Systems Operations and Management activities of transportation agencies-both state and local have the objective of making the most effective use of the existing roadway capacity by improving efficiency (throughput, speed, safety), minimizing the service impacts of any disruption (crashes, weather), and providing special emergency services (evacuati
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Lockwood, S. (2008). Operational Responses to Climate Change Impacts. National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17366
Lockwood, S.. Operational Responses to Climate Change Impacts. National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, 2008. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17366.
Lockwood, S. Operational Responses to Climate Change Impacts. National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, 2008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17366.
Both high import payments for petroleum motor fuels and concerns regarding emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are motivating interest in possible fuel substitutes. In this report, RAND researchers assess the potential future production levels, production costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implications of synthetic crude oil extracted f
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Toman, M., Curtright, A. E., Ortiz, D. S., Darmstadter, J., & Shannon, B. (2008). Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs. Rand Corporation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18428
Toman, Michael, Aimee E. Curtright, David S. Ortiz, Joel Darmstadter, and Brian Shannon. Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs. Rand Corporation, 2008. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18428.
Toman, Michael, et al. Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs. Rand Corporation, 2008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18428.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) entered into force in 1994 with the objective for ‘stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system'. The Kyoto Protocol (1997) set out to reduce emissions of most long lived gr
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Forster, P., & Rogers, H. (2008). Metrics for Comparison of Climate Impacts from Well Mixed Greenhouse Gases and Inhomogeneous Forcing Such as Those from UT/LS Ozone, Contrails and Contrail-Cirrus (Report No. SSWP No. 7). Federal Highway Administration (U.S.). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39398
Forster, Piers and Helen Rogers. Metrics for Comparison of Climate Impacts from Well Mixed Greenhouse Gases and Inhomogeneous Forcing Such as Those from UT/LS Ozone, Contrails and Contrail-Cirrus. Report no. SSWP No. 7. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.), 2008. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39398.
Forster, Piers, and Helen Rogers Metrics for Comparison of Climate Impacts from Well Mixed Greenhouse Gases and Inhomogeneous Forcing Such as Those from UT/LS Ozone, Contrails and Contrail-Cirrus. Federal Highway Administration (U.S.), 2008, Report no. SSWP No. 7, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39398.
Notes that the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen will take place December 2009. The prime ministers' Punkaharju Declaration of summer 2007 set a new tone in Nordic co-operation, presenting a vision of the future in which the Nordic Region's responses to the challenges of globalisation would be implemented. Within a short period of time, mechanism
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Nordic Council of Ministers (2008). Nordic Road Map: Programme for the Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2009. Nordic Council of Ministers. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17318
Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordic Road Map: Programme for the Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2009. Nordic Council of Ministers, 2008. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17318.
Nordic Council of Ministers Nordic Road Map: Programme for the Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2009. Nordic Council of Ministers, 2008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17318.
The WSDOT Public Transportation Division Director requested a synthesis report on the role of state departments of transportation in climate change initiatives. A search of available information has revealed a host of measures underway to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the transportation sector. This report is a detailed summary of curren
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Poor, A. (2008). Climate Change Initiatives of State Departments of Transportation: Synthesis. Washington (State). Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18600
Poor, Aaron. Climate Change Initiatives of State Departments of Transportation: Synthesis. Washington (State). Department of Transportation, 2008. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18600.
Poor, Aaron Climate Change Initiatives of State Departments of Transportation: Synthesis. Washington (State). Department of Transportation, 2008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18600.
This book presents an in-depth review of the prospects of and policy, governance, and environmental issues associated with establishing a coal-to-liquids (CTL) industry in the United States.
Bartis, J. T., Camm, F., & Ortiz, D. S. (2008). Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal: Prospects and Policy Issues. Rand Corporation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18429
Bartis, James T., Frank Camm, and David S. Ortiz. Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal: Prospects and Policy Issues. Rand Corporation, 2008. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18429.
Bartis, James T., et al. Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal: Prospects and Policy Issues. Rand Corporation, 2008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18429.
The goal of this report is to inform research recommendations to address the constraints surrounding availability of biomass feedstocks. To meet this goal, an economic assessment, which links to an analysis of the consequences for greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability, has been developed that encompasses feedstock production from agriculture
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Biomass Research and Development Board (U.S.), United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, & United States. Department of Energy (2008). Increasing Feedstock Production for Biofuels: Economic Drivers, Environmental Implications, and the Role of Research. Biomass Research and Development Board (U.S.). https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17283
Biomass Research and Development Board (U.S.), United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, and United States. Department of Energy. Increasing Feedstock Production for Biofuels: Economic Drivers, Environmental Implications, and the Role of Research. Biomass Research and Development Board (U.S.), 2008. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17283.
Biomass Research and Development Board (U.S.), et al. Increasing Feedstock Production for Biofuels: Economic Drivers, Environmental Implications, and the Role of Research. Biomass Research and Development Board (U.S.), 2008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17283.
Exploiting a rich data set of new vehicle registrations in 22 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas from 1999 to 2006, we analyze the determinants in the demand for hybrid vehicles and examine government programs that aim to promote the adoption of hybrid vehicles. We find that both the recent run-up in gasoline prices from 1999 and federal income ta
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Li, S., & Beresteanu, A. (2008). Gasoline Prices, Government Support and the Demand for Hybrid Vehicles in the U.S. Duke University. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38280
Li, Shanjun and Arie Beresteanu. Gasoline Prices, Government Support and the Demand for Hybrid Vehicles in the U.S. Duke University, 2008. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38280.
Li, Shanjun, and Arie Beresteanu Gasoline Prices, Government Support and the Demand for Hybrid Vehicles in the U.S. Duke University, 2008, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38280.
Over the next 50 years, hydrogen use is expected to grow dramatically as an automotive and electrical power source fuel. As hydrogen becomes commercially viable, the safety issues associated with hydrogen systems, equipment, and operation are of concern to the commercial motor vehicle industry. This report provides a review of the existing Federal
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Simon, J. M., Brady, S., & Lowell, D. (2007). Changes to Consider in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and North American Standard Inspection Procedures to Accommodate Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel: Final Report (Report No. FMCSA-RRT-07-027). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34391
Simon, John M., Stephen Brady, and Dana Lowell. Changes to Consider in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and North American Standard Inspection Procedures to Accommodate Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel: Final Report. Report no. FMCSA-RRT-07-027. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 2007. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34391.
Simon, John M., et al. Changes to Consider in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and North American Standard Inspection Procedures to Accommodate Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel: Final Report. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 2007, Report no. FMCSA-RRT-07-027, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34391.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
2007-11-01
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This Policy Brief, jointly produced by the OECD and the IEA, looks at the current situation with biofuels in road transport, and how governments can balance all these elements when crafting policies for energy and biofuels.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2007). Biofuels for Transport: Policies and Possibilities. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18605
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Biofuels for Transport: Policies and Possibilities. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18605.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Biofuels for Transport: Policies and Possibilities. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18605.
The goal of this discussion paper is to contribute to the current policy debate about how to effectively limit or reduce oil consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector. The paper explains what is wrong with the status quo and therefore why new policies are needed. It examines special policy challenges in this domai
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Gallagher, K., Collantes, G., Holdren, J. P., Lee, H., & Frosch, R. J. (2007). Policy Options for Reducing Oil Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector. John F. Kennedy School of Government. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18603
Gallagher, Kelly, Gustavo Collantes, John P. Holdren, Henry Lee, and Robert J. Frosch. Policy Options for Reducing Oil Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector. John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2007. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18603.
Gallagher, Kelly, et al. Policy Options for Reducing Oil Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector. John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2007, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18603.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
2007-05-01
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This memorandum briefly summarizes climate change and its potential impacts. It then focuses in more detail on administration proposals and policies regarding climate change and energy independence. It will also look at legislative branch proposals and policies regarding climate change and energy independence.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (2007). Administration Proposals on Climate Change and Energy Independence: Hearings Before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. United States. Government Printing Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17353
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Administration Proposals on Climate Change and Energy Independence: Hearings Before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. United States. Government Printing Office, 2007. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17353.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Administration Proposals on Climate Change and Energy Independence: Hearings Before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. United States. Government Printing Office, 2007, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17353.
In light of scientific evidence about the potential damages from climate change, the Congress is considering legislation that would impose a “cap-and-trade” program to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas. The merit of a cap-and-trade program is that, like a tax on
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Dinan, Terry. Trade-offs in Allocating Allowances for CO2 Emissions. United States. Congressional Budget Office, 2007. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17362.
Dinan, Terry Trade-offs in Allocating Allowances for CO2 Emissions. United States. Congressional Budget Office, 2007, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17362.
In a world of rapidly rising carbon emissions and growing unease about imported oil, the appeal of renewable fuels is growing apace. Biofuels — liquids produced from plant matter that can substitute for gasoline or diesel — are attracting significant public support and, in hot pursuit, private investment. The biofuels dream envisages a seamless tra
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Supporting Files
Childs, B., & Bradley, R. (2007). Plants at the Pump: Biofuels, Climate Change, and Sustainability. World Resources Institute. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17357
Childs, Britt and Rob Bradley. Plants at the Pump: Biofuels, Climate Change, and Sustainability. World Resources Institute, 2007. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17357.
Childs, Britt, and Rob Bradley Plants at the Pump: Biofuels, Climate Change, and Sustainability. World Resources Institute, 2007, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17357.
Climate change is a century-scale, global challenge that will require a global response. A global response, however, emerges from national policies in leading countries. In the United States, there is a growing debate about federal legislation that would begin to tackle the problem without doing serious harm to the economy or unfairly burdening par
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kopp, R. J., & Pizer, W. A. (2007). Assessing U.S. Climate Policy options: A Report Summarizing Work at Resources for the Future as part of the Inter-Industry U.S. Climate Policy Forum. Resources for the Future. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18147
kopp, Raymond J. and William A. Pizer. Assessing U.S. Climate Policy options: A Report Summarizing Work at Resources for the Future as part of the Inter-Industry U.S. Climate Policy Forum. Resources for the Future, 2007. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18147.
kopp, Raymond J., and William A. Pizer Assessing U.S. Climate Policy options: A Report Summarizing Work at Resources for the Future as part of the Inter-Industry U.S. Climate Policy Forum. Resources for the Future, 2007, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18147.
This report hypothesizes that the United States has reached a critical juncture in terms of national mobility trends and underlying socio-demographic conditions and travel behavior that will result in more moderate rates of annual vehicle miles of travel (VMT) growth in the future. However, slower VMT growth may not portend lower rates of congestio
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Polzin, S. E. (2006). The Case for Moderate Growth in Vehicle Miles of Travel: A Critical Juncture in U.S. Travel Behavior Trends. United States. Department of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18144
Polzin, Steven E.. The Case for Moderate Growth in Vehicle Miles of Travel: A Critical Juncture in U.S. Travel Behavior Trends. United States. Department of Transportation, 2006. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18144.
Polzin, Steven E. The Case for Moderate Growth in Vehicle Miles of Travel: A Critical Juncture in U.S. Travel Behavior Trends. United States. Department of Transportation, 2006, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18144.
Sometimes the development of infrastructure can negatively impact habitat and ecosystems. Ways to better avoid, minimize, and mitigate these impacts, as well as the impacts of past infrastructure projects, have been developed. Nevertheless, these avoidance, minimization, and mitigation efforts may not always provide the greatest environmental benef
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Brown, J. W. (2006). Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects (Report No. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-06-01;FHWA-HEP-06-011). United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8528
Brown, Janice Weingart. Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects. Report no. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-06-01;FHWA-HEP-06-011. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2006. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8528.
Brown, Janice Weingart Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects. United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration, 2006, Report no. DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-06-01;FHWA-HEP-06-011, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8528.
Climate change is generally viewed as a global issue, but proposed responses generally require action at the national level. In 1992, the United States ratified the United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which called on industrialized countries to take the lead in reducing greenhouse gases. During the past decade, a variet
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Yacobucci, B. D., & Parker, L. (2006). Climate Change: U.S. Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions (Report No. RL31931). United States. Congressional Budget Office. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17289
Yacobucci, Brent D. and Larry Parker. Climate Change: U.S. Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions. Report no. RL31931. United States. Congressional Budget Office, 2006. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17289.
Yacobucci, Brent D., and Larry Parker Climate Change: U.S. Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions. United States. Congressional Budget Office, 2006, Report no. RL31931, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17289.
Strategies for a New Age: New York State's Transportation Master Plan for 2030 is the State's comprehensive statewide transportation master plan and serves as the Federally recognized, long range transportation plan for the State of New York pursuant to Federal law and in accordance with State Transportation Law. Federal regulations require each St
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New York (State). Dept. of Transportation (2006). Strategies for a New Age: New York State's Transportation Master Plan for 2030. New York (State). Dept. of Transportation. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18285
New York (State). Dept. of Transportation. Strategies for a New Age: New York State's Transportation Master Plan for 2030. New York (State). Dept. of Transportation, 2006. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18285.
New York (State). Dept. of Transportation Strategies for a New Age: New York State's Transportation Master Plan for 2030. New York (State). Dept. of Transportation, 2006, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18285.
This interim guidance is intended to provide guidance for FHWA authorities in working with their State/local planning partners and grantees in implementing SAFETEA-LU. Short summaries for the Environment Provisions sections are provided, as well as Planning and Environment Funding programs. This interim guidance covers planning, air quality, and en
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United States. Federal Highway Administration (2005). Interim Guidance for Implementing SAFETEA-LU Provisions on Planning, Environment, and Air Quality for FHWA Authorities. United States. Federal Highway Administration. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54488
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Interim Guidance for Implementing SAFETEA-LU Provisions on Planning, Environment, and Air Quality for FHWA Authorities. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2005. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54488.
United States. Federal Highway Administration Interim Guidance for Implementing SAFETEA-LU Provisions on Planning, Environment, and Air Quality for FHWA Authorities. United States. Federal Highway Administration, 2005, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54488.
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