Impact of Passenger Transportation Modes, Travel Choices, and Urban Geography on CO₂ Emissions

Policies that encourage reduced vehicle-miles traveled and the use of more efficient transportation modes in urbanized areas are typically considered as means to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, no definitive quantifications are yet available regarding the potential benefits that could be derived from such policies in terms of potential reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The contributions of this study are twofold. First, the impacts of changes in the various travel related, population density, and policy variables on CO₂ emissions are quantified. Second, the implications of these quantifications on policy-making are identified and discussed.

• Record URL:
  http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nextrans/assets/pdfs/new/122OSUY2.1Impact%20of%20passenger%20transportation%20modes%20travel%20choices%20and%20urban%20geography%20on%20CO2%20emissions_final%20report.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio State University, Columbus

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
  2070 Neil Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43210-1275

  NEXTRANS

  Purdue University
  3000 Kent Avenue
  Lafayette, IN  United States  47906-1075

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mishalani, Rabi G
  • Goel, Prem
• Publication Date: 2017-1-23

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Carbon dioxide; Environmental impacts; Mode choice; Passenger transportation; Policy; Pollutants; Population density; Travel behavior; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01629993
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NEXTRANS Project No. 122OSUY2.1
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC05
• Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 27 2017 9:29AM