IDENTIFICATION AND RANKING OF TRANSPORTATION COST REDUCTIONS THROUGH ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

For many urban transportation agencies, energy conservation is one of the important goals in the development of their respective transportation programs. However, there is currently little information available to determine which strategies to implement and in which order to apply each of these strategies. This report responds to these concerns and details an analytical methodology for developing a comprehensive transportation energy conservation (TEC) program within an urban environment. Such a methodology is needed because of the high cost and the projected shortage of energy, the lack of an effective and comprehensive TEC evaluation tool, and the requirement for the optimal allocation of limited transportation funds. The objectives of this research were to: 1) compile data on TEC strategies through a literature search and contacts with concerned agencies in the United States; 2) identify and assess impact measures relative to TEC strategies; 3) develop a cost-effectiveness methodology for evaluating and ranking the various TEC strategies under given situations; and 4) apply the developed methodology to real-world cases in order to demonstrate its usefulness and practicability. A number of desirable features incorporated into the methodology are: 1) a comprehensive accounting of all relevant TEC strategy impacts; 2) an approach to assure compatibility among tangible and intangible impacts; 3) the link of the theoretical framework to the actual decision-making process; 4) the application of the multiattribute utility theory to the subjective impact assessment; and 5) an employment of the cost-effectiveness concepts. The case study demonstrated in this report of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area in Utah has demonstrated the methodology's utility, ease of application, and favorability by decision-makers and responsible agencies.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Utah, Salt Lake City

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  122 South Central Campus Drive
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84112

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Yu, J C
  • Pang, LMG
• Publication Date: 1983-1

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Energy conservation; Impact studies; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Geographic Terms: Utah
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies; Umta section 11
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381030
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-UT-11-0002-83-2Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: UT-11-0002
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM