Transportation

The rapid transportation of massive quantities of people and goods is essential to our current way of life, but comes at a large environmental cost in the form of carbon emissions, air pollution, noise pollution, road and parking lot infrastructure, and energy consumption. Reducing the impacts of transportation is beneficial for the environment and human health. There are many ways to reduce these impacts including improvements in the design of streets and highways, improved vehicular technologies, better public transportation services, and behavioral modifications that limit the total amount of transportation.

Faculty Experts

• Alison M. Berry
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Wildlands | Plants | Soil Microbes | Transportation
• Thomas A. Cahill
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Transportation | Atmospheric Science | The Climate Past | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Air Quality | Policy, Governance
• Susan Handy
  Land Use | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation
• Christopher R. Knittel
  Land Use | Effective Solutions | Transportation | Economics
• Jay R. Lund
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | History, Culture | Policy, Governance | Economics | Business, Management
• Patricia L. Mokhtarian
  Land Use | Transportation
• Deb Niemeier
  Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Transportation | Geospatial Analysis | Air Quality
• Daniel Sperling
  Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Transportation | Technology and Energy Efficiency | Policy, Governance
• Stephen M. Wheeler
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | Arts & Literature | Policy, Governance