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Title:

THE NEXT AUTOMOTIVE REVOLUTION

Accession Number:

00794739

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515

Abstract:

This paper concentrates on how motor vehicle transportation can become less environmentally damaging, demanding of natural resources, and brutal to life and limb. The question addressed is, what tools do we have to address the ill-effects of cars and trucks while enhancing the freedom and flexibility they provide? It is pointed out that three essential forces continue to shape the automobile: the push of entrepreneurs and competition; the pull of consumer demand; and the governance of adverse automotive impacts, their regulation, and other market-shaping factors. And just as these forces produced revolutions in the past, they will produce the next revolution, which will result from similar major dynamic forces such as an energy or environmental crisis, a major new market entrant, or a substantial shift in the public's transportation needs and desires. The specific confluence of those forces and the direction of the next revolution cannot be accurately predicted or yet clearly discerned. The best hope for the future of motor vehicles as a key part of sustainable transportation is for advocates to be prepared to shape the next revolution when it comes.

Supplemental Notes:

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 #:

00794736

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

NASH, C E

Pagination:

p. 36-53

Publication Date:

1999-8

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: 492
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Conference on Policies for Fostering Sustainable Transportation Technologies

Location: Pacific Grove, California
Date: 1997-8-17 to 1997-8-20
Sponsors: U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Federal Highway Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics; University of California Transportation Center; Energy Foundation; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (3) ; References; Tables (13)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Energy crisis; Paradigm shift

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jun 20 2000 12:00AM

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