Central New Mexico Climate Change Scenario Planning Project: Final Report
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2015-03-04
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Abstract:From 2013 to 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) partnered with the Mid Region Council of Governments (MRCOG) and other agencies in the region to evaluate how the central New Mexico region could develop in a way that minimizes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increases resiliency to climate change, which for this project was measured in terms of development foot print, wildfire risk, flood risk, and impacts to crucial wildlife habitat. MRCOG is the metropolitan planning organization for the central New Mexico region and is charged with regional transportation planning. The climate change scenario planning project coincides with MRCOG's process for updating the region's long range transportation plan, which identifies transportation investments and policies through the year 2040. The long range transportation plan is expected to incorporate strategies identified by the climate change scenario planning project. The project focused on identifying changes to land-use plans and policies and transportation system investments that could help meet these objectives. MRCOG, in consultation with stakeholders within the metropolitan planning area and through a series of public meetings, developed land-use and transportation planning scenarios for the region as well as a list of performance measures to comparatively evaluate each scenario.
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