Evaluating the Impacts of Clean Miles Standard on Transportation System

In California, the transportation sector accounted for about 50% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when accounting for fuel production, and transportation network companies (TNCs) emerge as a growing source of vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) and GHG emissions. As directed by Senate Bill (SB) 1014, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) developed the Clean Miles Standard Program reduce to GHG emissions from TNC vehicles and increase the use of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV). This project aims to evaluate the potential mobility and environment impact on TNCs and the entire transportation system with the implementation of Clean Miles Standard, using an effective agent-based simulation model that accommodates potential shared, electric, connected and automated applications. To fulfill this goal, the project team developed California-specific traffic scenarios in baseline year and target year from 2023 to 2030 based on the implementation status of Clean Miles Standard, and a variety of other unique factors in California. Then an agent-based simulation platform is developed to address the unique features of new mobility technologies, such as ridesharing, electrification, and automation. This platform is applied to evaluate the statewide impacts of Clean Miles Standard and other regulations on VMT, traffic efficiency, GHG and criteria pollutant emissions from the system-wide perspective.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $99852
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747109

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590

  Department of Transportation

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  METRANS Transportation Center

  University of Southern California
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089-0626
• Performing Organizations:

  University of California, Riverside

  1084 Columbia Ave.
  Riverside, CA  United States  92507
• Principal Investigators:

  Hao, Peng

• Start Date: 20220815
• Expected Completion Date: 20230814
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gases; Regulation; Ridesourcing; Standards; Vehicle miles of travel
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01854746
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747109
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 16 2022 6:56PM