Estimating transportation energy consumption of residential land types. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6764216
To estimate the transportation energy implications of residential development, the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) from that development was calculated for each individual unit of government in Dane County. The VMT incorporates the trip frequency and the associated trip length for vehicular trips made by occupants of single and multi-family dwelling units for any given location in the county. The methodology involved ten basic steps which included: defining the overall study area, defining subareas, determining the average number of household trips by dwelling unit type in each subarea, determining the average trip length for each household type, calculating the resulting VMT, applying the VMT factors to the existing fleet of vehicles and the estimated miles per gallon (MPG) rating, estimating the gallons of fuel consumed, converting gallons to Btu's, determining density and transportation energy relationships, and developing a system for tracking transportation energy consumption trends from residential development. The results available include trip frequency rates, average trip length, annual vehicle miles traveled, the resulting gallons of fuel consumed and costs of that fuel. These factors are provided for single-family and multi-family units. The data are presented in two different categories: community class and geographic area.
- Research Organization:
- Dane County Regional Planning Commission, Madison, WI (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI01-81CS90103
- OSTI ID:
- 6764216
- Report Number(s):
- DOT-I-83-26; ON: TI84013589
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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