[sustran] Re: Light Rail Energy Consumption

[Todd Alexander Litman]

There is a nice new report that has some information on transit vehicle 
emissions:

ECONorthwest and PBQD, Estimating the Benefits and Costs of Public Transit 
Projects, TCRP Report 78, 
(http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/tcrp/tcrp78/index.htm), TRB 
(www.trb.org), 2002.




At 04:26 PM 10/29/2002 +1030, you wrote:
>Dear Sustraners-
>
>Does anyone have information on the energy consumption of light rail?
>
>I need energy consumption in Kwh or MJ per vehicle kilometre (often referred
>to as the energy intensity).  I have energy consumption per passenger
>kilometre for a few Australian networks eg. Adelaide's tram = 1.2 MJ per
>passenger km (full fuel cycle).  However, figures based on passenger
>kilometres assume certain passenger loadings, which can vary widely between
>systems and dramatically alter the energy efficiency compared with other
>modes.
>
>Also, any information on greenhouse gas emissions per vehicle kiloemtre
>would be welcome (although this varies with the fuel mix used in generated
>the electricity used by each particular system).
>
>Regards,
>
>Alan Perkins
>
>Dr Alan Perkins
>Senior Transport Policy Analyst
>Transport Policy Group
>Transport SA
>Room 702
>PO Box 1
>Walkerville
>South Australia
>5081
>ph +61 8 8343 2436
>fax +61 8 8343 2939
>alan.perkins at transport.sa.gov.au
>http://www.transport.sa.gov.au
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Sincerely,
Todd Litman, Director
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
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Email: litman at vtpi.org
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