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Title: TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: ADDRESSING THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION ON CLIMATE AND ECOLOGY
Accession Number: 00741983
Record Type: Monograph
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The National Research Council appointed a study committee of 18 members having expertise in environmental sciences, economics, transportation, and public policy. The committee met eight times to deliberate on the issues and to prepare this report. The purpose of the report is to identify some of the challenges that lie ahead in managing transportation's long-term environmental effects and the kinds of research and preparations that are needed to inform policy and meet these challenges. Although the report does not recommend specific policies to pursue, it identifies some of the issues and uncertainties that will need to be addressed in evaluating them. The discussion focuses on motor vehicle transportation, which accounts for most of the energy consumed, pollutants emitted, and physical infrastructure used by the U.S. transportation system. The report is organized in five chapters. Chapter 1 discusses the rationale for this study and outlines the key issues. In Chapter 2 historical trends in U.S. motor vehicle travel and petroleum use are reviewed. Plausible future trends are projected to provide a general sense of the related environmental challenges from growth in motor vehicle travel that may lie ahead. The focus of Chapters 3 and 4 is on these environmental challenges. Considered in Chapter 3 is the role of transportation in greenhouse gas buildup and the risk of climate change. In Chapter 4 the risks from transportation to biological diversity and ecosystems are considered. Research and policy options for lessening the risks are examined in each instance. In Chapter 5 the key findings and points from this discussion are summarized and suggestions for research to better understand and begin reducing these long-term environmental risks are offered.
Supplemental Notes: This report was prepared by the Committee for a Study on Transportation and a Sustainable Environment. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: 275 p.
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0309059690
Features: Appendices
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Oct 22 1997 12:00AM
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