Driving California’s Transportation Emissions to Zero
The purpose of this report is to provide a research-driven analysis of options that can put California on a pathway to achieve carbon-neutral transportation by 2045. The report comprises thirteen sections. Section 1 provides an overview of the major components of transportation systems and how those components interact. Section 2 discusses the impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had on transportation. Section 3 discusses California’s current transportation-policy landscape. These three sections were previously published as a synthesis report. Section 4 analyzes the different carbon scenarios, focusing on “business as usual” (BAU) and Low Carbon (LC1). Section 5 provides an overview of key policy mechanisms to utilize in decarbonizing transportation. Section 6 is an analysis of the light-duty vehicle sector, section 7 is the medium and heavy-duty vehicle sectors, section 8 is reducing and electrifying vehicle miles traveled, and section 9 is an analysis of transportation fuels and their lifecycle. The following sections are an analysis of external costs and benefits: section 10 analyzes the health impacts of decarbonizing transportation, section 11 analyzes equity and environmental justice, and section 12 analyzes workforce and labor impacts. Finally, future research needs are provided in section 13. The study overall finds that cost-effective pathways to carbon-neutral transportation in California exist, but that they will require significant acceleration in a wide variety of policies.
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University of California, Berkeley
Institute of Transportation Studies
McLaughlin Hall
Berkeley, CA United States 94720University of California, Davis
Institute of Transportation Studies
Davis, CA United States 95616University of California, Los Angeles
Institute of Transportation Studies
3250 Public Affairs Building
Los Angeles, CA United States 90095-1656University of California, Irvine
Institute of Transportation Studies
4000 Anteater Instruction and Research Building
Irvine, CA United States 92697University of California Institute of Transportation Studies
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Authors:
- Brown, Austin L
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- Sperling, Daniel
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- Austin, Bernadette
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- DeShazo, JR
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- Fulton, Lew
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- Lipman, Timothy
- Murphy, Colin
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- Saphores, Jean Daniel
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- Tal, Gil
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- Abrams, Carolyn
- Chakraborty, Debapriya
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- Coffee, Daniel
- Dabag, Sina
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- Davis, Adam
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- Delucchi, Mark A
- Fleming, Kelly L
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- Forest, Kate
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- Sanchez, Juan Carlos Garcia
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- Handy, Susan
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- Hyland, Michael
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- Jenn, Alan
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- Karten, Seth
- Lane, Blake
- Mackinnon, Michael
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- Martin, Elliot
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- Miller, Marshall
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- Ibarra, Monica Ramirez
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- Ritchie, Stephen
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- Schremmer, Sara
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- Segui, Joshua
- Shaheen, Susan A
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- Tok, Andre
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- Voleti, Aditya
- Witcover, Julie
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- Yang, Allison
- Publication Date: 2021-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Final Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 470p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air quality management; Alternate fuels; Environmental justice; Environmental policy; Equity; Exhaust gases; Greenhouse gases; Policy analysis; Transportation policy; Trucks; Vehicle miles of travel; Workforce
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01770990
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
- Report/Paper Numbers: UC-ITS-2020-65
- Contract Numbers: UC-ITS-2020-65
- Files: BTRIS, TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 30 2021 5:12PM