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• Title:Transport beyond oil : policy choices for a multimodal future / edited by John L. Renne and Billy Fields.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Renne, John L.
  Fields, Billy (Billy M.)
  
• Published/Created:Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2013.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: HE206.2 .T6765 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Transportation and state--United States.
  Sustainable urban development--United States.
  Transportation--Energy consumption--United States.
  Transportation--Energy conservation--United States.
  Petroleum as fuel--United States.
  
• Description:xiii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
  
• Summary:"Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. In Transport Beyond Oil, leading experts show how to slash that statistic and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. The authors demonstrate that smarter development and land use decisions, paired with better transportation systems, can dramatically lower energy consumption. John Renne calculates how oil can be saved through a future with more transit-oriented development. Petra Todorovitch examines the promise of high speed rail. Peter Newman envisions 100% oil-free cities through the development of electric-transit, renewable natural gas, and other sustainable energy sources. Additional topics include funding transit, freight transport, and non-motorized transportation systems. Each chapter provides policy prescriptions and their measurable results. Transport Beyond Oil delivers practical solutions, based on quantitative data. This fact-based approach offers a new vision of travel that is both transformational and achievable" --Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781610910415 (alk. paper)
  1610910419 (alk. paper)
  9781610910439 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1610910435 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Petroleum Consumption Impacts and Trends
  1. Role of Transportation in Climate Disruption / David Burwell
  2. Oil Vulnerability in the American City / Jago Dodson
  3. Full Cost Analysis of Petroleum Consumption / Todd Litman
  4. How Does Induced Travel Affect Sustainable Transportation Policy? / Christopher S. Hanson
  5. Bending the Curve: How Reshaping US Transportation Can Influence Carbon Demand / Joanne R. Potter
  pt. 2 Transportation and Oil Dependence: A Modal Analysis
  6. Public Transportation as a Solution to Oil Dependence / Bradley W. Lane
  7. Taking the Car Out of Carbon: Mass Transit and Emission Avoidance / Projjal K. Dutta
  8. High-Speed Rail and Reducing Oil Dependence / Edward Burgess
  9. Challenges and Benefits of Using Biodiesel in Freight Railways / Jie (Jane) Lin
  10. Healthy, Oil-Free Transportation: The Role of Walking and Bicycling in Reducing Oil Dependence / Kevin Mills
  11. Building an Optimized Freight Transportation System / Alan S. Drake
  pt. 3 Moving Forward
  12. Imagining a Future Without Oilfor Car-Dependent Cities and Regions / Peter Newman
  13. Pent-Up Demand for Transit-Oriented Development and Its Role in Reducing Oil Dependence / John L. Renne
  14. Deteriorating or Improving?: Transport Sustainability Trends in Global Metropolitan Areas / Jeffrey Kenworthy
  15. Policy Implications of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program: Redefining the Transportation Solution / Tony Hull
  16. From Potential to Practice: Building a National Policy Framework for Transportation Oil Reduction / Kevin Mills.