Environment and energy.
This issue contains 17 papers concerned with the environment and energy. Specific topics addressed include the following: ground-borne noise criteria; noise measurement types in a quiet pavement pilot program; force density levels of light rail vehicles; pavement and barriers for noise mitigation; e...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Transportation Research Board,
2015.
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| Series: | Transportation research record ;
2502. |
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| Online Access: | View papers View blurb page |
| Summary: | This issue contains 17 papers concerned with the environment and energy. Specific topics addressed include the following: ground-borne noise criteria; noise measurement types in a quiet pavement pilot program; force density levels of light rail vehicles; pavement and barriers for noise mitigation; energy consumption by liquefied natural gas carriers; driver response to hydrogen fuel cell buses; and time-dependent greenhouse gas benefits of transit-oriented smart growth. Additional topics addressed in this issue are: the greenhouse gas impacts of subway line ridership; the effect of improved fuel efficiency on fuel tax revenues and greenhouse gas emissions; adoption of battery electric vehicles; a sustainable supply chain of biofuels; long-haul truck hybridization; woody biomass supply, economics, and biofuels policy; electric vehicle charging behavior; charging and parking choices of electric vehicle drivers; electric vehicle fast charger planning for metropolitan planning organizations; and advance mitigation. |
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| Item Description: | "Journal of the Transportation Research Board" |
| Physical Description: | vii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780309369237 0309369231 |
| ISSN: | 0361-1981 ; |