leveraging the energy economy for transportation systems

ELKHART TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

STRATEGIC CITIESLEVERAGING THE ENERGY ECONOMY FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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VALUE OF LAND

NO ONE COMES UP WITH A STUPID IDEA


VALUE OF LAND

IT’S ALL HENRY FORD’S FAULT


VALUE OF LAND


STRATEGIC CITIES GUIDE

MOBILITY• MULTIMODAL

LEVELS OF SERVICE• ADDRESSING THE

STREET ECOSYSTEM• TRANSIT ORIENTED

DEVELOPMENTS• SAFETY• COVERAGE AND

CONNECTIVITY

LENSES• TECHNOLOGY• MATERIALS• PEOPLE• ENERGY• CONTEXT• SCALE• ENVIRONMENT• ECONOMY

ENERGY• BUILDING EFFICIENCY• RECYCLING/WASTE

MANAGEMENT• TRANSPORTATION

EFFICIENCY• RENEWABLE ENERGY• MUNCIPAL REGULATION• COVERAGE AND

CONNECTIVITY• LANDUSE


ENERGY ECONOMY


FUEL CONSERVATION STRATEGY• VEHICLE SELECTION• FUEL SELECTION• OCCUPANT OPTIMIZATION

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS• QUANTITY• MILES• COST


ENERGY ECONOMY

“THE CHEAPEST, CLEANEST, AND FASTEST

ENERGY SOURCE.”

ENERGY

EFFICIENCY


ENERGY ECONOMY


BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY• TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS: SUPPORTING EXISTING SYSTEMS AND

CREATING NODES• COMPLETE STREETS: MULTIMODAL LEVEL OF SERVICE• NACTO VS AASHTO GUIDELINES

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS• COVERAGE AND CONNECTIVITY: NOT JUST QUANTITY• REDUCED COSTS: LESS PAVING, LESS MAINTENANCE• SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS: BLUE ZONES


ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION


ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

THE ROLE OF

TRANSPORTATION

IN PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY


THE FUTURE?

leveraging the energy economy for transportation systems

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