TravelMatters: Mitigating Climate Change with Sustainable Surface Transportation (2005)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in cooperation with the Transit Development Corporation. It was conducted through the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies. DISCLAIMER The opinions and conclusions expressed or implied in the report are those of the research agency. They are not necessarily those of the TRB, the National Research Council, the FTA, the Transit Development Corporation, or the U.S. Government. This report has not been edited by TRB.

TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS……………………………………………………………………………….ii. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………………………....1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Research Approach…………………………………………………...3 Transit Cooperative Research Program Project H-21 Transit Cooperative Research Program Project Extension H-21A H-21A Summary and Research Approach CHAPTER 2 Task 1: Criteria Pollutants and Transit…………………………………………………8 Introduction Criteria Pollutant Emissions Modeling USEPA’s Mobile 6.2 Emissions Model Criteria Pollutant Calculator Methodology Commuter Rail Emissions Implementation Electric Vehicles Emissions Implementation Transit Planning Calculator Results Chattanooga, Tennessee Washington, D.C. Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California CHAPTER 3 Task 2: Emissions Avoided Module…………………………………………………….20 Introduction Emissions Avoided Module CHAPTER 4 Task 3: Learning Center………………………………………………………………..22 Introduction Online Activities and Resources for Students Objectives of the Learning Center Climate Change Workshop and Focus Group Partnerhsips and Feedback CHAPTER 5 Conclusions and Suggested Research…………………………………………………..29 Data Mining Land Use and Emissions Data Collection Future Steps APPENDIX A TravelMatters.org Homepage……………………………………………………..A-1 APPENDIX B Criteria Pollutants Description……………………………………………………B-1