Solving Environmental Problems through Engineering

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 20.04.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction (Overview)
  2. Demographics:
  3. Objectives:
  4. Unit Content:
  5. Teaching Strategies
  6. Activities
  7. References
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Appendix on Implementing District Standards

How Should I Get to School? A Life Cycle Assessment of DC’s Public Transportation

Zachary J. Meyers

Published September 2020

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References

1 Curran, Mary Ann. 2006. “A Brief History of Life-Cycle Assessment.” Life Cycle Assessment: Principles and Practice, 2.

2 Pagell, Mark, and Zhaohui Wu. 2017. “Business Implications of Sustainability Practices in Supply Chains, in: Bouchery, Y./Corbett, C. J./Fransoo, J. C./Tan, T. (Ed.): Sustainable Supply Chains: A Research-Based Textbook On Operations And Strategy,” no. January: 0–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29791-0.

3 Davis, Stacy C, Susan W Diegel, and Robert G Boundy. 2010. Energy and Transportation Science Division TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 29 Vehicle Technologies Program. Vol. 6985.

4 Al-Thawadi, Fatima E., and Sami G. Al-Ghamdi. 2019. “Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Using Comparative Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: A Case Study of Qatar.” Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 1 (2019): 100003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2019.100003.

5 Chester, Mikhail V., and Arpad Horvath. 2009. “Environmental Assessment of Passenger Transportation Should Include Infrastructure and Supply Chains.” Environmental Research Letters 4 (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/4/2/024008.

6 Chester, Mikhail V., et. al. 2012. “Environmental Life-cycle Assessment of Los Angeles Metro’s Orange Bus Rapid Transit and Gold Light Rail Transit Lines.” Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management. https://repository.asu.edu/attachments/94226/content/chester-ASU-SSEBE-CESEM-2012-WPS-003.pdf

7 “U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis.” District of Columbia - State Energy Profile Analysis - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Accessed July 15, 2020. https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=DC.

8 Miles, Square. 2018. “Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Urbanized Area Statistics - 2010 Census,” 20001.

9 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2019. “Q3 FY2019 Metro Performance Report.” https://www.wmata.com/about/records/scorecard/upload/Q3FY19-Metro-Performance-Report.pdf.

10 Hollingsworth, Joseph, Brenna Copeland, and Jeremiah X. Johnson. 2019. “Are E-Scooters Polluters? The Environmental Impacts of Shared Dockless Electric Scooters.” Environmental Research Letters 14 (8). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2da8.

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