The Role of Transit in Addressing Climate Change
Globally, the United States is responsible for one-fourth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. How can one person’s individual transportation choices make an impact on such a large number of emissions? Actually, each person’s transportation choices can make an impact on climate change because one-third of US greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation, mostly from personal vehicles driven every day.
Transportation emissions depend on: 1) the availability of alternative transportation choices (choices other than the automobile), 2) the fuel efficiency of the vehicles in use, and 3) land-use patterns. TravelMatters reviews the alternative fuels and technologies currently on the market, or likely to be in the near future. TravelMatters also looks at choices that city and transit planners can make to design transit systems and land-use strategies that offer convenient and usable alternative transportation options.
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