CCAP Co-Authors New Book on how Changes in Land Development Patterns can reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Meeting the increasing demand for homes located in pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods with access to transportation options could significantly reduce the growth in the number of miles Americans drive – shrinking the nation’s carbon footprint – according to a new study, Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change. Steve Winkelman, director of CCAP’s Transportation Program, is a key co-author of the report.For more information, please view the report here, and the CCAP press release, here. Part Two of the CCAP Transportation Emissions Guidebook: Vehicle Technology and Fuels is now online. This will also link you to information on Part One: Land-Use, Transit & Travel Demand Management. View the Guidebook

Transportation emissions are the result of three main factors; vehicle technology, fuel characteristics and vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Successful emission reduction strategies require progress on all three "legs of the stool". The Transportation Team at the Center is dedicated to advancing effective and pragmatic air quality and climate protection policies on all 3 legs of the stool. Our work involves analysis, dialogue and capacity building to reach a broad range of policymakers and stakeholders from the local level through to an international setting.

The 5 main areas for our work include:

• Smart Growth
• Freight
• Aviation
• Domestic Transportation Program
• International Transportation Program

Dramatic progress in emissions control technology and fuel quality over the past 30 years has reduced emissions per mile for NOx, VOCs and CO --but not for CO2. Rapid growth in the amount of driving however is offsetting these reductions, especially in some fast-growing metropolitan regions. In the case of CO2 per vehicle, fleet-wide vehicle emission rates have been essentially stagnant since 1991 while VMT grew 25% over the same period.

LATEST PROJECTS

Smart Growth:

• CCAP released a new book -- Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change -- on Sept. 20, at an event in conjunction with Smart Growth America and the Urban Land Institute. Steve Winkelman, director of CCAP’s Transportation Program, is a key co-author of the report. For more information, please view the report here, and the CCAP press release, here.
• On August 22nd, Steve Winkelman of CCAP gave the opening presentation and chaired Session III of the annual Asilomar Conference, held at UCDavis' Institute of Transportation Studies. The conference focused on advanced vehicle technologies, the link between GHGs and transportation, and other national/local transportation policies. Click here to read Steve Winkelman's presentation.
• CCAP recently kicked-off a policy discussion dubbed “Green-TEA” on integrating climate change mitigation strategies into the next U.S. federal transportation bill and addressing travel demand in national climate policy. To read more about Green-TEA and other Smart Growth work done by CCAP, please visit this link.
• CCAP partnered with the Center for Neighborhood Technology on an innovative corrider-based analysis of GHG benefits of high speed rail systems in the U.S. We calculated potential emissions savings of 2.7 MMTCO2 per year and even greater savings if very high speed trains are used. The final report of "High Speed Rail and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S." is now available.
  

KEY PRESENTATIONS (available in PDF )

WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN…

From time to time some of the issues from our past presentations and publications re-emerge as relevant to today's policies discussion…these resources will be highlighted here. To see the full archive of transportation publications please visit the publications page.

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