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Transportation Energy and Environmental Policy for the 21st Century - 1999

Davis, U. C.

Institute of Transportation Studies

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Session I Lessons Learned: Lessons from 30 Years of Automotive Energy and Air Quality Policy: An Interactive Round Table
  Introductory Speaker: Phil Patterson, Department of Energy
The Transportation Energy Future is Uncertain: But it is BIG

Chair: Jeff Alson, Environmental Protection Agency

Round Table Participants:

 
  Linda Lance, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Kelly Brown, Ford Motor Company
David Hawkins, National Resource Defense Council
Clarence Ditlow, Center for Auto Safety
Greg Dana, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers
 
Session II Technology Choices for the Next Century
  Chair: Dan Sperling, ITS-Davis

Speakers:
 
  Alan Lloyd, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Transportation Energy and Environmental Policy for the 21st Century
Ferdinand Panik, DaimlerChrysler
The Fuel Cell - A Powertrain Stretched between the IC-Engine and Alternative Forms of Energy
Jim Patten, Cummins Diesel Prospects and Fuel Requirements for Diesel Exhaust
Andrew Burke, ITS - U. C. Davis Ultra-Clean Vehicles: Technology Options and Policy Considerations
 
Session III Policy Implications of Transportation Pathways
  Chair: Dan Santini, Argonne National Laboratory

Speakers:

 
  Steve Gougen, Department of Energy Transportation Fuel Pathways: A Potential Future Scenario
Jason Mark, Union of Concerned Scientists Environmental and Economic Analysis of Transportation Fuel Pathways: Overview of Issues and Results, and Discussion of Policy Implications
Lew Fulton, Energy and Environment Analysis, Inc Lifecycle Analysis Versus the Kyotol/IPCC Accounting Framework: Overview of Issues and Results, and Discussion of Policy Implications
 
Session IV Environmental Policy and Technology Change
  Introductory Speaker: Mike Walsh, Editor of Car Lines and Consultant Global Trends in Motor Vehicle Pollution Control - Into the New Millennium
 
Chair: David Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Speakers:

 
  Steve Plotkin, Argonne National Laboratory Policy and Technology Change, Lessons from the Clean Energy Future
Craig Marks, University of Michigan PNGV - A Government-Industry Partnership Experiment
Tom Wenzel, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab The (Unexpected) Success of Emissions Regulations in Advanced Vehicle Technology
Paul Leiby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Policy and Technology Transitions
Alex Farrell, Carnegie Mellon Historical Patterns in the Science, Engineering and Policy of Vehicle Emissions
 
Session V How to Market Clean and Efficient Vehicles
  Chair: Tom Turrentine, ITS-Davis

Speakers:

 
  Ben Knight, Honda Motor Company Short and Long Term Approaches: Striking a Balance
Kenneth Kurani, ITS-Davis Social Marketing of Clean, Safe and Efficient Vehicles in America Thus Far
 
Session VI Idea Development for Programs, Research, and Policy Break Out Sessions
  Moderator: Barry McNutt
 
The conference participants separated into five sub-groups of their own choosing, after which the following summaries of these break-out discussions were presented to the conference at-large:
 
Break-Out Groups and Summaries:
  Group 1: Modeling Gaps in the Transportation Community and the Need for More Data Types
Group 2: New Fuel Economy Standards (revisions to CAFE)
Group 3: Public Education
Group 4: Political Atmosphere and How it Affects the Regional Environmental Movement
Group 5: Hybrids, from 2000 - 2020
 
Session VII Toward a Sustainable Transportation Future
  Chair: John DeCicco, Environmental Protection Agency

Speakers:

 
  Chris Grundler, Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Love, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
David Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council
David Rodgers, Department of Energy
 
The theme of this section was for the speakers to discuss the results of the conference and make their case for the next century, with specific regard to two matters:
a) What are the policy steps that will guide us to a sustainable future?
b) How do we foster the progress we have seen in the last decade and keep pace with the growth of transportation demands?