Investigating carbon footprint reduction potential of public transportation in United States: A system dynamics approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 1260-1276

  Ercan, Tolga ^a   Onat, Nuri Cihat ^b   Tatari, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 mitigation; Policy making; Public transportation; System dynamics; Transportation mode choice

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SYSTEM THEORY; URBAN PLANNING;

CO2 MITIGATION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 85006757785     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.051     Document Type: Article

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