Life cycle assessment of diesel and electric public transportation buses

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 689-699

  Cooney, Greg ^a   Hawkins, Troy R ^b   Marriott, Joe ^a  

^a BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric vehicles; Electricity grid; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Mass transit; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS TRANSPORTATION; OZONE LAYER; TRANSPORTATION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MASS TRANSIT; POWER-GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84885482512     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12024     Document Type: Article

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