Mitigating Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) in Rural Development

Vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) as an environmental review metric is more effective at combating climate change than level of service (LOS), and policymakers are beginning to advance its adoption for this purpose. Years of research and development prove that VMT mitigation strategies such as density, diversity, and design succeed in urban areas, but doubts remain about how VMT can be mitigated in rural development. This report reviews the current understanding of both urban VMT mitigation and rural development. Finally, additional literature and evidential case studies are explored to identify urban VMT mitigation strategies that can be modified for the rural scale as well as mitigation strategies unique to the rural context.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA30 Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Miller, Ruth
  • Ganson, Christopher
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
• Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: TRB 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Climate change; Design; Rural development; Traffic density; Urban development; Vehicle miles of travel
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; I15: Environment; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01555624
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 15-0821
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 2015 10:04AM