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Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. That means that the national oil addiction and all its consequences, from climate change to disastrous spills to dependence on foreign markets, can be greatly reduced by changing the way we move. In Transport Beyond Oil, leadi...
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Imprint : Island Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC : |
| Publication Dates: | ?013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-59726-242-2 |
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Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. That means that the national oil addiction and all its consequences, from climate change to disastrous spills to dependence on foreign markets, can be greatly reduced by changing the way we move. In Transport Beyond Oil, leading experts in transportation, planning, development, and policy show how to achieve this fundamental shift. The authors demonstrate that smarter development and land-use decisions, paired with better transportation systems, can slash energy consumption. John Renne calculates how oil can be saved through a future with more transit-oriented development. Petra Todorovitch examines the promise of high-speed rail. Peter Newman imagines a future without oil for car-dependent cities and regions. Additional topics include funding transit, freight transport, and nonmotorized transportation systems. Each chapter provides policy prescriptions and their measurable results. Transport Beyond Oil delivers practical solutions, based on quantitative data. This fact-based approach offers a new vision of transportation that is both transformational and achievable. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781597262422 (electronic bk.) 1597262420 (electronic bk.) 1610910419 9781610910415 |
| Index Number: | HE206 |
| CLC: | F517.12 |
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Introduction Moving from Disaster to Opportunity -- Introduction Moving from Disaster to Opportunity / Petroleum Consumption Impacts and Trends -- The Role of Transportation in Climate Disruption1 / Oil Vulnerability in the American City / Full Cost Analysis of Petroleum Consumption1 / How Does Induced Travel Affect Sustainable Transportation Policy? / Bending the Curve / Transportation and Oil Dependence: A Modal Analysis -- Public Transportation as a Solution to Oil Dependence / Taking the Car out of Carbon / High-Speed Rail and Reducing Oil Dependence / The Challenges and Benefits of Using Biodiesel in Freight Railways / Healthy, Oil-Free Transportation / Building an Optimized Freight Transportation System / Moving Forward -- Imagining a Future Without Oil for Car-Dependent Cities and Regions / The Pent-Up Demand for Transit-Oriented Development and Its Role in Reducing Oil Dependence / Deteriorating or Improving? / Policy Implications of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program / From Potential to Practice / |