Determine Land Use Patterns, Travel, Regional Development, Population Trends, and Technology Change Impacts on Texas Energy Use and Carbon Emissions
Travel demand modelers and policymakers detailed forecasts of local and regional land use patterns and travel demands, both local and long distance, for freight and passengers, to anticipate Texas' evolving energy demands and their associated costs, emissions, safety, and other quality-of-life implications. To this end, the research team will (1) highlight the various energy, cost, and environmental impacts of different land-development settings across Texas, along with the integrated nature of travel, the built environment, energy, water, health, and natural systems; (2) quantify the infrastructure differences, travel differences, emissions, and energy differences of different land use settings, to accommodate the same number of persons and jobs in different built environments; and (3) use those findings to develop tools for strategic energy- and emissions-related forecasting, reflecting various policy and practice options across Texas settings, including, for example, changes in vehicle and building technologies and incentives, transport fuels and energy policies, zoning practices and building codes, transport system investments and operations, and energy-supply decisions.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $369,034.00
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Contract Numbers:
0-7255
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Sponsor Organizations:
Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483 -
Managing Organizations:
Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483 -
Project Managers:
Smith, Anne
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Performing Organizations:
Center for Transportation Research
3925 W. Braker Lane
Austin, TX United States 78759 -
Principal Investigators:
Kockelman, Kara
- Start Date: 20250901
- Expected Completion Date: 20270831
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Built environment; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gases; Land use; Pollutants; Population growth; Regional development; Technological innovations; Travel patterns
- Geographic Terms: Texas
- Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01964071
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 0-7255
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 26 2025 12:39PM