Modeling Vehicle Choice to Assess Potential GHG Emission Gains
Achieving increased transportation efficiency and minimizing transportation greenhouse gas emissions in a rural state is challenging. Trip lengths are most often too long for biking or walking modes. Land use patterns create challenges for fixed route transit services. Realizing transportation efficiency will require different system changes, including changes to private household vehicle fleets. This project is a joint endeavor with the New England Transportation Institute (NETI) funded jointly by the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and the University of Vermont's (UVM's) U.s Department of Transportation University Transportation Center (USDOT UTC) grant. The overall goal is to document ways that the greenhouse gas emissions from rural commuters could be reduced including through employer and government-based incentive programs. UVM's portion of the project will document potential gains from vehicle choice including use of Environmental Protection Agency's Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (EPA's MOVES) model for emissions estimates.
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Supplemental Notes:
- http://www.uvm.edu/~transctr/research/trc_reports/UVM-TRC-13-001.pdf
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $80001.00
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Contract Numbers:
DTRT06-G-0018
026162
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
University Transportation Centers Program
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Troy, Austin
Aultman-Hall, Lisa
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Performing Organizations:
University of Vermont, Burlington
Transportation Center, 210 Colchester Avenue
Farrell Hall
Burlington, VT United States 05405 -
Principal Investigators:
Lee, Brian
Aultman-Hall, Lisa
- Start Date: 20110701
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20130830
- Source Data: RiP Project 28564
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bicycling; Choice models; Commuters; Exhaust gases; Greenhouse gases; Land use planning; Passenger transportation; Pollutants; Simulation; Transportation; Walking
- Geographic Terms: Vermont
- Subject Areas: Energy; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01569117
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: UVM Transportation Center
- Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0018, 026162
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jul 1 2015 2:46AM