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CCAP works with a number of key states and regions in crafting
and implementing effective and pragmatic GHG emission reduction
plans. The breadth of CCAP's domestic policy work has established
the organization as a leader in facilitating climate policy
development.
For its part, the Center's transportation team has undertaken
a number of projects evaluating options for transportation
and land-use measures to reduce greenhouse gas and air quality
emissions. This experience has ranged from analysis of specific
on-the-ground projects to technology and policy options to
mitigate these emissions. The analysis has considered options
related to transportation demand, and land-use policy, as
well as some which recognize the integration of vehicles and
fuel supply as a complement to land use and VMT reduction
strategies.
KEY PROJECTS:
Improve Emissions Allocation In The DC Region.
The metropolitan Washington DC region is required to reduce
NOx, VOC and other emissions to comply with EPA air quality
standards. The process through which compliance is achieved
involves representatives from diverse regional and organizational
groups. The District of Columbia has hired CCAP to help design
a more transparent process that will lead to more efficient
and fair outcomes than achieved with the current process.
California Greenhouse Gas Stakeholder Process.
The Transportation Team is assisting with facilitation of
a climate change stakeholder process administered by the California
Energy Commission (CEC). The team is analyzing GHG reduction
measures such as feebates, alternative fuels, freight and
ports, smart growth, aviation and high speed rail. Results
of analysis and discussion within this stakeholder process
are also expected to inform California's participation in
the West Coast Governors' Initiative and will feed into the
CEC's Integrated Energy Policy Report. (See the Domestic
Program Overview for more project details.)
Puget Sound GHG Reduction Plan and Stakeholder Process.
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is responsible for protecting
and enhancing air quality in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish
counties. For the Puget Sound region, the transportation sector
accounts for over 70 percent of the region's emissions. In
late 2003, the Agency selected the Center for Clean Air Policy
to provide lead technical analysis for the transportation
sector component of its multi-sectoral Climate Protection
Process. In this capacity, the Center is responsible for quantifying
set of measures aimed at reducing GHG emissions from motor
vehicles, technologies and fuels and travel patterns. One
likely result of this year-long process will be the development
of a directionally set of VMT reduction measures aimed at
encouraging implementation of GHG-friendly alternative travel
method include in the award-winning Destination 2030 Transportation
Long Range Plan for the Puget Sound region.
State Transportation Roundtable.
The Transportation Team is continuing to devote a day of the
Center's State Roundtable on Global Climate Change to transportation
sector issues. This will include participation of Canadian,
European and Japanese colleagues to allow for comparison of
policy approaches and cross-fertilization of ideas. We will
discuss issues such as tailpipe standards in California and
Japan, voluntary industry agreements in Europe and Canada,
as well as freight, biofuels and travel demand measures. (See
the Domestic Program Overview
for more details on the Roundtable.)
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