Social Network Analysis of Sustainable Transportation Organizations

This study examines the communication networks of 121 organizations promoting sustainable transportation policy in northern New England. “Sustainable transportation” is defined here as ameliorating transportation’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, ground based air pollution, pollution in waters and streams, and human health issues such as obesity and lung disease. In a broad sense, it meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. Organizations promoting this goal include government agencies, planning commissions, nonprofits, transit providers and businesses. Communication patterns consist of the sending and receiving of information, which may be reflective of collaboration, sharing resources, and other relationships that influence an organization’s power to affect the policy process. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont are the focus of this study because of their geographical proximity and their similarities in terms of population densities and demographics, climates, and transportation challenges.

• Record URL:
  http://www.uvm.edu/~transctr/research/trc_reports/UVM-TRC-12-008.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Vermont, Burlington

  Transportation Research Center
  210 Colchester Avenue
  Burlington, VT  United States  05405-1757

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Watts, Richard
  • Witham, Aaron
• Publication Date: 2012-7-15

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 30p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications; Information dissemination; Interorganizational relations; Organizations; Surveys; Sustainable transportation; Transportation policy
• Candidate Terms: Social networking
• Geographic Terms: Maine; New England; New Hampshire; Vermont
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01383431
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UVM TRC Report # 12-008
• Files: UTC, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 3:36PM