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TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE WORKING GROUP

Working Group Members

Meeting Summaries:    May 13    May 21    June 4    June 25    July 9     July 30    Aug 6    Aug 27

                                        Oct 1   

                                        July 18 (Smart Growth Joint Working Group)

                                        Sept 9 (Smart Growth Joint Working Group)

Other Working Group Teleconferences: Nov 19

Working Group Documents:   

    -Summary Table of GHG Reductions (Excel, Nov. 18)
    -Memo: Tailpipe GHG Emissions - Options for Policy Packages, Nov. 18
    -Strawman Proposal - Hydrogen Infrastructure, Nov. 17
    -Strawman Proposal - Feebate Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nov. 17
    -Strawman Proposal - Smart Growth, full (152 KB) or summary (39 KB), Oct. 30
    -Assumptions in Transit Growth Scenario, Oct. 29
    -Memo: Finalizing baseline projection, Oct. 28  (102 KB)
    -Strawman Proposal - VMT Pricing, Oct. 27  (18 KB)
    -Strawman Proposal - Diesel Black Carbon, full (110 KB) or summary (29 KB), Oct. 24
    -Diesel Black Carbon Calculations Memo on Baselines and Reductions, Oct. 24  (109 KB)
    -Working Group Key Upcoming Milestones, Oct. 6  (45 KB)
    -Smart Growth Scenario #3 results: 25% Demographic Redistribution, October
    -Strawman Proposal - Pavley Strategy to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sept. 30
    -Strawman Proposal - Adoption of LEV II Emission Standards to Reduce GHGs, Sept. 30
    -Priorities for Analysis, Sept. 30
    -Strawman Proposal - Tailpipe Emission Standards, Sept. 24
    -Smart Growth Strawman from New Haven (Oct. 1)
    -Intermodal Movement of Freight (Aug 15)
    -Options Overview Memo for Aug. 13 Work Group Meeting (151 KB)
    -Overview of Transportation Sector Baseline, August 12 (184 KB)
    -Transportation Work Group Response to June 10 Public Comments (29 KB)
    -Incentives and Disincentives Background, July 30
    -GHG Reduction Opportunities Table, July 23
    -Memo: Fleet Procurement Policies - Light Vehicle Efficiency, July 23
    -Smart Growth Scenario Results - Reallocation of 10% CT Population and Employment Growth (2000-2020) From Rural and Suburban Areas to Central Business Districts, by ConnDOT  (28 KB)
    -Memo: Developing a Baseline Projection for Connecticut’s Transportation GHG Emissions , May 30

Links to Relevant Transportation & Land Use Reports:
 

A.  General:

• The Brookings Institution, "Improving Efficiency and Equity in Transportation Finance"

• The Brookings Institution, "Fueling Transportation Finance: A Primer on the Gas Tax"

• CCAP, NY GHG Task Force Transportation and Land Use Recommendations (1.1 MB)

• CCAP "State and Local Leadership on Transportation and Climate Change" (301 KB)

• Center for Urban Transportation Research: Perspectives on Land Use and Transportation webpage

• CFE, "Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transportation in Connecticut

• CFE, "The Drive for Cleaner Air in Connecticut," regarding cleaner cars

• Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board - Final Report 

• Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board - Proposed Bill

• "Energy Efficiency Strategies for Freight Trucking: Potential Impact on Fuel Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions," by Jeffrey Ang-Olson and Will Schroeer, ICF Consulting, for the 2001 Annual Transportation Research Board

• Memo on GHG Reduction Potential from California Tailpipes Regulation, by John DiCicco of Environmental Defense

• Pew, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Transportation

• RailVolution 2003 - presentation by Steve Winkelman - Smart Growth, Clean Air and Climate Protection: 3 for the Price of One, Sept. 2003 (297 KB)

• RailVolution 2003 - presentation by David Farren, Southern Environmental Law Center - Transportation and Air Pollution: Lessons from the Host City (1.9 MB)

• RailVolution 2003 - presentation by Joseph Carpenter, NJ DEP - Smart Growth Initiatives at NJDEP (1.2 MB)

• TCC, Transportation Choice for Connecticut: Green Paper

B.  Land Use:
    -Ameregis, "Connecticut Metropatterns"
    -Conservation and Development Plan for Connecticut (currently undergoing revision)
    -Transportation Strategy Board Land Use working group recommendations (Appendix I)
    -Press release: Lt. Governor M. Jodi Rell, DEP Award $7.8 Million in Open Space Grants
    -Citizens' Vision for Smart Growth, by Sustainable Pittsburgh

C.  Intercity Travel:
    -New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Commuter Rail Implementation Plan

D. Diesel Black Carbon:
    -Global Warming Impact of Black Carbon, by Mark Jacobson, Stanford University
 

E. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells:
    -Hydrogen and the Realities of Technology Diffusion, by Arnulf Grubler, Yale FES
    -NAVC, "Future Wheels II: A Survey of Expert Opinion on the Future of Transportation Fuel Cells and Fuel Cell Infrastructure", Sept. 2003

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