Developing a Metric for the Cost of Green House Gas Abatement

The authors introduce the levelized cost of carbon (LCC), a metric that can be used to evaluate MassDOT CO2 abatement projects in terms of their cost-effectiveness. The study presents ways in which the metric can be used to rank projects. The data are summarized from a set of MassDOT projects, and an LCC of the projects is calculated. Findings show that the most cos-teffective projects in this data set are dominated by Traffic Operations Projects, when co-benefits are ignored.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.umasstransportationcenter.org/Document.asp?DocID=309
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35011
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Department of Transportation

  Office of Transportation Planning
  Boston, MA  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Baker, E D
  • Khatani, S N
• Publication Date: 2017-2-28

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 48p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Benefit cost analysis; Greenhouse gases; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Pollutants
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01667182
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTC 17.01
• Contract Numbers: ISA#92492
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 25 2018 11:14AM