| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 387 pages) : illustrations, map. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Special report ; 245
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Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ; 245.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
""EXPANDING METROPOLITAN HIGHWAYS""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""REGULATORY CONTEXT""; ""ANALYTIC REQUIREMENTS""; ""FINDINGS""; ""CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""REGULATORY CONTEXT""; ""Clean Air Legislation and Regulatory Requirements""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Requirements of the 1990 CAAA""; ""Conformity Requirements""; ""ISTEA""; ""Energy Regulation""; ""STUDY FOCUS""; ""DEFINITION OF TERMS""; ""OVERVIEW OF IMPACTS""; ""ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS""; ""ORGANIZATION OF REPORT""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES"" |
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""ABBREVIATIONS""""2 Contribution of Motor Vehicle Transportation to Air Pollution and Energy Consumption""; ""TRANSPORTATION AND AIR QUALITY""; ""Transportation-Related Pollutants""; ""Formation of Motor Vehicle Emissions""; ""Major Pollutants by Type""; ""Pollutants by Vehicle and Fuel Type""; ""Factors Affecting In-Use Emission Levels""; ""Travel-Related Factors""; ""Trips and Vehicle Use""; ""Speed, Acceleration, and Load""; ""Driver Behavior""; ""Highway-Related Factors""; ""Vehicle-Related and Other Factors""; ""Translating Emissions into Air Quality"" |
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""TRANSPORTATION AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION""""Energy and the Environment""; ""Factors Affecting In-Use Fuel Economy""; ""Travel-Related Factors""; ""Driver Behavior""; ""Highway-Related Factors""; ""Vehicle-Related and Other Factors""; ""MODELING AIR QUALITY AND ENERGY IMPACTS""; ""Introduction to Modeling Requirements and Approaches""; ""Land Use and Travel Demand Models""; ""Land Use Models""; ""Travel Demand Models""; ""Traffic Simulation Models""; ""Emission and Atmospheric Dispersion Models""; ""Emission Models""; ""Atmospheric Dispersion Models""; ""Energy Models"" |
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""Limitations of Current Modeling Practice""""SUMMARY""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""3 Traffic Flow Characteristics ""; ""OVERVIEW OF EXPECTED IMPACTS""; ""REVIEW OF EFFECTS ON EMISSIONS""; ""Effects of Changes in Traffic Flow Patterns""; ""Drive Cycles and Average Speed""; ""Estimates from Current Emission Models""; ""Certainty of Emission Estimates from Current Models""; ""Linking Emissions Estimates with Data on Traffic Flow Characteristics""; ""Status of Current Research and Modeling Efforts""; ""Research on In-Use Vehicle Emissions and Emission Modeling Improvements"" |
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""Research on Emissions Effects of Sharp Accelerations and Fuel Enrichment""""Research on Emissions Effects of High-Speed Driving""; ""Implications of Research for Emissions Modeling""; ""Traffic Simulation Modeling Improvements""; ""Effects on Travel Volumes""; ""Network Effects""; ""SUMMARY ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON EMISSIONS AND AIR QUALITY""; ""Net Effects on Emissions""; ""Effects on Regional Air Quality""; ""REVIEW OF EFFECTS ON ENERGY USE""; ""Estimates from Current Models""; ""Certainty of Fuel Economy Estimates""; ""Net Effects on Energy Use"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Highway capacity -- United States.
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Highway capacity. |
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United States. |
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Traffic flow -- United States.
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Traffic flow. |
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Air -- Pollution -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Air -- Pollution -- Economic aspects. |
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Energy consumption -- United States.
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Energy consumption. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee for Study of Impacts of Highway Capacity Improvements on Air Quality and Energy Consumption.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Expanding metropolitan highways. Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1995 0309061075 (DLC) 95004464 (OCoLC)32781164 |
| ISBN |
0309588618 (electronic book) |
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9780309588614 (electronic book) |
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9780309061070 |
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0309061075 |
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