Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of San Francisco Bay Area Muni Light Rail and Rapid Transit with Wholesale and Renewable Electricity
| Abstract | Results are available at www.transportationlca.org The environmental life cycle assessment of electric rail public transit modes requires an assessment of electricity generation mixes. The provision of electricity to a region does not usually adhere to geopolitical boundaries. Electricity is governed based on lowest cost marginal dispatch and reliability principles. Additionally, there are times when a public transit agency may purchase wholesale electricity from a particular service provider. Such is the case with electric rail modes in the San Francisco Bay Area. An environmental life cycle assessment of San Francisco Bay Area public transit systems was developed by Chester ... (more) |
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| Contributor | Chester, Mikhail (Author) |
| Subject | Transportation |
| Series | Research Project Report Series |
| Identifier | Stock Number: ASU-SSEBE-CESEM-2013-RPR-004 |
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| Reuse Permissions | All Rights Reserved |
| Collaborating Institutions | School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (SSEBE) / Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management |
| Additional Formats | MODS / OAI Dublin Core / RIS |
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