TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of residential location on vehicle miles of travel, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
T2 - Chicago case study
AU - Lindsey, Marshall
AU - Schofer, Joseph L.
AU - Durango-Cohen, Pablo
AU - Gray, Kimberly A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was sponsored by the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need fellowship through the US Department of Education, the ARCS Foundation, and the Northwestern University Transportation Center Dissertation Year Fellowship. The authors thank the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, especially highlighting the assistance provided by Kermit Wies. We also thank Ron Eash for his assistance in data provision and interpretation and Emily Kushto and Marcelo Lascano of Northwestern University, for their data. The findings presented are solely those of the authors.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - A Chicago-based case study explores the relationship between residential location on household patterns of vehicle miles of travel, and by extension, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Generally, vehicle miles, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions increase with residential distance from the city center, and thus, with decreasing residential density. Travel alone, however, does not account for the energy/greenhouse gas emissions profiles in the region's fringe where the use of low-efficiency vehicles dominates. Higher fringe energy values are a function of both increased vehicle miles of traveled and low-efficiency vehicle use. Various scenario show that with increases in privately vehicle fuel efficiency, the overall reduction in fuel use creates a more uniform spatial profile of energy/greenhouse gas emissions across the region. The most significant example is a scenario involving the shift of the survey fleet to 2012 European fuel economy standards resulting in an energy/greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 48%.
AB - A Chicago-based case study explores the relationship between residential location on household patterns of vehicle miles of travel, and by extension, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Generally, vehicle miles, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions increase with residential distance from the city center, and thus, with decreasing residential density. Travel alone, however, does not account for the energy/greenhouse gas emissions profiles in the region's fringe where the use of low-efficiency vehicles dominates. Higher fringe energy values are a function of both increased vehicle miles of traveled and low-efficiency vehicle use. Various scenario show that with increases in privately vehicle fuel efficiency, the overall reduction in fuel use creates a more uniform spatial profile of energy/greenhouse gas emissions across the region. The most significant example is a scenario involving the shift of the survey fleet to 2012 European fuel economy standards resulting in an energy/greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 48%.
KW - Privately-owned vehicles
KW - Vehicle emissions reduction
KW - Vehicle energy consumption
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trd.2010.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.trd.2010.08.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77957018713
SN - 1361-9209
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Transportation Research, Part D: Transport and Environment
JF - Transportation Research, Part D: Transport and Environment
IS - 1
ER -
