JOINT EPA/UMTA/FEA STRATEGY FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY. VOLUME 2. PUBLIC-PRIVATE URBAN TRANSPORTATION MODAL MIXES

The objective of this four-volume study is to formulate a basis for the design of a joint interagency action program which would simultaneously improve urban mobility and air quality and conserve petroleum resources. This second volume presents an algorithm for calculating the impacts on transportation energy use and pollutant emissions of alternative urban transportation mixes. The algorithm is used to compare the change in national urban energy use and pollutant emissions implied by the maximum conceivable diversion of 1990 urban auto travel to bus, rail and para-transit compared to the no-diversion case. This exercise is supported by appendices showing the derivation of the methodology and of the database. The volume also includes a discussion of issues, tradeoffs, and methodologies relevant to the local determination of a balanced modal mix in an individual metropolitan area.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-244473. Prepared in cooperation with Environmental Protection Agency.
• Corporate Authors:

  Interplan Corporation

  100 North Hope Avenue
  Santa Barbara, CA  United States 

  Naval Underwater Systems Center

  Department of the Navy
  Newport, RI  United States  02840

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Environmental Protection Agency

  401 M Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20460
• Authors:
  • Krzyczkowski, R
  • Dei Rossi, J A
  • Henneman, S S
  • Putnam, E S
  • Usowicz, T W
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 92 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Algorithms; Alternatives analysis; Automobiles; Bus transportation; Conservation; Databases; Energy; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Forecasting; Mathematical models; Metropolitan areas; Paratransit services; Private transportation; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Air pollution forecasting
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151721
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-RI-06-0005-74-1, 7346-R-Vol-2
• Contract Numbers: N00140-74-C-6026
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 27 1982 12:00AM