Reducing climate impacts in the transportation sector / Daniel Sperling, James S. Cannon, editors. - x , 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references, appendix and index.

1. Climate change and transportation / Dan Sperling, James Cannon and Nic Lutsey -- 2. Energy security, climate and your car : US energy policy and beyond / Amy Myers Jaffe -- 3. Transport policy and climate change / Jack Short, Kurt Van Dender and Philippe Crist -- Factor of two : halving the fuel consumption of new US automobiles by 2035 / Lynette Cheah, Christopher Evans, Anup Bandivadekar and John Heywood -- 5. Lead time, customers and technology : technology opportunities and limits on the rate of deployment / John German -- 6. Heavy duty vehicle fleet technologies for reducing carbon dioxide : an industry perspective / Anthony Greszler -- 7. Beyond congestion : transportation's role in managing VMT for climate outcomes / David G. Burwell -- 8. CO2 reduction through better urban design : Portland's story / Eliot Rose and Rex Burkholder -- 9. Transportation-specific challenges for climate policy / Gustavo Collantes and Kelly Sims Gallagher -- 10. Are consumers or fuel economy policies efficient? / Carolyn Fisher -- 11. Fuel economy : the case for market failure / David L. Greene, John German and Mark A. Delluchi.

978-1-4020-6978-9


Global warming -- Prevention--Congresses.
Transportation -- Environmental aspects--Congresses.
Climatic changes--Congresses.
Motor vehicles -- Fuel consumption--Congresses.

QC 981.8 G56 / R43 2009