Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Universities: Role of American College and University Presidents' Climate Change Commitment

Universities are increasingly concerned about their environmental impacts and their contribution to emissions related to climate change. This paper discusses the role of transportation related emissions in the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, analyzing how public transit strategy addressed in the pact and that strategy’s contribution to its goals. No significant difference was identified between the amount of commuting emissions from institutions that reported adopting the transportation strategy and those that did not. Research results underscored the importance of a mix of strategies rather than a single solution in the quest to mitigate mobile source contributions to greenhouse gases and proposed policy revisions.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Tavares, Tamara
  • Dunning, Anne E
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
• Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p
• Monograph Title: TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Greenhouse gases; Mobile sources; Pollutants; Public transit; Strategic planning; Transportation policy; Universities and colleges
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01334667
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 11-4182
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 31 2011 8:11AM