Greenhouse Gas Reductions Due to VT Clean Transporation Incentive Programs

There is an urgent need to evaluate and refine Vermont’s electric vehicle (EV) incentive programs to ensure that they deliver efficient, equitable, and effective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions while supporting the state’s economic and fiscal health and residents’ mobility and wellbeing. Vermont’s Global Warming Solutions Act requires GHG reductions of 26% below 2005 levels by 2025 for all sectors, ramping up to 80% by 2050. Transportation GHGs account for 40% of Vermont’s emissions, and 70% of vehicle travel in Vermont occurs in rural areas. Achieving GHG reductions from transportation in Vermont’s largely rural context is particularly challenging because of the limited transportation options in rural settings and the long distances between where people live and their essential destinations. Decarbonizing the transportation sector in Vermont will require continuing to implement a range of strategies designed to affect how much people drive and the emissions intensity of their travel.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $95000
• Contract Numbers:

  VTRC024 603

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Vermont Agency of Transportation

  219 North Main Street
  Barre, VT  United States  05641
• Start Date: 20240901
• Expected Completion Date: 20250831
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric vehicles; Greenhouse gases; Incentives; Policy; Rural areas
• Geographic Terms: Vermont
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01933216
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Vermont Agency of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: VTRC024 603
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 10 2024 2:17PM