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Title: Micro-Simulation Models of Urban Regions: Anticipating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transport and Housing in Austin, Texas
Accession Number: 01126796
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are largely attributable to household and firm travel and building decisions. This paper demonstrates the development and application of a microsimulation model for household and firm evolution and location choices overtime, along with evolution of the light duty vehicle fleet, residential building stock and travel decisions of persons and businesses. A case study of the Austin, Texas region provides estimates of energy demands and CO2 emissions through the year 2030, as a function of several policies. Year 2005 population and point-based employment data coupled with a wide variety of other data sets are used. Scenario simulation results suggest an 81% increase in the Austin households and an evolution toward wealthier households, much larger firm sizes and a somewhat more efficient fleet of personal vehicles. GHG emissions from travel are predicted to increase nearly 70 percent in the business as usual case but just 57 percent under an urban growth boundary policy scenario and 65 percent following a $2-per-gallon gas tax increase.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01120148
Report/Paper Numbers: 09-3287
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Tirumalachetty, SumalaKockelman, Kara MKumar, SaurabhPagination: 20p
Publication Date: 2009
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: DVD
Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Public Transportation; I15: Environment
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-3287
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 30 2009 7:42PM
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