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Facilities can improve transportation management by reducing the air emissions of travel activities related to a facility's operations. Transportation impacts can result from shipping products and raw materials. Other transportation impacts result from the operation of vehicle fleets. Finally, employees contribute to transportation impacts through commuting. The Performance Track program encourages applicants and members to translate improvements in transportation to the resulting reductions of air emissions (e.g., emissions of greenhouse gases, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and carbon monoxide). See the Air Emissions category for details on aspects and measures to report improvements in air emissions.
The AASHTO Regulatory Monitor provides weekly updates on federal regulatory action related to transportation issues. You can ... subscribe to receive a printable copy of the Regs Report each week! Please select AASHTO Regs Report from the menu to the left, and enter your e-mail address.
The full report ... addresses the issue of vehicle size and weight as important elements of sustainable transportation. It presents the results of a previous study done by Dynamic Research Institute (DRI) where size and weight were key variables in 500 "virtual" collisions.
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Click here for AASHTO home page The report will summarize the issues and opportunities facing the nation’s highway freight transportation system. It will describe anticipated changes in freight demand and flows caused by changes in demand, sector growth, structural changes in trucking industry, fuel prices, security requirements and diesel emission controls; and investment needs.
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