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Transport beyond oil :

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1597262420

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9781597262422

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b542150

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Transport beyond oil :

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policy choices for a multimodal future

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edited by John L. Renne, Billy Fields.

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Washington, DC

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Imprint : Island Press

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©2013.

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(1 texte électronique)

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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 7 mai 2013).

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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.

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Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. In this book, leading experts show how to slash that statistic and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. It demonstrates that smarter development and land use decisions, paired with better transportation systems, can dramatically lower energy consumption.

Design and construction.

Environmental sciences.

Regional planning.

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edited by John L. Renne, Billy Fields.

Billy Fields

John L Renne

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