Emissions Reductions due to Vermont Clean Transportation Incentive Programs

There is an urgent need to evaluate and refine Vermont’s clean transportation incentive programs to ensure that they deliver efficient, fair and effective emissions reductions while supporting the state’s economic and fiscal health and residents’ mobility and wellbeing. Transportation accounts for 40% of Vermont’s emissions, and 70% of vehicle travel in Vermont occurs in rural areas. Achieving emissions 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. A critical strategy will be shifting to non-internal combustion engine vehicles, which emit fewer emissions while providing the flexibility and mobility benefits of personal vehicles. As Vermont invests in clean transportation incentive programs to increase their adoption, it is important to ensure that the programs effectively and fairly reduce emissions to ensure the best use of the state’s funds. The emissions benefits of these programs depend on how they change the efficiency and carbon intensity of the fleet as well as how they change how much people drive. This project will use detailed Vermont vehicle data to evaluate the performance of Vermont’s clean transportation incentive programs. Evaluating each clean transportation incentive program is critical to ensuring that the emissions reductions achieved through these programs are cost effective and fair. Insights from this research will be an invaluable resource for the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Vermont State Legislature as they continue to invest in and refine clean transportation incentive programs.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $95,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3552348319

  DOT 69A3552344814

  GR1891

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Vermont Agency of Transportation

  219 North Main Street
  Barre, VT  United States  05641
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616

  University of Vermont

  Transportation Research Center
  Burlington, Vermont  United States  05405
• Project Managers:

  Cliff, Sydney

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of Vermont

  Transportation Research Center
  Burlington, Vermont  United States  05405
• Principal Investigators:

  Rowangould, Dana

  Rowangould, Gregory

• Start Date: 20240901
• Expected Completion Date: 20260331
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Incentives; Mobility; Rural areas
• Geographic Terms: Vermont
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01949510
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3552348319, DOT 69A3552344814, GR1891
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 24 2025 5:28PM