01220430

Monograph

This issue contains 15 papers concerned with social, environmental, and economic sustainability, as well as the 2010 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture, which considers the history and future of transportation policy as it relates to poverty and sustainability. Specific topics discussed include the following: equity implications of alternative transportation financing strategies; travel behavior patterns of different socially disadvantaged groups; American women's time use; minority civil rights and environmental justice in service delivery and reductions; measuring the jobs–housing balance; potential inequities of climate change abatement policies; transport demand management; transfer of innovative sustainability policies between cities; sustainable transport measures for a small town; green credits versus environmentally sustainable traffic operations; application of data envelopment analysis to environmentally sustainable transport policies; carbon dioxide emissions reduction; impact of transport infrastructure on firm formation; and the impact of foreign aid on local institutional systems.

English

158p

2010

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309142939

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Business practices; Carbon dioxide; Cities; Civil rights; Climate change; Environmental justice; Equity; Females; Financing; Highway operations; Institutional issues; Low income groups; Minorities; Policy; Small towns; Strategic planning; Sustainable development; Sustainable transportation; Transportation policy; Travel behavior; Travel demand management

Data envelopment analysis; Disadvantaged persons; Financial aid; Jobs-housing balance; Service delivery; Time use

Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Oct 27 2010 8:15AM

• Alternative Transportation Financing Strategies: Special Equity Implications for Older and Retired People
• Americans' Time Use: A Focus on Women and Child Rearing—Structural Equations Modeling
• Environmental Efficiency Model Based on Data Envelopment Analysis and Its Application to Environmentally Sustainable Transport Policies
• Estimating the Potential Success of Sustainable Transport Measures for a Small Town
• Exploring Potential Inequities Between Burdens and Benefits of Climate Change Abatement Policies
• Green Credits Versus Environmentally Sustainable Traffic Operations: Comparison of Contributions to Energy and Emissions Reductions
• How Does Ignoring Worker Class Affect Measuring the Jobs–Housing Balance? Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
• Impact of Foreign Aid on Local Institutional Systems: Case Study of Institutional Spillover Effect on the Batangas Port Development Project in the Philippines
• Impact of Transport Infrastructure on Firm Formation: Evidence from Portuguese Municipalities
• Performance Measurement Frameworks and Development of Effective Sustainable Transport Strategies and Indicators
• Safeguarding Minority Civil Rights and Environmental Justice in Service Delivery and Reductions: Case Study of New York City Transit Authority Title VI Program
• Sustainable Transport In France: Is a 75% Reduction in CO2 Emissions Attainable?
• Transfer of Innovative Policies Between Cities to Promote Sustainability: Case Study Evidence
• Transportation Policy, Poverty, and Sustainability: History and Future
• Travel Behaviour Patterns of Different Socially Disadvantaged Groups: Analysis of Household Travel Survey Data in a Dispersed Metropolitan Area
• Understanding Transport Demand Management and Its Role in Delivery of Sustainable Urban Transport