TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN URBAN AREAS

KAUPUNKILIIKENTEEN SEURAUSVAIKUTUKSET JA ENERGIAN KULUTUS

The report studies the question how to consider energy economics in urban traffic planning. The aim has been to develop a system which gives a reasonable way to consider energy consumption when evaluating traffic plans. Energy consumption can be considered at three levels: local, national and global. At the local level energy consumption is felt indirectly as mobility, risk, environmental impact and cost. Decisions on traffic engineering can be made on the basis of these items. Energy consumption as a separate criterion is not needed. In the study an evaluation method for traffic plans is developed which uses mobility, safety, environmental effects and use of money as the criteria. The evaluation includes both objective and subjective knowledge and various viewpoints including those of traffic users, and the inhabitants and enterprises in the area. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Technical Research Centre of Finland

  Vuorimiehentie 5
  SF-02150 Espoo 15,   Finland 
• Authors:
  • HIMANEN, V
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• Finnish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 89 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Technical Research Centre of Finland
  • Publisher: Technical Research Centre of Finland
  • ISSN: 1235-0605

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economic factors; Economics; Energy; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Evaluation and assessment; Fuel consumption; Highway planning; Impact studies; Mobility; Planning; Risk analysis; Safety; Traffic; Transportation; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic planning
• ITRD Terms: 263: Economics of transport; 213: Energy; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 232: Fuel consumption; 143: Planning; 755: Traffic; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381066
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• ISBN: 951-38-1688-5
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTT-TUTK 159 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM