This webinar covers issues in setting GHG reduction targets for transportation, methodologies for estimating transportation GHG, and prospects for climate change legislation affecting transportation.
Presented by:
Bill Malley, Perkins Coie, Targets and Legislation
Steve Lawe, RSG, Methodologies
Brian Gregor, Oregon DOT, Oregon DOT’s “GreenSTEP”
Webinar conducted March 10, 2010 under sponsorship of AASHTO, the Center for Environmental Excellence, and FHWA.
Resources:
Climate Change Legislation
- California Air Resources Board Information on SB375
- Regional Targets Advisory Committee Final Report
- CEQ Draft Guidance on consideration of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions under NEPA
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Federal Government page
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change, States & Regions page
- FHWA’s Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter
- GAO Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data
GHG Targets and Modeling Methods
- VMT calculation spreadsheet
- University of Vermont Transportation Research Center (developers of GIS-based travel demand model/carbon calculator)
- Integrated Transportation & Land Use Modeling
- Contact Information