In 2008, the Washington state legislature passed a bill, which was signed by the governor, that called for
reducing vehicle miles traveled 18 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2050.
It could
reduce vehicle miles traveled by 30 percent by 2050, other studies have found.
People respond quickly and immediately to price signals as I have learned from Zipcar (where people
reduce the vehicle miles they travel by as much as 45 % because they decide that it simply isn't worth $ 8 - $ 10 / hour to go buy some ice cream or return the video).
California and the federal government also have policies to improve vehicle efficiencies and to
reduce vehicle miles traveled in efforts to achieve 2050 greenhouse gas reduction targets of 80 percent below 1990 levels as directed in the Governor's Executive Order S -3-05.
LEED - ND looks to «encourage smart growth and new urbanist best practices, promote the design of neighborhoods that
reduce vehicle miles traveled and communities where jobs and services are accessible by foot or public transit».
In almost all cases studied, bike share
reduces vehicle miles travelled by citizens.
To dramatically cut emissions from this sector, a comprehensive solution must include improved vehicle fuel efficiency, smart growth policies that
reduce vehicle miles traveled, and clean fuel alternatives.
Not exact matches
Reducing the number of
vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is the most effective way to lower emissions, and transportation pricing is the best way to
reduce VMT, said Burbank.
In an article to appear in the journal Energy Policy, the authors find that urban drivers who can frequently charge their
vehicles (every 20
miles) can
reduce gas consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and expenses with a plug - in hybrid with a battery pack sized for about seven
miles of electric
travel.
The bridge's increased capacity is projected to eliminate 10,000
vehicle hours, eliminate 230,000
vehicle miles traveled per day,
reduce average
travel time by 25 minutes per trip, and
reduce greenhouse gases by 22,000 - 29,000 metric tons.
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Reducing America's «
vehicle miles traveled» should be at the top of federal transportation policy, alongside better
vehicle fuel efficiency.
A combination of these with other technologies, including materials substitution,
reduced aerodynamic drag,
reduced rolling resistance,
reduced engine friction and pumping losses, has the potential to approximately double the fuel economy of «new» light - duty
vehicles by 2030, thereby roughly halving carbon emissions per
vehicle mile travelled (note that this is only for a new car and not the fleet average)(medium agreement, medium evidence)[5.3.1].
This has helped
reduce U.S. air pollutants by 71 percent between 1970 and 2015, even as
vehicle miles traveled increased by 184 percent, EPA says.
The combination of cleaner gasoline and diesel fuels, modernized equipment and facilities and more fuel - efficient
vehicles has helped
reduce U.S. air pollutants by 70 percent between 1970 and 2014 even as
vehicle miles traveled increased by more than 174 percent, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Strategies considered by the team encompassed efficiency improvements in light - and heavy - duty
vehicles, buildings and coal power plants;
reducing light - duty
vehicle -
miles traveled; and substitution of coal electricity with lower - carbon energy sources.
The 2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report further noted that to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, California must begin reversing the current 2 percent annual growth rate of
vehicle miles traveled.
Addressing another alternative — regulating only tailpipe GHG emissions in California — Defendants speculate that it «may result in greater emissions overall,» though CARB stated that GHG emissions could be
reduced by «increasing
vehicle efficiency» or «
reducing the number of
vehicle miles traveled.»
For example, if a motorist who shifts to distance - based insurance with 10 cents per
vehicle -
mile premiums responds by
reducing their
vehicle travel 10 %, or 1,200 annual
vehicle -
miles, as models predict, we can surmise that these
miles foregone have an incremental value to that motorist ranging between 0 cents and 10 cents.
Table 3 summarizes the results of a comprehensive traffic modeling exercise which indicates, for example, that a 2 cents per
mile vehicle fee applied to all
vehicle travel in the South Coast (Los Angeles) region would
reduce vehicle trips by 4.1 %, but congestion delay would decline by a much larger 10.5 %.
Since our fleet of
vehicles travels thousands of
miles every month on California roadways, using hybrid cars and SUVs significantly
reduces additional
vehicle emission amounts from polluting the environment.