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...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, 2015.
Series:Transportation research record ; 2502.
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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.
Item Description:"Journal of the Transportation Research Board"
Physical Description:vii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780309369237
0309369231
ISSN:0361-1981 ;