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22-4 SmartGrowth, VMT and GHG

Project Dates: July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2023

Project Description: 
As highlighted in the 2021 Vermont Climate Action Plan, the transportation sector generates 40% of the state's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. To comply with the 2020 Global Warming Solutions Act, Vermont needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 26% below 2005 levels by 2025, 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. This project will develop a better understanding of the effects of land use patterns on overall travel behavior and GHG emissions will be a critical step to inform the actions advanced in VTrans' Sustainable Transportation Plan. 

Poster:

 

Factsheet                    Presentation                    Other

Final Report                   Archived Documents

Presentation to HTC February 2023

Related Symposium Pages:
2024 Symposium

2023 Symposium Lite

2022 Symposium

Researchers:
David Saladino, VHB; and Theodore Mansfield, RSG (no longer at RSG; please contact Jonathan Slason (RSG) with questions)

Champion(s)/TAC members:
Matthew Arancio, John Adams, Andrea Wright, Collin Smythe, Megan O'Toole, Chris Cochran, Bronwyn Cooke, Erin Sisson, Johanna Miller (VNRC), Dale Azaria (CLF), Karen Sentoff (VHB), Jonathan Slason (RSG), Greta Hasler (VNRC)

Implementation:
Contacted to present at First Annual Chittenden Area Transportation Management Association (CATMA) Transportation Summit in October 2022

Interest in this project from House Transportation Committee. Presented February 9, 2023.

 

**Posters, Fact Sheets, Presentation Recordings and Other Materials are prepared for our September Research and Innovation Symposium each year. This page includes the latest materials. Check back in September for updated materials related to this project.