Transport beyond oil : policy choices for a multimodal future / edited by John L. Renne, Billy Fields.

Introduction Moving from Disaster to Opportunity -- Introduction Moving from Disaster to Opportunity / John L. Renne, Billy Fields -- Petroleum Consumption Impacts and Trends -- The Role of Transportation in Climate Disruption1 / Deborah Gordon, David Burwell -- Oil Vulnerability in the American City / Neil Sipe, Jago Dodson -- Full Cost Analysis of Petroleum Consumption1 / Todd Litman -- How Does Induced Travel Affect Sustainable Transportation Policy? / Robert B. Noland, Christopher S. Hanson -- Bending the Curve / Deron Lovaas, Joanne R. Potter -- Transportation and Oil Dependence: A Modal Analysis -- Public Transportation as a Solution to Oil Dependence / Bradley W. Lane -- Taking the Car out of Carbon / Projjal K. Dutta -- High-Speed Rail and Reducing Oil Dependence / Petra Todorovich, Edward Burgess -- The Challenges and Benefits of Using Biodiesel in Freight Railways / Simon McDonnell, Jie Jane Lin -- Healthy, Oil-Free Transportation / Kevin Mills JD -- Building an Optimized Freight Transportation System / Alan S. Drake -- Moving Forward -- Imagining a Future Without Oil for Car-Dependent Cities and Regions / Peter Newman -- The Pent-Up Demand for Transit-Oriented Development and Its Role in Reducing Oil Dependence / John L. Renne -- Deteriorating or Improving? / Jeffrey Kenworthy -- Policy Implications of the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program / Billy Fields, Tony Hull -- From Potential to Practice / Billy Fields, John L. Renne, Kevin Mills.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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