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Title: TRANSPORTATION AND A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT: ORIGIN AND MISSION OF TRB STUDY
Accession Number: 00748783
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In this article, Thomas B. Deen, former executive director of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), discusses the genesis of the TRB study, Transportation and a Sustainable Environment. As executive director in 1993, he initiated discussions with members of the TRB Executive Committee. The Executive Committee concluded that the transportation community would be well served by a study designed to (1) foster understanding among the professional and public policy communities about the long-term environmental disturbances due to transportation, and (2) identify opportunities and options for improving recognition of those disturbances and reducing the associated risks through research, technological innovation, and changes in transportation practices and policies. The National Research Council appointed a study committee of 18 experts (including Thomas B. Deen) under the leadership of James D. Ebert. Early deliberations involved clarifying the study scope, a difficult task as there is no consensus within the transportation community, or generally, about the array of environmental risks and other issues germane to the concept of sustainable development. As a guiding tenet, the committee repeatedly returned to the fundamental notion that current generations should not compromise the ability of later generations to meet their needs. On the basis of this concern, the committee elected to focus its attention on transportation's contribution to those long-term environmental risks that have potentially large and permanent adverse consequences. The committee believes these risks pose particular challenges to public policy making and efforts to maintain a sound environment for future generations.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Deen, T BPagination: p. 28
Publication Date: 1998-3
Serial: TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: May 21 1998 12:00AM
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