01450930

Monograph

This issue contains 21 papers concerned with energy and global climate change as related to transportation. Specific topics discussed include the following: consumer perceptions and use of driving distance of electric vehicles; charging choices for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; optimal deployment of emission reduction technologies for large fleets; electric vehicles in rural states; energy use by plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; high-coverage point-to-point transit; prospects for energy usage and carbon dioxide that affect European transportation sector; second life for plug-in vehicle batteries; spatially explicit projection of biofuel supply; carbon footprints of public transportation agencies; achieving greenhouse gas reductions in a city's transportation sector; transit policies and potential carbon dioxide emission impacts; Mexico City trends in transport activity, energy use, and carbon footprint; transportation control measures impacts on travel activity and emissions; light duty vehicles; proposed vehicle fuel economy standards in the United States; fuel efficiency standards for pickup trucks; predicting power demand of electric vehicles; policies concerning plug-in electric vehicles; public education on ecodriving; and life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of materials used in road construction.

English

191p

2012

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309223270

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Air quality management; Biomass fuels; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Ecodriving; Electric batteries; Electric vehicles; Emission control systems; Energy; Energy consumption; Greenhouse gases; Pickup trucks; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Policy; Public transit; Standards; Sustainable transportation; Transit operating agencies; Vehicle fleets

Fuel efficiency; Light duty vehicles

Energy; Environment; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment; I90: Vehicles

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Nov 1 2012 2:09PM

• Acceleration Performance Trends and Evolving Relationship Between Power, Weight, and Acceleration in U.S. Light-Duty Vehicles: Linear Regression Analysis
• Achieving Goals of San Francisco, California, for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Transportation Sector: What Would It Take?
• Activity-Based Modeling to Predict Spatial and Temporal Power Demand of Electric Vehicles in Flanders, Belgium
• Carbon Footprints for Public Transportation Agencies in Florida
• Comparison of Fuel Efficiency Standards for Light- and Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks
• Consumer Perceptions and Use of Driving Distance of Electric Vehicles: Changes over Time Through Lifestyle Learning Process
• Estimation of Energy Use by Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Validating Gamma Distribution for Representing Random Daily Driving Distance
• High-Coverage Point-to-Point Transit: Electric Vehicle Operations
• How Public Education on Ecodriving Can Reduce Both Fuel Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Impacts of Charging Choices for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles in 2030 Scenario
• Impacts of Implementing Transportation Control Measures on Travel Activity and Emissions
• Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Materials Used in Road Construction
• Optimal Deployment of Emission Reduction Technologies for Large Fleets
• Plug-In Electric Vehicles in California: Review of Current Policies, Related Emissions Reductions for 2020, and Policy Outlook
• Proposed Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards in the United States for 2017 to 2025: Impacts on the Economy, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Prospects for Energy Usage and Carbon Dioxide That Affect European Transportation Sector
• Second Life for Plug-In Vehicle Batteries: Effect of Grid Energy Storage Value on Battery Lease Payments
• Spatially Explicit Projection of Biofuel Supply for Meeting Renewable Fuel Standard
• Transit Policies and Potential Carbon Dioxide Emission Impacts: Some Insights from China’s Recent Transit Priority Policies
• Travel Demand and Charging Capacity for Electric Vehicles in Rural States: Vermont Case Study
• Trends in Transport Activity, Energy Use, and Carbon Footprint in Mexico City, Mexico