Iowa's Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Impacts [Tech Transfer Summary]

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• Creators:
  Gkritza, Konstantina ; Smith, Duane E. ; Sperry, Robert B. ; Nlenanya, Inya ; Jiang, Weiwei
• Corporate Creators:
  Iowa State University. Center for Transportation Research and Education
• Corporate Contributors:
  Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation ; Iowa. Highway Research Board ; Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Biomass fuels
  • Climate change
  • Wind power generation
  • Secondary roads
  • Economic impacts
• Publication/ Report Number:
  IHRB Project TR-593 ; InTrans Project 08-334
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa
• Edition:
  Tech transfer summary
• Corporate Publisher:
  Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Objectives: • Estimate traffic growth and pavement deterioration due to Iowa's growing renewable energy industries in a multi-county area; • Develop a traffic and fiscal impact model to help assess the impact of additional biofuels plants on Iowa's transportation system; and, • Suggest public policy changes to local governments in order to provide adequate infrastructure for the renewable energy industries.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17927/dot_17927_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.29 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Resilience and Vulnerability Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:65f17ccb8d91592e3185ba6fb9c367dcd1d36d32c47161a2a2861bcb16cdae8e