Transportation is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. This document discusses strategies to reduce emissions from the transportation sector, including making vehicles more fuel efficient, using cleaner fuels, and changing travel behaviors such as trip consolidation and increasing options for biking, walking and public transit. Reducing emissions from transportation can help address issues of global warming, energy security, economic security and quality of life.

1. Transportation &
Carbon Solutions
Lynne Bly
Transportation Policy Director
Fresh Energy
February 11, 2009

2. 2005 Emissions by sector
Source: Center for Climate Strategies, April 2008

3. Transportation Strategies
•More efficient vehicles
•Cleaner fuels
•Choices that change our travel behavior

4. More efficient vehicles
• Clean car • More efficient
standards–lower technologies
emissions/improve
fleet mileage

5. More efficient vehicles
• Downsize • Upsize
= 216
or 1,050

6. Cleaner Fuels

7. Choices that change travel behavior
• Consolidate, shorten, eliminate trips
– Trip chaining
– Keep it local
– Don’t go
• Commuting choices
– Change Schedule
– Go with others
– Bike or walk
– Change destinations
• Build destinations
close to home

8. Transportation Choices Affect:
Global warming pollution
•
Energy security
•
Economic security
•
Quality of life
•
– Access to destinations
– Healthy, active lifestyles

9. Traffic is Growing?
Minnesota Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
Trend and Projections
100
90
VMT
20 year linear trendline
80
10 year logarithmic trendline
70
VMT (in billions)
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Year
Source: Minnesota Department of Transportation TDA and OIM MnDOT

10. VMT Trends by region
Annual VMT Growth Trends: 1992 - 2006
Indexed to 1992 Values
1.50
1.45
1.40
1.35
Central-SE
1.30
Metroplex
1.25 North-Central
Northeast
1.20
West
1.15
1.10
1.05
1.00
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
Source: MnDOT TDA

11. Lynne Bly
Transportation Policy Director
Fresh Energy
bly@fresh-energy.org
March 2, 2009

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