Transport Beyond Oil : Policy Choices for a Multimodal Future - Renne, John L.; Fields, Billy; SpringerLink (Online service) (Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2013)
Foreword: Where Have We Come From? Where Are We Going?; G.E. Carmichael -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Moving from Disaster to Opportunity: Transitioning the Transportation Sector from Oil Dependence; J.L. Renne, B. Fields -- Part 1: Petroleum Consumption Impacts and Trends. 1. The Role of Transportation in Climate Disruption; D. Gordon, D. Burwell- 2. Oil Vulnerability in the American City; N. Sipe, J. Dodson -- 3. Full Cost Analysis of Petroleum Consumption; T. Litman -- 4. How Does Induced Travel Affect Sustainable Transportation Policy?; R.B. Noland, C.S. Hanson -- 5. Bending the Curve: How Reshaping US Transportation Can Influence Carbon Demand; D. Lovaas, J.R. Potter -- Part 2: Transportation and Oil Dependence: A Modal Analysis. 6. Public Transportation as a Solution to Oil Dependence; B.W. Lane -- 7. Taking the Car Out of Carbon: Mass Transit and Emission Avoidance; P.K. Dutta -- 8. High-Speed Rail and Reducing Oil Dependence; P. Todorovich, E. Burgess -- 9. The Challenges and Benefits of Using Biodiesel in Freight Railways; S. McDonnell, J. Lin -- 10. Healthy, Oil-Free Transportation: The Role of Walking and Bicycling in Reducing Oil Dependence; K. Mills, JD -- 11. Building an Optimized Freight Transportation System; A.S. Drake -- Part 3: Moving Forward. 12. Imagining a Future Without Oil for Car-Dependent Cities and Regions; P. Newman -- 13. The Pent-Up Demand for Transit-Oriented Development and Its Role in Reducing Oil Dependence; J.L. Renne -- 14. Deteriorating or Improving?: Transport Sustainability Trends in Global Metropolitan Areas; J. Kenworthy -- 15. Policy Implications of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program: Redefining the Transportation Solution; B. Fields, T. Hull -- 16. From Potential to Practice: Building a National Policy Framework for Transportation Oil Reduction; B. Fields et al. -- About the Contributors -- Index.
Keywords: Sustainable development; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Regional planning; Urban planning; Design; Physical geography; Transportation; Sustainable Development; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Design, general; Earth System Sciences; Transportation