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Beyond Rationality in Travel Demand Models
Download the PDF. [sharelines] Travel demand modeling need to account for both rational and irrational decision making. The effectiveness of transportation policies will depend on how users respond to...
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New Automobile Regulations: Double the Fuel Economy, Half the CO2 Emissions,...
Download the PDF. [sharelines] California’s new fuel efficiency standards boldly aim to reduce emissions and fuel consumption. No industry, let alone the auto industry, asks to be regulated. And if...
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Greenhouse Gas Management: Local Efforts to Curb a Global Phenomenon
Download the PDF. [sharelines] Both local and regional policies are needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2008, California adopted the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act, or SB...
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Driving Down Diesel Emissions
Download the PDF. [sharelines] Retiring old trucks and regulating diesel emissions can dramatically improve air quality. It’s official: exposure to diesel exhaust harms human health. In June 2012, the...
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Carmageddon or Carmaheaven? Air Quality Results of a Freeway Closure
Download the PDF. [sharelines] Vehicles directly affect air quality; adopting zero emissions strategies is important. Air quality researchers have recently shifted their focus from regional smog,...
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An Innovative Path to Sustainable Transportation
Download the PDF. [sharelines]Efficiency gains and electrification can reduce GHGs per vehicle mile by 80% by 2050. “The Stone Age came to an end not because we had a lack of stones, and the oil age...
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Fuel-Efficiency Standards: Are Greener Cars Safer?
Download the PDF. [sharelines]Fuel efficiency or safety? Enacting the right policies means, when buying a car, you won’t have to choose. The United States has strengthened its fuel efficiency...
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Life-Cycle Impacts of Transit-Oriented Development
Download the PDF. [sharelines]#TODs require a lot of energy and expense up front. Is it worth it in the long-run? There is a growing interest in pedestrian and transit-oriented development as a way to...
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Quantified Traveler: Travel Feedback Meets the Cloud to Change Behavior
Download the PDF. [sharelines]If you found out you were emitting a lot of #C02, would you change your travel behavior? Halting climate change will require a concerted effort to reduce emissions from...
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Investing in Transportation and Preserving Fragile Environments
Download the PDF. [sharelines]Habitat Conservation Plans can reduce the cost of complex #transportation projects. In the early 1970s, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) owned large...
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