| Title | Life-Cycle Energy and Emissions Inventories for Motorcycles, Diesel Automobiles, School Buses, Electric Buses, Chicago Rail, and New York City Rail |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 34051 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Chester, Mikhail; Horvath, Arpad |
| Source | 109p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Contributor |
UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport |
| Publisher | University of California, Berkeley |
| Publication Date | 20090500 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The development of life-cycle energy and emissions factors for passenger transportation modes is critical for understanding the total environmental costs of travel. Previous life-cycle studies have focused on the automobile given its dominating share of passenger travel and have included only few life-cycle components, typically related to the vehicle (i.e., manufacturing, maintenance, end-of-life) or fuel (i.e., extraction, refining, transport). Chester (2009) provides the first comprehensive environmental life-cycle assessment of not only vehicle and fuel components but also infrastructure components for automobiles, buses, commuter rail systems, and aircraft. Many processes were included for vehicles (manufacturing, active operation, inactive operation, maintenance, insurance), infrastructure (construction, operation, maintenance, parking, insurance), and fuels (production, distribution). The vehicles inventoried were sedans, pickups, SUVs, urban diesel buses, light rail (San Francisco’s Muni Metro and Boston’s Green Line, both electric), heavy rail (San Francisco Bay Area’s BART and Caltrain), and aircraft (small, medium and large-sized planes are disaggregated). Given the theodological framework in Chester (2009), the question of applicability of these systems to other U.S. modes, and the data availability of other modes, is extended in this study to motorcycles, light duty diesel vehicles, school buses, electric buses, Chicago commuter rail modes, and New York City commuter rail modes. This working paper supplements the results from Chester (2008) available at http:// repositories.cdlib.org/its/ds/UCB-ITS-DS-2008-1/. In addition, these results follow Chester (2009), a publication by these authors titled "Environmental Assessment of Passenger Transportation Should Include Infrastructure and Supply Chains" in Environmental Research Letters. Additional project information is available at http://www.sustainable-transportation.com/. |
| Rosap ID | dot:5918 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5918 |
| TRT Terms | Life cycle analysis; Exhaust gases; Motorcycles; School buses; Electric buses; Rail transit; Diesel engine exhaust gases; Statistics |
| Classification | NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Air Quality; NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts; NTL - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES - Statistics |
| Geographical Coverage |
Chicago Metropolitan Area; New York (New York) |
| OCLC | 657372373 |
| Report Number | UCB-ITS-VWP-2009-2 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/34000/34000/34051/eScholarship_UC_item_6z37f2jr_1_.pdf |
| Alternative URL | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6z37f2jr#page-1 |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |