United States Department of Transportation
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Freight Shipments, Greenhouse Gases and Polluting Emissions: Implications for California and the U.S.
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2012-12-01
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Edition:Final Report
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Abstract:Estimating greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other emissions (especially diesel particulates) is an increasingly important basis for regional policy analysis. According to the EPA (2010b), the transportation sector contributed 27.2 percent of total GHG emissions in 2008, and 50 percent of these were from truck operations. This research focuses on estimating GHGs and other emissions (e.g. PM) from freight movements on roads in California (a prototypical example because of its leadership in air quality policy making) as well as the concurrent effects of various regulation scenarios. In this way, we address questions of sustainability and environmental policy as well as efficiency in freight transportation. We build on important data sources such as, ZIP code-level IMPLAN input-output data and the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) which provides information on interregional freight movements throughout the U.S. for 2002-2035.
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