Smart transportation emission reduction strategies: identifying truly optimal ways to conserve energy and reduce emissions
This report investigates the optimal (best overall, taking into account all benefits and costs) transportation emission reduction strategies. Current evaluation methods tend to undervalue mobility management (also called transportation demand management or TDM) strategies that increase transport system efficiency by changing travel behavior, due to biases that include 1. ignorance about these strategies; 2. failure to consider cobenefits; 3. failure to consider rebound effects of increased fuel economy; 4. belief that mobility management impacts are difficult to predict; 5. belief that mobility management programs are difficult to implement; and 6. belief that vehicle travel reductions harm consumers and the economy. More comprehensive and objective analysis tends to rank mobility management strategies among the most cost-effective emission reduction options. This report describes ways to correct current planning bias so mobility management solutions can be implemented to the degree optimal.
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- Updated version of 2008 publication (record no. 0803AR056E). This report is updated periodically while the text remains available at the URL indicated above. The actual date of publication, pagination, and other features may differ from that indicated in this record.
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Corporate Authors:
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Victoria, British Columbia Canada -
Authors:
- Litman, T
- Publication Date: 2010-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 21p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air quality management; Cost effectiveness; Environment; Mobility; Travel behavior; Travel demand management
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- ATRI Terms: Cost effectiveness; Emissions control; Environment; Mobility; Transport demand; Travel behaviour
- Subject Areas: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01382852
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 22 2012 1:35PM