What Now? Webinar and discussion January 31, 2017 Tony Dutzik , - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

What Now? Webinar and discussion January 31, 2017

Tony Dutzik , Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group Frontier Group provides information and ideas to help citizens build a cleaner, healthier, fairer and more democratic America. www.frontiergroup.org

A New Way Forward: Transportation and Global Warming Supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

• Share findings and ideas from the New Way Forward project. • Spur conversation about next steps – local, state and federal. • Build connections and lay foundations for continued work.

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th From top left: Flickr user Eric Fischer, CC BY 2.0; Flickr user Richard Layman, CC BY NC 2.0; Flickr user Coltera: CC BY NC SA 2.0;

st Atlanta: Wikimedia user Atlantacitizen CC-BY-SA 3.0; Salt Lake City Eltiempo10 (Own work) CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons; sprawl: Flickr user My Biggest Fan; median: Joe Szilyagi;

U.S. produces more carbon pollution from its transportation system than is produced by any entire country in the world other than China, India and Russia. Data: World Energy Council, Energy Efficiency Indicators , accessed 2 February 2016

Mark Dixon, CC BY 2.0

Transformation to a zero- or near-zero carbon transportation system is possible … and the tools exist today to make it happen.

Washington State Dept. of Transportation, via Flickr

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Flickr user James Willamoor, CC-BY-SA

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Information Technology

The New Transportation Toolbox: Autonomous & Connected Vehicles? Wadud and Marsden eds Self Driving Cars: Will they Reduce Energy Use? 2016

Blue bars = reference case; Green bars = transformation scenarios Frontier Group, A New Way Forward

Salt Lake City: By Ron Reiring (Salt Lake City, UT Uploaded by X-Weinzar) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; Atlanta: By Atlantacitizen at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1811360; NYC subway: By Yanping Nora Soong

Building Up Fixing Up Linking Up Syncing Up Heinz lofts: Brook Ward, Flickr Charlotte Lynx: James Willamoor U.S. DOT

Atlantacitizen Wikimedia Commons

• Climate concerns should inform every transportation policy decision. • Low-carbon transportation should be at the front of the line for public funding. • People should be rewarded for making low-carbon transportation choices. • Carbon-intensive vehicles and fuels should be phased out. • Public policy should encourage climate-friendly communities. • Public policy should foster innovation.

Short-term • Climate change in environmental reviews. • Fuel economy and GHG standards, plus California/state authority. • Infrastructure

Source: AASHTO U.S. Mint Wikimedia User Steve Morgan, CC-BY-SA 3.0

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