Download or read book Greenhouse Gas Reduction Through State and Local Transportation Planning written by U.s. Department of Transportation and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report will improve understanding of how states and localities might contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction through transportation planning. Transportation is a major contributor to GHG emissions. State and local transportation planning affects transportation decisions, which, in turn, can influence travel patterns, land use, energy consumption, and, ultimately, GHG emissions.
Download or read book Greenhouse Gas Reduction Through State and Local Transportation Planning written by William M. Lyons and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Effect of California Greenhouse Gas Regulations on Local Land Use and Regional Transportation Planning written by Nilmini Silva-Send and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This working paper considers the effects of two California bills related to greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation - SB 375 (land use and transportation) and SB 97 (new CEQA Guidelines for GHG planning) - on local land use and regional transportation planning - in particular to contribute to climate and energy policy analysts' understanding of land use development's contribution to GHG mitigation.Climate and energy policy analysts working to develop GHG mitigation policies with local jurisdictions are faced with analyzing the effect of transportation policies that lead to GHG reduction. For example, a policy that implements aggressive goals for alternative transportation other than the single use vehicle must consider land uses zoned for such alternative uses, and consider the combination of effects from all modes of transportation. Land use is a local phenomenon and the state has little power to mandate direct land use changes. On the other hand, the state can and has mandated GHG reduction targets to be achieved from the transportation sector (SB375), which invariably leads to land use changes, and has mandated the analysis of GHG emissions from projects (SB97) and its mitigation to be consistent with the state GHG reduction goals. This paper starts with a background on the basics of local land use planning as reflected in the General Plan, and regional planning as reflected in the regional transportation plan. It then considers provisions of the two regulations, SB 375 and SB 97, how they interact, and how courts have responded to ensuing litigation, to show that SB97 rather than SB375 is currently the main driver of change in land use planning to help lead to transportation GHG emissions changes.
Download or read book Public Transportation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local Climate Action Planning written by Michael R. Boswell and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is a global problem, but the problem begins locally. Cities consume 75% of the world's energy and emit 80% of the world's greenhouse gases. Changing the way we build and operate our cities can have major effects on greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, communities across the U.S. are responding to the climate change problem by making plans that assess their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and specify actions they will take to reduce these emissions. This is the first book designed to help planners, municipal staff and officials, citizens and others working at local levels to develop Climate Action Plans. CAPs are strategic plans that establish policies and programs for mitigating a community's greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. They typically focus on transportation, energy use, and solid waste, and often differentiate between community-wide actions and municipal agency actions. CAPs are usually based on GHG emissions inventories, which indentify the sources of emissions from the community and quantify the amounts. Additionally, many CAPs include a section addressing adaptation-how the community will respond to the impacts of climate change on the community, such as increased flooding, extended drought, or sea level rise. With examples drawn from actual plans, Local Climate Action Planning guides preparers of CAPs through the entire plan development process, identifying the key considerations and choices that must be made in order to assure that a plan is both workable and effective.
Download or read book A Framework for Considering Climate Change in Transportation and Land Use Scenario Planning written by The Volpe National Transportation System and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Interagency Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change Pilot Project utilized a scenario planning process to develop a multi-agency transportation- and land use-focused development strategy for Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with the intention of achieving a reduction in future greenhouse gas emissions and considering the potential impacts of sea-level rise on the region. This scenario was developed through a process of data collection, scenario development by a consultant and by regional and local government during a workshop, and scenario assessment. The outcomes of this scenario planning process will inform and support the region's long-range transportation planning and other related efforts, as well as the planning efforts of local, state, and federal agencies. Project members collaborated to document the project's steps and to offer significant observations and recommendations that can inform future applications.
Download or read book Urban Goods Movement written by Public Technology, inc and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Freight Transportation Systems written by Ralf Elbert and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Freight Transportation Systems offers new insights into the complexities of today's urban freight transport system. It provides a much needed multidisciplinary perspective from researchers in not only transportation, but also engineering, business management, planning and the law. The book examines numerous critical issues, such as strategies for delivery, logistics and freight transport spatial patterns, urban policy assessment, innovative transportation technologies, urban hubs, and the role factories play in the urban freight transport system. The book offers a novel conceptual approach for addressing the problems of production, logistics and traffic in an urban context. As most of the world's population now live in cities, thus significantly increasing commercial traffic, there are numerous challenges for efficiently and sustainably delivering goods into cities. This book provides solutions and tactics to those challenges. Includes interdisciplinary contributors from around the globe Provides never-before-published original research to help users stay current and develop a deeper understanding of the field Presents the methods and results of research that is useful for both academics and practitioners
Download or read book A Framework for Considering Climate Change in Transportation and Land Use Scenario Planning Lessons Learned from an Interagency Pilot Project on Cape Cod written by Ben Rasmussen and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Interagency Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change Pilot Project utilized a scenario planning process to develop a multi-agency transportation- and land use-focused development strategy for Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with the intention of achieving a reduction in future greenhouse gas emissions and considering the potential impacts of sea-level rise on the region. This scenario was developed through a process of data collection, scenario development by a consultant and by regional and local government during a workshop, and scenario assessment. The outcomes of this scenario planning process will inform and support the region's long-range transportation planning and other related efforts, as well as the planning efforts of local, state, and federal agencies.
Download or read book Assessing Mechanisms for Integrating Transportation related Greenhouse Gas Reduction Objectives Into Transportation Decision Making written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of NCHRP Project 20-24(64) was to provide a factual basis for judging the merits of alternative methods that state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) can use for managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation. The project was undertaken to help policy makers to understand (a) how these alternative approaches to GHG emissions would affect states and metropolitan areas, (b) what approaches may be most effective for evaluating mobile-source GHG emission-management strategies, and (c) what particular tools are available to support implementation of these alternative approaches. The report is presented in five sections. Section 1, Introduction, provides background information, discusses the purpose and scope of the study, explains the study process, and presents the report organization. Section 2, Overarching Options for Establishing Transportation Requirements that Involve Targets, discusses several overarching considerations associated with any requirement that involves setting targets to address GHG emissions in transportation planning/programming. Section 3, Assessments of Alternative Policy Mechanisms for Reducing Transportation GHGs, identifies and describes several policy mechanisms that involve setting targets, along with requirements that might be implemented in addition to or instead of target-based requirements. Section 4, Implications of Alternative Targets on Sample States and MPOs, contains an analysis of a sample of states and metropolitan areas examining the estimated GHG emissions reductions that would be required to meet alternative targets. Section 5, Analysis Tools and Techniques to Support Implementation of Policy Mechanisms, reviews the availability, strengths, and limitations of existing tools that may be needed to meet requirements, identifies gaps, and discusses the potential implications of these gaps.
Download or read book Integrating Climate Change in Transportation and Land Use Scenario Planning written by Benjamin K. Rasmussen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstract: The Central New Mexico Climate Change Scenario Planning Project, an Interagency Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change Initiative, utilized a scenario planning process to develop a multiagency transportation- and land use-focused development strategy for the Albuquerque region of New Mexico to achieve a reduction in future greenhouse gas emissions and to prepare for the potential impacts of climate change on the region. The outcomes of this scenario planning process informed and supported the region's long-range transportation planning and other related efforts as well as the planning efforts of local, State, and Federal agencies. Project members collaborated to document steps and offer observations and recommendations that will inform future applications of the project's methodology. This information is presented in this report, and the appendices provide supporting documentation. Lead project sponsor was the Federal Highway Administration, with co-sponsors the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish & Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service."--Technical report documentation page.
Download or read book Moving Cooler written by Cambridge Systematics and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Both the public and private sectors are grappling with decisions regarding policies that will lead to reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Moving Cooler analyzes and assesses the effectiveness and costs of almost 50 transportation strategies for reducing GHG emissions, as well as evaluates combinations of those strategies. The findings of this study can help decision makers coordinate and shape effective approaches to reducing GHG emissions at all levels - national, regional, and local - while also meeting broader transportation objectives." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Rethinking California s Planning Frameworks to Support SB 375 written by Lauren Michele Hilliard and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regulatory reform addressing travel behavior policies that reduce vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) and improve transportation network management is needed if California is to reduce the transportation sector's 38 percent contribution to total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the State. This white paper introduces how such policy changes can be used to support California's goals of climate change stability, economic vitality, and communities that encourage healthier lifestyles. Further, it poses essential questions pertaining to regulatory reform for the 3-C issues of consistency, conformity, and concurrency that the State will need to address through actively engaging with multiple stakeholders and other government organizations. The white paper includes an analysis of the theory and practice of California's land use/transportation planning structure, environmental review process, and funding allocation framework by examining local, regional, state, and federal roles in the implementation of key climate change and sustainable transportation laws. Analyzing the Sacramento Area Council of Government's Blueprint-based Metropolitan Transportation Plan under existing State frameworks reveals needed policy reform in order to successfully implement SB 375's "Sustainable Communities Strategies". Without a secure, long-term transit funding source, land use patterns that promote cost-effective and quality transit, statewide pricing mechanisms, and changes to local codes and standards, California's MPOs will not be able to achieve ambitious per capita GHG reductions under SB 375. The paper also finds a need to incorporate federal resource agencies in the development of Regional Transportation Plans, establish statewide GHG thresholds for projects within a regional context, and prioritize network management over capacity enhancing transportation project. Further, it proposes to "decouple" VMT growth from transportation revenue sources by incentivizing local government to reduce VMT and improve network management under a "Low Carbon Transportation Fund" funded by cap-and-trade auction revenues. The State of California is seeing unprecedented challenges and opportunities to create a more flexible and durable funding framework that directly ties new performance metrics to projects and plans. These changes will better reflect the array of values and concerns from Californians as the State struggles to fund an antiquated system that largely does not reflect the 3-E sustainability metrics of the economy, equity, and the environment.
Download or read book Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Collaborative Decision Making Process written by PB Americas, Inc. and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Into Transportation Planning and Decision Making written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Framework for Considering Climate Change in Transportation and Land Use Scenario Planning written by Benjamin Rasmussen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Interagency Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change Pilot Project utilized a scenario planning process to develop a multi-agency transportation- and land use-focused development strategy for Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with the intention of achieving a reduction in future greenhouse gas emissions and considering the potential impacts of sea-level rise on the region. This scenario was developed through a process of data collection, scenario development by a consultant and by regional and local government during a workshop, and scenario assessment. The outcomes of this scenario planning process will inform and support the region's long-range transportation planning and other related efforts, as well as the planning efforts of local, state, and federal agencies. Project members collaborated to document the project's steps and to offer significant observations and recommendations that can inform future applications"--Technical report documentation page.
