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Many who have observed the large fraction of energy used in urban passenger transportation have suggested that this consumption could be reduced by encouraging higher densities and more compact settlements in urban areas. A study was carried out to investigate travel patterns and energy use in urban areas as determined by various descriptors of urban form. A statistical analysis of travel data from eight metropolitan areas found that energy use by urban passenger transportation is lower with some development patterns than with others. Some new neighborhoods would therefore be more energy efficient in their travel impacts than others. However, the transportation energy impacts of an extensive redevelopment (or growth) of an entire urban area would depend on the residential relocations that might occur with such drastic changes in overall housing availability. These were not examined. To calculate the energy use of various travel patterns, a simple direct approach developed at the General Motors Research Laboratories was used. This approach found that fuel consumption could be expressed as a linear function of a trip's travel time and travel distance, independent of complexities such as acceleration and deceleration rates or idle times. (Authors)

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1980

Transportation Research Record

59th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Fuel consumption; Housings; Impacts; Travel patterns; Travel time; Trip length; Urban development; Urban renewal; Urban transportation

Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB

Jun 12 1981 12:00AM

• ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY AND PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION MODES IN THE BUFFALO AREA
• ASSESSMENT OF THE WHARTON EFA AUTOMOBILE DEMAND MODEL
• DEMAND FOR TRAVEL AND THE GASOLINE CRISIS
• DIRECT ENERGY ACCOUNTS FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• EVALUATING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PLANS TO REDUCE GASOLINES QUEUES
• FORECASTING EQUILIBRIUM MOTOR VEHICLE HOLDINGS BY MEANS OF DISAGGREGATE MODELS
• HOW MUCH FUEL DOES VANPOOLING REALLY SAVE? (ABRIDGMENT)
• LONG-RANGE FORECASTS OF TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN NEW YORK STATE
• QUEUING AND SEARCH DELAYS DUE TO GASOLINE STATION CLOSINGS: SIMPLE EQUILIBRIUM FRAMEWORK
• REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL MODELS OF GASOLINE DEMAND DURING AN ENERGY EMERGENCY
• SIMPLE ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING GASOLINE STATION LINES
• TRANSPORTATION ENERGY EFFECTS ON URBAN GROWTH: RESULTS OF SIMULATIONS
• TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT ACTIONS: A STUDY OF THE ENERGY COSTS
• Travel Demand and Estimation of Energy Consumption by a Constrained Model
• USE OF DISAGGREGATE DATA TO EVALUATE GASOLINE CONSERVATION POLICIES: SMALLER CARS AND CARPOOLING