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Title:

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF BICYCLING AND WALKING IN THE UNITED STATES

Accession Number:

00641346

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309055547

Abstract:

Bicycling and walking are underappreciated modes of mobility in the United States. In an attempt to reassert the benefits of these human-powered transportation modes, the fuel and emissions savings resulting from current levels of bicycling and walking have been estimated. On the basis of high estimates of miles traveled by bicycling and walking, these combined modes displace between 1.2 and 5.0% of passenger vehicle emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds. Additionally, bicycling and walking displace as much as 1.6% of carbon dioxide emissions from passenger vehicles. The environmental benefits that can be realized from increased bicycling and walking in 2000 are also projected. If federal and state governments go a step beyond the flexible funding provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to direct state and federal funding toward investments in bicycling and walking infrastructure, higher levels of bicycling and walking and thus greater environmental benefits will result by 2000. Bicycling and walking could displace 4 to 15% of projected passenger vehicle emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds and 5% of passenger vehicle carbon dioxide.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1405, Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Older Driver Research.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

Monograph Accession #:

01403250

Language:

English

Authors:

Komanoff, Charles
Roelofs, Cora
Orcutt, Jon
Ketcham, Brian

Pagination:

p. 7-12

Publication Date:

1993

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1405
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309055547

Features:

References (9) ; Tables (2)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Reduction (Decrease)

Subject Areas:

Energy; Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 3 1994 12:00AM

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