DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DYNAMIC METHODOLOGIES FOR EVALUATING ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Federal and state decision makers have considered a number of energy-conservation policies dealing with the use and supply of energy resources. The major contribution of this research is the development of a dynamic structure modeling the transportation/energy interactions in urban areas. The modified TRANSIT1 simulation model is developed and implemented to test a wide range of transportation-related energy conservation policies and evaluate their impacts across time. The two major objectives of this research study were to: (1) determine ways in which dynamic energy conservation policies act to conserve energy and influence resident mobility and transportation system economic performance both in the short-term and long-term and (2) develop dynamic methodologies to evaluate these energy conservation policies in terms of their impacts through time. A four-step research plan was formulated to address these objectives and this plan is discussed in this report.