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Title:

Review of International Modeling Literature: Transit, Land Use, and Automobile Pricing Strategies to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Accession Number:

01126765

Language:

English

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-3446

Abstract:

As the media document very real evidence of global climate change and the debate over humans’ role precipitating this change has ended, California led the nation by passing the first global warming legislation in the U.S. California is tasked with reducing green house gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. It is estimated that two thirds of the required reductions in GHG emissions can be achieved by improvements in vehicle technology and the low-carbon fuel standard; however, the remaining third will need to come from reduced vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT). Currently, most operational regional models in California have limited ability to represent the effects of transit, land use, and auto pricing strategies; efforts are now underway to develop more advanced modeling tools, including activity-based travel and land use models. In the interim, this paper reviews the international modeling literature on land use, transit, and auto pricing policies to suggest a range of VKT and GHG reduction that regions might achieve if such policies were implemented. The synthesis of the literature categorizes studies, by geographic area, policy strength, and model type, to provide insight into order of magnitude estimates for 10-, 20-, 30-, and 40-years time horizons. The analysis also highlights the effects of modeling tools of differing quality, policy implementation timeframes, and variations in urban form on the relative effectiveness of policy scenarios.

TRIS Files:

HRIS

Report Numbers:

09-3446

Media Type:

DVD

Pagination:

23p

Authors:

Rodier, Caroline Jane

Phone: (510) 665-3524
Fax: (510) 665-2183
caroline@tsrc.berkeley.edu
University of California, Berkeley

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2009/1/11 to 2009/1/15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 USA

Availability:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/6

Features:

Figures (4) ; References (32) ; Tables (3)

Index Terms:

California; Climate change; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Land use planning; Pollutants; Vehicle miles of travel

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; I15: Environment

Last Modified:

Apr 17 2009 9:56AM