Practice / Billy Fields, John L. Renne, Kevin Mills.

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