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Title:

How can we alter our carbon footprint? Estimating GHG emissions based on travel survey information

Accession Number:

01368022

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The City of Montreal has taken recent initiatives to significantly reduce overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transport sector, and is making large investments in alternative transportation. In particular, the City has called upon the participation of all businesses and institutions to further these goals. In light of these recent plans, this study identifies with two objectives: first, to generate a clear methodology for estimating total GHG emissions generated by commuters to McGill University’s downtown campus, and secondly, to better understand who, how, and when each commuter to McGill generates travel-related GHG. Mode split, distances, age, gender and status were uncovered by a 2011 travel survey that was conducted across the University, from which daily individual GHG emissions are estimated. Details about these trips not only reveal who the largest polluters are and where they are coming from, but also the seasonality of their emissions. These associations are then used to narrate alternatives to the structure of individuals’ commutes by examining the outcomes of selected shifts in travel behavior on total GHG emissions.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Traveler Behavior and Values

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-3136

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Mathez, Anais
Manaugh, Kevin
Chakour, Vincent
El-Geneidy, Ahmed
Hatzopoulou, Marianne

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Montreal (Canada)

Subject Areas:

Environment; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I15: Environment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-3136

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:14PM