California has a range of existing and proposed targets toward a low carbon future. This paper summarizes an analytical review, focused on modeling approaches and what is known about their feasibility and cost. The findings in this paper are based on the Climate Change Policy Modeling (CCPM) forum, which included modelers, policy makers and stakeho
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Brown, Austin et al. (2019). California Climate Change Target Setting: A Workshop Report and Recommendations to the State of California Based on the Third California Climate Policy Modeling Dialogue and Workshop. https://doi.org/10.7922/G21G0JGB
Brown, Austin and Fulton, Lew and Dominguez-Faus, Rosa "California Climate Change Target Setting: A Workshop Report and Recommendations to the State of California Based on the Third California Climate Policy Modeling Dialogue and Workshop" (2019), https://doi.org/10.7922/G21G0JGB
Brown, Austin et al. "California Climate Change Target Setting: A Workshop Report and Recommendations to the State of California Based on the Third California Climate Policy Modeling Dialogue and Workshop" , 2019, https://doi.org/10.7922/G21G0JGB
Freight movement accounts for a significant and growing share of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Although many cities have developed climate action plans (CAPs) to address their transportation GHGs, freight transportation has received little attention. The overarching question that we answered throughout this research has been the f
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Goetz, Andrew R. and Alexander, Serena (2019). Urban Goods Movement and Local Climate Action Plans: Assessing Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Freight Transportation [Research Brief].
Goetz, Andrew R. and Alexander, Serena "Urban Goods Movement and Local Climate Action Plans: Assessing Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Freight Transportation [Research Brief]" (2019)
Goetz, Andrew R. and Alexander, Serena "Urban Goods Movement and Local Climate Action Plans: Assessing Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Freight Transportation [Research Brief]" , 2019
This report examines how freight transport/goods movement has been addressed in U.S. city climate action planning. Transportation generally is a major contributor of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and freight transport represents a growing component of transportation's share. Almost all climate action plans (CAPs) address transportation generally,
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Goetz, Andrew R. and Alexander, Serena (2019). Urban Goods Movement and Local Climate Action Plans: Assessing Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Freight Transportation.
Goetz, Andrew R. and Alexander, Serena "Urban Goods Movement and Local Climate Action Plans: Assessing Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Freight Transportation" (2019)
Goetz, Andrew R. and Alexander, Serena "Urban Goods Movement and Local Climate Action Plans: Assessing Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Freight Transportation" , 2019
Bridges are subjected to continuous deterioration due to aging, mechanical stressors, and harsh environmental conditions. Among these threats, hydraulic-related ones are identified as the leading cause of bridge failure in United States. Failure or closure of the bridges can cause a significant drop in transportation system functionality and conseq
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Soliman, Mohamed et al. (2019). Risk-based Life-Cycle Management of Deteriorating Bridges.
Soliman, Mohamed and Khandel, Omid and Hartell, Julie Ann "Risk-based Life-Cycle Management of Deteriorating Bridges" (2019)
Soliman, Mohamed et al. "Risk-based Life-Cycle Management of Deteriorating Bridges" , 2019
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
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This brief newsletter each month keeps transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate change.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment (2019). Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: March/April 2019.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment "Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: March/April 2019" (2019)
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment "Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: March/April 2019" , 2019
The transportation sector accounts for the largest portion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to all other sectors, and GHGs are once again on the rise. At the same time, new mobility technologies are being introduced and fully autonomous vehicles (AVs) are anticipated to be deployed, at least to varying extents, within 5-10 years. (Waymo,
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University of Oregon (2019). Policy Brief – AVs in the Pacific Northwest: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Time of Automation.
University of Oregon "Policy Brief – AVs in the Pacific Northwest: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Time of Automation" (2019)
University of Oregon "Policy Brief – AVs in the Pacific Northwest: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Time of Automation" , 2019
UC Davis researchers examined how ride-hailing affects the total amount of driving (measured in vehicle miles traveled, VMT) as well as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The researchers developed a framework of categories for analyzing the multiple aspects of transportation that may be affected by ride-hailing. These categories are: automobile owners
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Rodier, Caroline and Michaels, Julia (2019). The Effects of Ride-Hailing Services on Greenhouse Gas Emissions [Policy Brief].
Rodier, Caroline and Michaels, Julia "The Effects of Ride-Hailing Services on Greenhouse Gas Emissions [Policy Brief]" (2019)
Rodier, Caroline and Michaels, Julia "The Effects of Ride-Hailing Services on Greenhouse Gas Emissions [Policy Brief]" , 2019
The following report, developed for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), summarizes a vulnerability assessment conducted for that portion of the State Highway System (SHS) located in Caltrans District 1. Although the SHS can be vulnerable to many different types of disruptions, this assessment specifically examined SHS vulnerabil
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WSP (2019). Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 1.
WSP "Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 1" (2019)
WSP "Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 1" , 2019
This Summary Report and its associated Technical Report describe climate change effects in District 5. This document provides a high-level review of potential climate impacts to the district’s portion of the State Highway System (SHS), while the Technical Report presents detail on the technical processes used to identify these impacts. Similar repo
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This Summary Report and its associated Technical Report describe climate change effects in District 12. This document provides a high-level review of potential climate impacts to the district’s portion of the State Highway System, while the Technical Report presents detail on the technical processes used to identify these impacts. Similar reports a
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The following report, developed for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), summarizes a vulnerability assessment conducted for that portion of the State Highway System (SHS) located in Caltrans District 5.
WSP (2019). Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 5.
WSP "Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 5" (2019)
WSP "Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: District 5" , 2019
This Summary Report and its associated Technical Report describe climate change effects in District 1. This document provides a high-level review of potential climate impacts to the district’s portion of the State Highway System (SHS), while the Technical Report presents detail on the technical processes used to identify these impacts. Similar repo
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United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment
2019-01-01
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This brief newsletter each month keeps transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate change.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment (2019). Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: January/February 2019.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment "Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: January/February 2019" (2019)
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Natural Environment "Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Highlights: January/February 2019" , 2019
O‘ahu, Hawai‘i’s coastal hazards include accelerating erosion, sea level rise, and coastal storms that threaten to flood roadways and new rail infrastructure. Typical “hard” shoreline armoring for coastal protection results in detrimental erosion; this report presents alternatives, such as living shorelines and green infrastructure. When planning l
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Meguro, Wendy and Ogi, Rebecca (2018). A Primer on Coastal Transportation System Resilience and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise on Oahu Using Living Shorelines and Green Infrastructure.
Meguro, Wendy and Ogi, Rebecca "A Primer on Coastal Transportation System Resilience and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise on Oahu Using Living Shorelines and Green Infrastructure" (2018)
Meguro, Wendy and Ogi, Rebecca "A Primer on Coastal Transportation System Resilience and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise on Oahu Using Living Shorelines and Green Infrastructure" , 2018
This project reflects a collaboration between Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and project team members from the University of Tennessee aiming to understand and improve Tennessee’s transportation system sustainability and design a plan of action. The project team members started by using results from text analytics to determine sustai
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Khattak, Asad et al. (2018). Green Generates Green.
Khattak, Asad et al. "Green Generates Green" (2018)
Khattak, Asad et al. "Green Generates Green" , 2018
This primer provides a methodology to identify relevant living shorelines and green infrastructure strategies for protection of various types of tropical island coastal built environments, illustrated through three sites in Hawai‘i. The goal is to slow coastal erosion and reduce flooding so that coastal transportation ways can remain operational du
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Meguro, Wendy and Ogi, Rebecca (2018). A Primer on Coastal Transportation System Resilience and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise on O‘ahu Using Living Shorelines and Green Infrastructure [Brief].
Meguro, Wendy and Ogi, Rebecca "A Primer on Coastal Transportation System Resilience and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise on O‘ahu Using Living Shorelines and Green Infrastructure [Brief]" (2018)
Meguro, Wendy and Ogi, Rebecca "A Primer on Coastal Transportation System Resilience and Adaptation to Sea Level Rise on O‘ahu Using Living Shorelines and Green Infrastructure [Brief]" , 2018
Sea level rise, as one of the most wide-spread and important climate change factors, has become a pressing threat to transportation infrastructures, especially in coastal region such as Hawaii. While many research have been conducted to assess the potential impacts and physical vulnerability of transportation network to sea level rise, it is often
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Shen, Suwan and Qiang, Yi (2018). Physical Exposure and Social Sensitivity Estimating Sea Level Rise Impacts to Transportation through Vulnerability Assessment and Social Media Analysis [Brief].
Shen, Suwan and Qiang, Yi "Physical Exposure and Social Sensitivity Estimating Sea Level Rise Impacts to Transportation through Vulnerability Assessment and Social Media Analysis [Brief]" (2018)
Shen, Suwan and Qiang, Yi "Physical Exposure and Social Sensitivity Estimating Sea Level Rise Impacts to Transportation through Vulnerability Assessment and Social Media Analysis [Brief]" , 2018
The authors integrated a route-choice model with a multi-market simulation model to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative public policies that stimulate a faster adoption of cleaner technologies to reduce GHG emissions in the freight sector. Specifically, they illustrate the capabilities of the model by simulating fuel economy values for EPA’s
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Bento, Antonio M. et al. (2018). The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Policies for Reducing GHG emissions in the Freight Sector.
Bento, Antonio M. and Giuliano, Genevieve and Dessouky, Maged "The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Policies for Reducing GHG emissions in the Freight Sector" (2018)
Bento, Antonio M. et al. "The Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Policies for Reducing GHG emissions in the Freight Sector" , 2018
Sea level rise, as one of the most wide-spread and important climate change factors, has become a pressing threat to transportation infrastructures, especially in coastal region. It is particularly a challenge for Hawaii given the geographic and topographic situation of these islands. While much research has been conducted to assess the potential i
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Shen, Suwan et al. (2018). Physical Exposure and Social Sensitivity: Estimating Sea Level Rise Impacts to Transportation through Vulnerability Assessment and Social Media Analysis.
Shen, Suwan and Qiang, Yi and Canner, John "Physical Exposure and Social Sensitivity: Estimating Sea Level Rise Impacts to Transportation through Vulnerability Assessment and Social Media Analysis" (2018)
Shen, Suwan et al. "Physical Exposure and Social Sensitivity: Estimating Sea Level Rise Impacts to Transportation through Vulnerability Assessment and Social Media Analysis" , 2018
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In October 2017, the Coordinating Board of the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) tasked the Marine Transportation System Resilience Integrated Action Team (RIAT) to identify the impacts, best practices, and lessons learned from the 2017 hurricane season. The RIAT is a consortium of Federal agencies that manage, operate, or a
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United States. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) (2018). The 2017 Hurricane Season: Recommendations for a Resilient Path Forward for the Marine Transportation System.
United States. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) "The 2017 Hurricane Season: Recommendations for a Resilient Path Forward for the Marine Transportation System" (2018)
United States. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) "The 2017 Hurricane Season: Recommendations for a Resilient Path Forward for the Marine Transportation System" , 2018
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