Air Travel Consumer Report
Title | Air Travel Consumer Report PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 732 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Air travel |
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Transportation Energy Data Book
Title | Transportation Energy Data Book PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Energy conservation |
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Freight Facts and Figures
Title | Freight Facts and Figures PDF eBook |
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Publisher | |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Freight and freightage |
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Public Transportation's Role in Responding to Climate Change
Title | Public Transportation's Role in Responding to Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | Tina Hodges |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 2010-11 |
Genre | Climatic changes |
ISBN | 1437933610 |
The Fed. Transit Admin. (FTA) collects and analyzes data from across the country on public transportation (PT) fuel use, vehicles deployed, rides taken, etc. These data provides valuable insight into the impacts of auto, truck, SUV, and PT travel on the production of greenhouse gas emissions. There are significant greenhouse gas emission savings by using PT. This paper presents an analysis of the data and frames it in a broader context. It concludes with a description of FTA actions that address climate change. PT can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by: Providing a low emissions alternative to driving; Facilitating compact land use, reducing the need to travel long distances; and Minimizing the carbon footprint of transit oper.
Transportation Statistics
Title | Transportation Statistics PDF eBook |
Author | Sarojini Balachandran |
Publisher | |
Pages | 478 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Transportation |
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Highway Statistics
Title | Highway Statistics PDF eBook |
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Pages | 36 |
Release | |
Genre | Motor fuels |
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Summary of Travel Trends
Title | Summary of Travel Trends PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia S. Hu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Transportation |
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The U.S. Dept. of Transport. (DoT) Strategic Plan for FY 1997-2002 identifies 5 performance goals: safety, mobility, econ. growth & trade, human & natural environ., & nat. security. DoT conducts the NPTS to obtain info. on personal travel of U.S. households with respect to why, how, when, where from, where to, how frequently, how long, & with whom. The NPTS also provides info. by subgroups of the pop., e.g., by age, gender, race, zero-vehicle households, which allows important policy analyses of how transport. serves these groups. This report provides the results of the 1995 NPTS of travel by the civilian, non-institutionalized pop. age 5 & older.