Abstract:
A number of U.S. state and local governments have adopted strategies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation and land development. Although some have made significant progress in reducing GHG emissions from the power sector, transportation emissions in most states continue to rise. This report details the range of existing and proposed state interventions to reduce transportation-sector GHG emissions, analyzes the trade offs of these strategies, and offers recommendations to improve and supplement such initiatives. These recommendations include: strategic use of planning mandates, funding, and technical assistance; land use regulation; transportation spending adjustments; removal of barriers to road pricing policy implementation; and alteration of standards for environmental impact analysis.
