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Title:

Estimation of Performance Indices for the Planning of Sustainable Transportation Systems

Accession Number:

01368019

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

In the context of sustainability, this study defines three important and interdependent systems, the Transportation, Activity, and Environmental Systems. Previous studies have focused primarily on a particular system, such as the transportation sector. This study explicitly considers the Transportation, Activity, and Environmental Systems as well as their interdependencies. Hence, a system of systems approach is adopted in this study to illustrate the historical trends of these three systems. The performance indices for each system are combined to obtain a composite sustainability index. Considering the complexities and the vagueness associated with some of the performance measures, a fuzzy logic modeling approach was chosen to develop the desired indices. Existing data was used to estimate performance indices for these systems for the entire United States. The results showed that the Transportation System and the Activity System follow a positive trend, with similar periods of growth and contractions; on the other hand, the environmental system follows a reverse pattern. The results are intuitive, and are validated through a series of historic events, such as depressions in the economy as well as policy changes and regulations. Previous planning and operational policies for the Transportation, Activity, and Environmental systems can be evaluated from a holistic perspective based on the revealed performance trends.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD40 Transportation and Sustainability

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-3505

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Paz, Alexander

ORCID 0000-0002-1217-9808

Maheshwari, Pankaj
Kachroo, Pushkin

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Performance indicators

Subject Areas:

Energy; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I15: Environment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-3505

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:17PM