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WSDOT quantifies the GHG reduction impact of sidewalk coverage.

Posted on April 12, 2011

“If you build it, they will come” seems to hold for building sidewalks. A recent report for the Washington State Department of Transportation found that increasing sidewalk coverage from 30 percent to 70 percent of …

Posted in NewsTagged emissions, GHG, land use, parking, reports, research, sidewalks, VMT, WA

Parking spaces add 10% to per-mile carbon emissions

Posted on February 18, 2011

From Sean Slone’s blog on recent reports highlighting transportation and the environment: One thing holding back efforts to decrease the number of cars on the road is the availability of lots of free or cheap parking. …

Posted in NewsTagged carbon, emissions, parking

California’s Green Trade Corridor project underway

Posted on February 18, 2011

Construction of California’s Green Trade Corridor, a TIGER grant funded project to increase the share of freight moving on inland waterways between the Port of Oakland and California’s Central Valley, began last fall.  The project is …

Posted in NewsTagged CA, congestion, emissions, freight, ports, TIGER

CO2 emissions from transportation continue to rise

Posted on February 11, 2011

Even where gas prices are higher than in the U.S., CO2 emissions will not decline by market forces alone, according to a recent report [PDF] commissioned by the European Union: The report argues that “meeting climate change mitigation …

Posted in NewsTagged climate change, CO2, emissions, gas prices

New Report on Climate Change and Transportation

Posted on January 28, 2011

Actions across three fronts – technological developments, policy changes (including substantially higher fuel efficiency standards), and consumer behavior – could reduce transportation emissions by up to 65 percent from current levels by 2050, according to …

Posted in NewsTagged climate change, emissions, freight, reports

Getting Back on Track: Aligning State Transportation Policy with Climate Change Goals

Posted on December 21, 2010

A new report by NRDC and Smart Growth America analyzes each state’s transportation policies and evaluates how they support efforts to reduce GHG emissions.  The report can be found on both the NRDC and Smart …

Posted in NewsTagged climate, emissions, greenhouse gas, NRDC, Smart Growth America, states
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