Daniel Sperling: A Billion Cars And Counting
January 20, 2009
by Dave Davies
Fresh Air from WHYY, January 15, 2009 · Transportation expert Daniel Sperling estimates that the world's car population — which currently stands at one billion vehicles — is likely to double in the next 20 years.
Sperling is the co-author (with Deborah Gordon) ofTwo Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability, a book that considers the environmental impact of so many automobiles and suggests ways that politicians, car companies and the general public can curb car-ownership and reduce climate change.
Sperling is a professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy at the University of California, Davis and the founding director of University of California, Davis' Institute of Transportation Studies
http://www.its.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/sperling/index.php
Dr. Sperling is referenced in this study: California Community Colleges: Technical training for competitive advantage in the hydrogen economy [DOWNLOAD]
Daniel Sperling, 55, of Berkeley has been appointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger to the Air Resources Board. Since 1981, he has served as a professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy, and founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis. Sperling previously was an environmental protection specialist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1975 to 1977 and was an urban planner for the Peace Corps from 1973 to 1975. (2-9-07)