Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation Sector

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation
Sector

• Connecticut Fund for the Environment

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Transportation
Sector

• Greenhouse emissions from motor vehicles in
  Connecticut
• Strategies for reducing emissions

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Connecticut 2020?
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1999 Greenhouse Gases Percent from
Transportation Source US EPA 1999 Inventory

• CTs Transportation Sector produces a very large
  and growing percent of total greenhouse gases
  (CO2, CH4, N2O and HFCs)
• In CT, the transportation sector accounts for
  about 20 more of the total greenhouse gases than
  in the US as a whole

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Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) growth since 1991
Source for all historical VMT-related data
Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics
series
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Projected VMT growth in Connecticut
1990-2020 projected growth 45.4
Source Clean Air Act state implementation plan
for ozone CT DEP, DOT
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New Haven Commuter Rail Line annual ridership
21 growth during 1990s
Source ConnDOT cited in New Haven Register
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Steady bus ridership growth Annual passenger
trips, all CT systems, 1997-1999
Source ConnDOT Bureau of Public Transportation
Biennial Report, 1999
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Achieving greenhouse reductions from
Transportation Sector

• Flatten amount of vehicle travel
• Lower Greenhouse emissions per vehicle

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VMT reduction measures

• Expanding smart travel options transit,
  ridesharing, bike and pedestrian access
• Roadway pricing measures
• Smart growth land use policies

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Land use mattersU.S. trips and transport modes
by location
Manifold increase in walking and transit trips,
car trips significantly lower in denser setting
Source National Personal Transportation Survey,
Federal Highway Administration, 1995.
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VMT reduction policies estimated benefits in CT
Policy Reduction in daily VMT by
2007 Telecommuting -553,252 Parking
management -299,329 Voluntary employer trip
reduction -704,000 Mandatory employer trip
reduction - 1,601,000 Commuter rail
improvements in SW CT -
272,940 Intra-town bus improvements in SW CT
- 304,789 Parking pricing 2.50/day
- 2,349,280 VMT tax 4/mile -
9,166,192 Congestion pricing 10/mile
- 2,761,150
Source CT Transportation Control Measures
Evaluation Study. COMSIS Corp., 1994
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Vehicle technology

• California auto fleet vehicle programs
• Low Emission Vehicle Program (LEV II)
• Robust, mature program
• Major toxic benefits
• Ancillary greenhouse benefits
• Pavley/Greenhouse Reduction Program
• New passed by legislature in 2002
• Cost-effective standards to be adopted to
  reduce GHG emissions by extent feasible by
  2006.

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Vehicle Technology

• Clean vehicle incentives
• Fleet efficiency purchases
• Diesel/black carbon soot reductions
• School bus and transit bus fleet reductions
• Tax structures to encourage low sulfur fuel use
• State construction contracts to build on pilot
  diesel emission reduction strategies

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Connecticut opportunities

• Transportation Strategy Board
• Business/economic goal of reduced congestion
• Strong human health constituency growing GHG
  awareness
• Growing awareness that States are where the
  climate change action will be

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CFE and Transportation Choices Coalition

• Coalition with 28 organizations and 150,000
  members
• 2003 agenda
• CFE Introduce Low Emission Program
• Coalition Establish a Dedicated Transit fund

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