Transportation Research Board Environment and Energy Research Conference (2010): Research Needs Workshop White Papers on Climate Change, Sustainability, Energy, and Livability

摘要

The Transportation Research Board's (TRB) 2010 Environment and Energy Workshop: Better Delivery of Better Solutions, which will be held June 6-10, 2010 in Raleigh, North Carolina, will commence with a session to discuss research needs in the workshop's focus area topics: climate change, sustainability, energy, and livability. These four topic areas play an important role in shaping and delivering transportation solutions for the future. The four white papers included in this document are intended to inform the opening session by providing a synthesis representing views from select TRB Committees regarding ongoing and completed research related to the workshop's focus topics and future research needs in those cross-cutting topic areas. This is a compilation only and is to be used as a tool for further discussions. These papers were developed in coordination with the participating TRB Committees listed below and representatives from FHWA's STEP and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). Each of the four papers is organized into four sections. Each section is tailored to a specific set of TRB Committees and highlights the relationship between these Committee's technical areas and the cross-cutting focus areas introduced above.