THE AUTOMOBILE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Chapter 1 of this book entitled: Environmental implications of options in urban mobility: observations of the Environment Committee of OECD (Committee of OECD), outlines the wider context of automobile policies. Chapter 2: Urban public transport: service innovations in operations, planning and technology (Burco, RA), deals with new potentials in public transport service, bus operations and the management of street and highway facilities, tramways, rail rapid transit, and suburban railroads. Institutional innovations in planning and administration, automated guideway transit, government and the pace and quality of urban transport evolution. Chapter 3: Methods of traffic limitation in urban areas (Thomson, JM), is devoted to traffic restriction, traffic restraint, traffic avoidance and effectiveness. Chapter 4: The automobile and the environment: Implications for the planning process (manheim,ml and suhrbier,j) discusses the planning process, process, community interaction, evaluation and reporting, interrelation of system and project planning, implementation. Chapter 5: Automobiles and cities: strategies for developing countries (Owen, W) reviews trends and outlook, improvement of urban transport. Chapter 6: Automotive air pollution and noise: implications for public policy (Ad Hoc Group to the Environment Committee of OECD), examines the dimensions of the problem, control of vehicles in use, transportation and land use control strategies, and limitation of the use of lead in motor fuel. (TRRL)

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

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• Publication Date: 1978

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• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.
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  • Publication of: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: O262-070 70-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Automobiles; Buses; Environment; Environmental impacts; Forecasting; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Land use; Land use planning; Lead (Metal); Mobility; Noise control; Planning; Policy; Public participation; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Right of way (Traffic); Sound; Suburbs; Technology; Traffic restraint; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Trolley cars; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Vehicles
• Identifier Terms: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Land use controls
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 1394: Catalytic converter; 2455: Environment; 639: Exclusive right of way; 132: Forecast; 356: Land use; 7138: Lead (metal); 9105: Mobility (pers); 8309: OECD; 1144: Operations (transp network); 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 142: Public participation; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 1181: Rapid transit system; 6748: Sound; 304: Suburbs; 3855: Technology; 633: Traffic restraint; 1284: Tram; 313: Urban area; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310234
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 2000 12:00AM