Energy and environmental concerns 2006, including 2006 Thomas B. Deen distinguished lecture. A peer-reviewed publication of the Transportation Research Board TRB.

This Transportation Research Record contains 21 papers on the subject of transportation energy and environmental concerns. Specific topics discussed include the following: the preservation of historic transportation facilities; integrating information technology in efficient transportation decision making; geographic information system analysis of accessibility as an indicator of potential land use changes and of induced impacts on the environment; analysis method for natural dispersion of highway storm water runoff in rural areas; using gas cushions for the measurement and analysis of a hybrid vibration isolation wall; surface retexturing to reduce tire-road noise; environmental justice assessment in racially diverse areas; equity measures and their performance in transportation; environmental justice concentration zones for assessing transportation project impacts; policy perspectives on transportation finance, congestion, and equity; estimating fuel use by idling commercial trucks; in-use fuel economy shortfall analysis using voluntarily reported fuel economy estimates; comparison of buyers of hybrid and conventional internal combustion engine automobiles; analysis model of hydrogen delivery scenario for hydrogen distribution options; urban station siting for hydrogen highway network; systems analysis of hydrogen transition with HyTrans; urban mobility and sustainability in Asia; transportation sector and supply chain performance and sustainability; the Kyoto protocol and sustainable cities; mixed land use for restraining trip generation; and benefits of incorporating environmental sustainability into bridge construction. The 2006 series of the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board consists of approximately 820 papers selected from 2,800 submissions after rigorous peer review. The peer review for each paper published in this volume was coordinated by the sponsoring committee acknowledged at the end of the text; members of the sponsoring committees for the papers in this volume are listed on page II. Many of these papers were presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2006. (Author/publisher)