Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1999.808382
