Performance analysis of an institutional natural gas vanpool program using GIS technology

Author

Rabbani, Emilia Rahnemay ; Bullen, A. Graham R

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

Summary form only given. The authors describe how the University of Pittsburgh, USA, offers a Natural Gas Vanpool (NGV) program to individuals who commute to the University. The current system has 20 fifteen-passenger natural gas vans, operating in 17 areas and serving more than 200 passengers. Vanpooling is an organized ridership arrangement that uses vans to transport people from their home to place of employment on a regular basis. Natural gas is an alternative fuel that is considered environmentally friendly, cost-effective, reliable, and is abundantly available inside the USA. The combination of natural gas and vanpooling can be the answer to several contemporary problems such as air pollution, traffic congestion, fuel dependency, high parking demand and energy consumption

Keywords

air pollution control; geographic information systems; natural gas technology; project engineering; traffic engineering computing; vehicles; Natural Gas Vanpool; USA; air pollution reduction; energy consumption; environmentally friendly; fuel dependency reduction; organized ridership arrangement; projects; traffic congestion reduction; university; Air pollution; Costs; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Fuels; Geographic Information Systems; Natural gas; Performance analysis; Transportation; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-02-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1999.808382

Filename

808382