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Recommendations for land-use solutions that can reduce driving, vehicle miles traveled, emissions and greenhouse gases. Please also see accompanying summary.
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Transportation and Land Use Strategies to Achieve Healthier Air Quality
Chris Sturm, Senior Director of State Policy, New Jersey FutureClean Air Council 2012 Hearing
April 11, 2012
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Why are greenhouse gases a
transportation issue??
Transportation Sector is Dominant Source of Carbon Emissions
Total NJ Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2009
Note that carbon sequestration offsets 7.6% of the total
How are greenhouse-gas
emissions from transportation a
land-use issue??
Three Factors Affecting Transportation Emissions
TransportationCO 2
Total emissions =
emissions per gallon
x gallons per mile (i.e. the inverse of average
MPG)
x total miles (VMT)
low-emissions vehicles,
alternate fuels
fuel efficiency
amount of travel
Or: total emissions = [emissions per mile] x [miles]
We are driving more in New Jersey
Shrinking VMT: The Five “D”sDensity * Diversity * Design
Distance to Transit * Distance to Destinations
Density: Put destinations closer together
Population Density Makes a Difference
Density also makes transit more viable
50 cars = 1 bus: sharing the ride cuts down on emissions per capita
Photo: Flygbussarna Airport Coaches
Diversity (or “mixed use”): Put home, work, shopping
and school near each other
Design (i.e. “connectivity”) of the street network:
More of this: And less of this:
Distance to transit:
NJ rail networkwith population density
Destination accessibility :
the distance to the central business district, or the number of jobs/attractions reachable within a
given travel time
Tends to be highest at central locations and lowest at peripheral ones.
Shrinking VMT: The Five D’sDensity * Diversity * Design
Distance to Transit * Distance to Destinations
State Strategic Plan
Global Warming Response Act Reports
2020 & 2050
DEP DOT DCA, HMFA, etc….EDABPU
Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI)
Recommendation #2Implement GWRA 2020 Recommendations
for Transportation & Land Use
For example… Double transit ridership by 2050 Incorporate GHG targets into transportation spending Assess infrastructure needs in transit hubs Help municipalities:
• Offer incentives & standards for better zoning• Support Sustainable Jersey program• Improve planning tools: noncontiguous cluster,
TDR, etc. Implement State Plan
• DEP: prioritize permits for “green” projects
Recommendation #3Shape GWRA 2050 Report
Release is expected this spring…
The Clean Air Council should seek: An action-oriented approach Recommendations that build on the 2020 report Incorporating work of Transportation Climate Initiative:
Using indicators to measure progress Focusing infrastructure spending in sustainable
communities
Recommendation #3Shape State Strategic Plan “Agency Strategic Plans”
To be developed this summer; public comment in the fall…
The Clean Air Council should seek: Actions from the 2020 GWRA Report DEP: Fund land preservation DEP: Prioritize infrastructure upgrades, clean-ups,
permitting in Priority Growth Areas DOT: fund “Complete Streets” EDA: Focus incentives near transit and downtowns
Reauthorize and expand the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program
Reward towns that do good planning with best funding
