Overview
Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. In Transport Beyond Oil, leading experts show how to slash that statistic and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Smarter development and land use decisions, paired with better transportation systems, can dramatically lower energy consumption. Transport Beyond Oil delivers practical solutions, based on quantitative data.
Full Product Details
Author: John L. Renne ,
Billy Fields ,
Gilbert E. Carmichael ,
David Gates Burwell
Publisher: Island Press
Imprint: Island Press
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.748kg
ISBN: 9781610910439
ISBN 10: 1610910435
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 28 March 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781610910415
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Transport Beyond Oil shows the supply efficiency and demand mitigation strategies the market and the planet are calling for to get the economy off our transportation oil addiction. This collection will get us closer to kicking our addiction and lead the way to the sensible use of this natural treasure. --Christopher B. Leinberger President, LOCUS; Professor, GWU School of Business; author of The Option of Urbanism I look forward to a world in which people everywhere are more mobile while transport is sustainable. Getting there is a policy challenge in need of deep exploration. This eclectic and readable collection of stimulating essays richly informs the research and lively policy debates that lie ahead. --Martin Wachs University of California and RAND Corporation Transport Beyond Oil is an excellent compendium of thought-provoking research and information demonstrating how we can move from being a nation whose transportation sector is addicted to oil to a nation whose transportation sector offers sustainable mobility and greater choice in travel options to its citizens. --William W. Millar retired president, American Public Transportation Association Because the United States transportation system wastes so much oil today, moving beyond mobility that guzzles gas, diesel, and kerosene like there's no tomorrow will actually be easier than many anticipate. And after many of the solutions put forward in this book are implemented, people will wonder why America waited so long to break away from such an unhealthy addiction to oil. --Anthony Perl Professor, Urban Studies and Political Science, Simon Fraser University Transport Beyond Oil shows the supply efficiency and demand mitigation strategies the market and the planet are calling for to get the economy off our transportation oil addiction. This collection will get us closer to kicking our addiction and lead the way to the sensible use of this natural treasure. --Christopher B. Leinberger President, LOCUS; Professor, GWU School of Business; author of The Option of Urbanism Transport Beyond Oil is an excellent compendium of thought-provoking research and information demonstrating how we can move from being a nation whose transportation sector is addicted to oil to a nation whose transportation sector offers sustainable mobility and greater choice in travel options to its citizens. --William W. Millar retired president, American Public Transportation Association
Because the United States transportation system wastes so much oil today, moving beyond mobility that guzzles gas, diesel, and kerosene like there's no tomorrow will actually be easier than many anticipate. And after many of the solutions put forward in this book are implemented, people will wonder why America waited so long to break away from such an unhealthy addiction to oil. --Anthony Perl Professor, Urban Studies and Political Science, Simon Fraser University (01/25/2013)
Transport Beyond Oil shows the supply efficiency and demand mitigation strategies the market and the planet are calling for to get the economy off our transportation oil addiction. This collection will get us closer to kicking our addiction and lead the way to the sensible use of this natural treasure. --Christopher B. Leinberger President, LOCUS; Professor, GWU School of Business; author of The Option of Urbanism
Author Information
John L. Renne, Ph.D., AICP is the Director of the Merritt C. Becker Jr. University of New Orleans Transportation Institute and Associate Professor in the Department of Planning and Urban Studies at the University of New Orleans. He is also the Managing Director of The TOD Group, LLC. Billy Fields, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University.
