TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: THINGS ARE HEATING UP

This paper addresses the environmental and energy costs of transportation and discusses some of the means that governments, transportation experts, and industry can use to reduce this impact. In particular, the reduction of carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon monoxide emissions through technology, planning and lifestyle changes, standards, and taxation are addressed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented to Transportation and Energy Workshop held in Winnipeg in 1991.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ontario Ministry of Transportation

  1201 Wilson Avenue
  Downsview, Ontario  Canada  M3M 1J8
• Authors:
  • Harmelink, M D
  • Colavincenzo, OMS
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Costs; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Transportation; Transportation planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation energy
• Subject Areas: Energy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00627787
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 13 1996 12:00AM