Urban Transportation Energy Accounts: Methods and Procedures With a Case Study of the Chicago Region

Methods of computing direct energy accounts for urban person travel are described. These accounts are compiled by mode, trip purpose, time of day, and origin-destination pair, and are designed to be compatible with existing transportation planning software and datasets. Equilibrium assignment paths are traced to calculate zone-to-zone fuel consumption of automobile trips based on link speeds and distances. All-or-nothing assignment paths are traced to calculate zone-to-zone energy consumption of public transit trips based on modal vehicle kilometers per person trip along each minimum impedance path. The final accounts are separate matrices of zone-to-zone energy consumption for both public and private modes that can be summarized in tables or displayed graphically. Results from a case study of the Chicago metropolitan area are presented.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Janson, Bruce Neal

• Transportation

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8127613

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/66898