URB PLN M258. Transportation and Environmental Issues



Course Description: (Formerly numbered M290.) (Same as Policy Studies M223.) Lecture, three hours. Regulatory structure linking transportation, air quality, and energy issues, chemistry of air pollution, overview of transportation-related approaches to air quality enhancement; new car tailpipe standards; vehicle inspection and maintenance issues; transportation demand management and transportation control measures; alternative fuels and electric vehicles; corporate average fuel economy and global warming issues; growth of automobile worldwide fleet; the automobile in the sustainability debate. Letter grading.