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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 5: Preparing State Transportation Agencies for an Uncertain Energy Future examines how the mandate, role, funding, and operations of state departments of transportation (DOTs) will likely be affected by changes in energy supply and demand in the next 30 to 50 years.

The report also identifies potential strategies and actions that DOTs can employ to plan and prepare for these effects.

In addition, the report describes how robust decision-making techniques can be used to help navigate the potential risks and rewards of different policy and management responses under differing surface transportation energy supply-and-demand scenarios.

An extended summary of NCHRP Report 750, Volume 5 is available for download. A 4-page brochure and a 2-page brochure that further summarize the research results are also available for download.

NCHRP Report 750, Volume 5 is the fifth in a series of reports being produced by NCHRP Project 20-83: Long-Range Strategic Issues Facing the Transportation Industry. Major trends affecting the future of the United States and the world will dramatically reshape transportation priorities and needs. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) established the NCHRP Project 20-83 research series to examine global and domestic long-range strategic issues and their implications for state departments of transportation (DOTs); AASHTO's aim for the research series is to help prepare the DOTs for the challenges and benefits created by these trends.

Other volumes in this series currently available include:

• NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 1: Scenario Planning for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Investment

• NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 2: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System: Practitioner’s Guide and Research Report

• NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 3: Expediting Future Technologies for Enhancing Transportation System Performance

• NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 4: Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Transportation Agencies

• NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 6: The Effects of Socio-Demographics on Future Travel Demand

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2014. Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 5: Preparing State Transportation Agencies for an Uncertain Energy Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22378.

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340 pages |  8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/22378
Chapters skim
Front Matter i-xv
Summary 1-8
Chapter 1 - Introduction 9-12
Chapter 2 - State DOT Roles, Mandates, Funding, and Operations 13-27
Chapter 3 - Emerging Fuels and Vehicle Technologies 28-43
Chapter 4 - Population, Economy, Land Use, and Policy Factors 44-55
Chapter 5 - Plausible Future Transportation Energy Scenarios 56-70
Chapter 6 - Scenario Impacts on State DOTs 71-77
Chapter 7 - Potential Strategic Directions for State DOTs 78-89
Chapter 8 - Framework for Robust Long-Term Plans 90-103
Chapter 9 - Developing State-Specific Plans 104-111
Chapter 10 - Promising Directions for Future Research 112-113
Appendix A - Conventional Fuels and Vehicles 114-124
Appendix B - Natural Gas and Liquid Petroleum Gas 125-135
Appendix C - Liquid Biofuels 136-144
Appendix D - Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles 145-160
Appendix E - Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles 161-169
Appendix F - Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles 170-180
Appendix G - Population, Economy, and Land Use 181-192
Appendix H - Energy, Climate, and Transportation Funding Policies 193-208
Appendix I - Strategies to Sustain or Increase Revenue 209-225
Appendix J - Strategies to Reduce Costs 226-230
Appendix K - Strategies to Improve Auto and Truck Travel 231-251
Appendix L - Strategies to Improve Alternative Travel Modes 252-261
Appendix M - Strategies to Promote Energy Efficiency and Alternative Fuels 262-279

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