Sentences with phrase «urban transportation emissions»
India will also see a huge jump in urban transportation emissions, from about 70 megatons of CO2 today to more than 500 megatons in 2050.
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Transportation is a «green» industry that reduces gas emissions and urban sprawl, and infrastructure is a government priority.
Urban air pollution is attributed, to a large extent, to emissions from transportation.
«If there are no further interventions by these governments, expect to see strong increases in urban car travel and urban energy and carbon dioxide emissions in China and India and elsewhere around the world,» said Lew Fulton, a co-author and co-director of the NextSTEPS Program at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis.
In 2010, urban transportation accounted for almost a quarter of all carbon emissions produced across all parts of the transportation sector.
Ballard Power Systems Deploys 10 More Fuel Cell Buses in China Oct 19, 2016 Next - Gen Transportation News (Oxford, CT) Canada - based fuel cell company Ballard Power Systems says it has commissioned and deployed 10 fuel cell - powered buses in the City of Yunfu, in the Chinese province of Guangdong, as part of the government's larger plan to address air quality in urban centers through zero - tailpipe - emission mass transit solutions.
Paris, and many other French cities, have evolved along this model, and it improves the quality of urban food in addition to helping to keep down the carbon emissions from food transportation.
-- Given the continuing rise in urban population, reducing carbon emissions from transportation is considered a key factor in trying to diminish climate change problems caused by larger and larger cities.
It is possibly the best - documented fact of urban planning that the denser the neighborhood (all other things being equal), the less people drive, and the more their transportation emissions drop.
The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.
Regarding mitigation, a high proportion of energy, industrial and transportation emissions is generated by urban areas.
«(n) the promotion of sustainable settlement and transportation strategies in urban and rural areas including the promotion of measures to --(i) reduce energy demand in response to the likelihood of increases in energy and other costs due to long - term decline in non-renewable resources, (ii) reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and (iii) address the necessity of adaptation to climate change; in particular, having regard to location, layout and design of new development.»
California's greatest needs — its housing crisis, its transportation emissions, the carbon intensity of its economy — would all be well - served by greater urban density.
Two new cities have established 2030 Districts, bringing to ten the number of private - sector led urban districts across North America committed to a 50 % energy, water, and transportation emissions reduction by 2030.
Transportation emissions account for 29 % of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and the newly quantifiable data could spur development in urban areas served by public tTransportation emissions account for 29 % of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and the newly quantifiable data could spur development in urban areas served by public transportationtransportation.
So I can not determine exactly what percentage of transportation emissions are directly attributable to buildings and urban design, but it's got to be well over half.
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The effects of urban sprawl are numerous, ranging from increased transportation costs, greenhouse gas emissions, permanent alteration and destruction of habitats, and on.
Fuelwood is not a suitable energy source in all locations, such as densely - populated urban areas, because its air emissions tend to be higher than other options, and the air is already burdened with pollution from industry and transportation.
Emissions from the transportation sector are one of the largest contributors to urban pollution.
Cambridge Systematics (2009), Moving Cooler: Transportation Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (www.movingcooler.info), Urban Land Institute and various other organizations; report at http://commerce.uli.org/misc/movingcooler.pdf; summary at http://commerce.uli.org/misc/movingcoolerexecsum.pdf.