Estimation and Environmental Assessment of Life Cycle Freight and Passenger Transportation of US Goods and Services for Sustainability

这项研究将开发经济部门和单个产品和服务的生命周期货运和客运的系统模型，包括通勤、递送和供应链效应。这些模型将基于美国整个经济中交易的最新经济投入产出模型，并辅之以有关交通使用和环境影响的数据。这些模型将估计包括航空、轻型车、铁路、交通、卡车和水路在内的多种交通方式的数据。这些模型将用于评估交付和制造的影响、延长产品生产者责任对逆向物流的影响，以及减少生命周期运输排放的视频会议或远程工作战略。这些模型将在互联网上提供，以便其他交通和可持续发展研究人员可以继续自己的查询。研究中的特殊智力挑战包括连接多个数据源、模型验证、界面设计以及为环境可持续性和交通专业人员综合分析结果。

0755672MatthewsThis research will develop systematic models of life cycle freight and passenger transportation for economic sectors and individual products and services, including commuting, delivery, and supply chain effects. The models will be based on the latest economic input-output model of transactions within the entire U.S. economy, augmented with data about transportation use and environmental impacts. The models will estimate data for multiple transportation modes including air, light vehicles, rail, transit, truck, and waterway. These models will be applied to estimate delivery and manufacturing impacts, reverse logistics impacts for extended producer responsibility of products, and videoconferencing or telework strategies to reduce lifecycle transportation emissions. The models will be available on the Internet so that other transportation and sustainability researchers can pursue their own inquiries. Particular intellectual challenges in the research include linking multiple data sources, model validation, interface design, and synthesizing analysis results for environmental sustainability and transportation professionals.