Dr. Fields is an expert in active transportation policies serving on the Transportation Research Board’s Bicycle Committee and previously serving as the Director of Research for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. He is the Associate Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency and Director of the Center for Urban and Public Affairs at the University of New Orleans. Dr. Fields and serves as PI on local and national studies of active transportation.
Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. That means that the national oil addiction and all its consequences, from climate change to disastrous spills to dependence on foreign markets, can be greatly reduced by changing the way we move. In Transport Beyond Oil, leading experts in transportation, planning, development, and policy show how to achieve this fundamental shift.
The authors demonstrate that smarter development and land-use decisions, paired with better transportation systems, can slash energy consumption.