FACTORS THAT MAY INFLUENCE RESPONSES OF THE U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECTOR TO POLICIES FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Transportation vehicle operations in the United States contribute 32% of the nation's emissions of carbon dioxide and 7% of the world's emissions from energy use. Technical options to reduce emission rates exist, but policies to reduce emissions must recognize the fragmentation of responsibility for key transportation activities among diverse groups of decision makers and the need to coordinate their decision making. Policies to increase vehicle fuel efficiency affect decisions by vehicle suppliers, transportation service suppliers, and those who demand transportation services. Policies to shift to alternative transportation fuels affect decisions by these decision makers, by fuel suppliers, and possibly by infrastructure developers as well. Projected long-term increases in the demand for transportation services will offset emission reductions from these policies unless service can be delivered by modes with lower emissions or demand growth can be managed, as in other sectors of the economy. Additional research is needed to determine the most effective demand management strategies.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1267, Global Warming: Transportation and Energy Considerations 1990. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Hilsman, Edward L
- Southworth, Frank
- Publication Date: 1990
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- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 1-11
- Monograph Title: Global warming: transportation and energy considerations 1990
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1267
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Carbon dioxide; Coordination; Decision making; Demand; Fuel conservation; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Management; Policy; Pollutants; Transportation; Vehicles
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Policy; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration;
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- Accession Number: 00601500
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309050170
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Nov 30 1990 12:00AM