Public Transportation's Role in Responding to Climate Change
Public Transportation's Role in Responding to Climate Change

Author: Tina Hodges

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 15

ISBN-13: 1437933610

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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.

Journey to Work: 2000
Journey to Work: 2000

Author: Clara Reschovsky

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-10

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 1437904777

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Among the 128.3 million workers in the U.S. in 2000, 76% drove alone to work. In addition, 12% carpooled, 4.7 used public transportation, 3.3% worked at home, 2.9% walked to work, and 1.2% used other means (including motorcycle or bicycle). This report, one of a series that presents population and housing data collected during Census 2000, provides information on the place-of-work and journey-to-work characteristics of workers 16 years and over who were employed and at work during the reference week. Data are shown for the U.S., regions, states, counties, and metropolitan areas. Charts and tables.

Summary of Travel Trends
Summary of Travel Trends

Author: Patricia S. Hu

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13:

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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.

Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
Urban Transportation Planning in the United States

Author: Edward Weiner

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1999-02-28

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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This work describes the evolution of urban transportation planning from its beginnings in early highway and transit planning to late-1990s concerns for the environment and sustainable development. The author discusses the influence of legislation, regulations and federal programmes.