Journal article
Mobile source CO2 mitigation through smart growth development and vehicle fleet hybridization
Environmental science & technology, Vol.43(6), pp.1704-1710
03/15/2009
DOI: 10.1021/es8021655
PMID: 19368160
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a study on the effectiveness of smart growth development patterns and vehicle fleet hybridization in reducing mobile source emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) across 11 major metropolitan regions of the Midwestern U.S. over a 50-year period. Through the integration of a vehicle travel activity modeling framework developed by researchers atthe Oak Ridge National Laboratory with small area population projections, we model mobile source emissions of CO2 associated with alternative land development and technology change scenarios between 2000 and 2050. Our findings suggest that under an aggressive smart growth scenario, growth in emissions expected to occur under a business as usual scenario is reduced by 34%, while the full dissemination of hybrid-electric vehicles throughout the light vehicle fleet is found to offset the expected growth in emissions by 97%. Our results further suggest that high levels of urban densification could achieve reductions in 2050 CO2 emissions equivalent to those attainable through the full dissemination of hybrid-electric vehicle technologies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mobile source CO2 mitigation through smart growth development and vehicle fleet hybridization
- Creators
- Brian Stone Jr - City and Regional Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0155, USA. stone@gatech.eduAdam C MednickTracey HollowayScott N Spak
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental science & technology, Vol.43(6), pp.1704-1710
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1021/es8021655
- PMID
- 19368160
- ISSN
- 0013-936X
- eISSN
- 1520-5851
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/15/2009
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Planning and Public Affairs
- Record Identifier
- 9984000929902771
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