Environmental Sustainability in Transportation: Improving the Quality of Life

Transportation agencies have refined their organizational goals to foster sustainable strategies and approaches to problems from the perspective of the “triple bottom line”— environment, economy, and social equity. This article serves as an introduction to this issue of TR News, which focuses on environmental sustainability. Articles and sidebars highlight advances that transportation agencies have made in environmental sustainability across the transportation modes.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/169927.aspx
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• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07386826
• Authors:
  • O'Loughlin, Robert M
• Publication Date: 2013-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: p 3
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 288
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Environmental protection; Quality of life; Sustainable transportation; Transportation departments
• Subject Areas: Environment; Transportation (General); I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503526
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 9 2014 8:43AM