Webinar Alert: Driving and the Built Environment: The Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions
This webinar will explore the findings of Transportation Research Board Special Report 298: Driving and the Built Environment: Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions. This congressionally mandated study examines the relationship between land development patterns and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States to assess whether petroleum use, and by extension greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, could be reduced by changes in the design of development patterns. The study estimates the contributions that changes in residential and mixed-use development patterns and transit investments could make in reducing VMT by 2030 and 2050, and the impact this could have in meeting future transportation-related GHG reduction goals.
Commissioned papers used by the committee to help develop Special Report 298 are available online. A four page summary of and a press release on the report is also available online.
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The committee chair, José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, Derek C. Bok Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy of Harvard University, will present the study findings. The report estimates the contributions that changes in residential and mixed-use development patterns and transit investments could make in reducing VMT by 2030 and 2050, and the impact this could have in meeting future transportation-related GHG reduction goals.
Questions from the audience will be addressed by Dr. Gómez-Ibáñez and two committee members who also contributed to the report:
- Dr. Marlon Boarnet, University of California, Irvine
- Mr. Andrew Cotugno, Portland METRO
Questions may be posed any time during the webinar, and will be answered at the end of the session.
Registration: There is no fee to join this webinar. Space is limited, so we encourage participants to register 24 hours prior to the start of the webinar.
For questions about using this software, including webinar audio or visual complications, please contact Reggie Gillum at rgillum@nas.edu or 202-334-2382.
