Assessment of historic trend in mobility and energy use in India transportation sector using bottom-up approach

Assessment of historic trend in mobility and energy use in India transportation sector using bottom-up approach [1]

Transportation mobility in India has increased significantly in the past decades. From1970 to 2000, motorized mobility (passenger-km) has risen by 888%, compared with an 88% population growth. This contributed to many energy and environmental issues, and an energy strategy incorporates efficiency improvement and other measures needs to be designed. Unfortunately, existing energy data do not provide information on driving forces behind energy use and sometime show large inconsistencies. Many previous studies address only a single transportation mode such as passenger road travel; did not include comprehensive data collection or analysis has yet been done, or lack detail on energy demand by each mode and fuel mix. The current study will fill a considerable gap in current efforts, develop a data base on all transport modes including passenger air and water, and freight in order to facilitate the development of energy scenarios and assess significance of technology potential in a global climate change model.

Publication Date:

01/05/2009

Author(s): Nan Zhou [2], Michael A. McNeil [3]

Source: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [4]

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