Background Documentation

General Information 

• Transportation for America website
• Streetsblog Capitol Hill website.  Tracks federal transportation policy developments and related topics.
• Green Car Congress website

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Regional Documents

• Climate Change Action Plan for Northeast Ohio, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) Memorandum, July 18, 2008. 
• Long Range Transportation Plan Connections 2030,  Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA). (updated in May 2009 with Climate Change goals, and VMT reduction)
• AMATS Long Range Transportation Plan, Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS).  (updated in May 2009 with Climate Change language)
•  Youngstown State University, Public Service Institute
  • 30 Minute Driving Commute Time from Akron, Cleveland and Youngstown
  • 30, 45 and 60 Minute Commute from Intersection of I-271 and Cedar Avenue, Cuyahoga County
  • More Northeast Ohio maps from YSU.

Other Resources

• Active Transportation for America: The Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking, Rails to Trails Conservancy (2009).
• Reinventing Transit: American Communities Finding Smarter, Cleaner, Faster Transprotation Solutions, Environmental Defense Fund (2009).
• Getting on Track: Record Transit Ridership Increases Energy Independence (and significantly reduces CO2 emissions), Environment America Research and Policy Center (September 2009) 
• TRB Special Report 298: Driving and the Built Environment: The Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions, The National Academies Press (August 2009) 
• US EPA
  • Lifecycle Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Renewable Fuels, May 2009
  • Renewable Fuel Standard Program website
• PHEV marketplace penetration: An agent based simulation, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, July 2009. 
• Ewing, Reid and Arthur C. Nelson, CO2 Reductions Attributable to Smart Growth in California, University of Maryland National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education and The University of Utah Metropolitan Research, September 2008. 
• Integrating Climate Change into the Transportation Planning Process, Federal Highway Administration, July 2008.
• Charting the Midwest: An Inventory and Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in America's Heartland, World Resources Institute, November 12, 2007. 
• Green, David L. and Andreas Schafer, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation, Prepared for Pew Center on Global Climate Change, May 2003.
• Johnston, Robert A., Review of U.S and European Regional Modeling Studies of Policies Intended to Reduce Motorized Travel, Fuel Use, and Emissions, Victoria (Canada) Transport Policy Institute, August 2006.
• Litman, Todd, Win-Win Emission Reduction Strategies: Smart Transportation Strategies Can Achieve Emission Reduction Targets And Provide Other Important Economic, Social And Environmental Benefits, Victoria (Canada) Transport Policy Institute, December 7, 2007.
• Measuring the Air Quality and Transportation Impacts of Infill Development, US EPA, November 2007.
• Public Transportation Reduces Greenhouse Gases and Conserves Energy, American Public Transportation Association, February 2008. 
• High Speed Rail and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S., Center for Clean Air Policy and Center for Neighborhood Technology, January 2006.
• Comparitive Review and Analysis of State Transit Funding Programs, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 569, September 2006.

International Perspective

• An, Feng and Amander Sauer, Comparison of Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy And Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Around the World, Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, December 2004.
• Bodek, Kristian and John Heywood, Europe's Evolving Passenger Vehicle Fleet: Fuel Use and GHG Emissions Scenarios Through 2035, Laboratory for Energy and Environment, MIT, March 2008.
• European Union Road Federation, Transportation Mode Splits in European Union:
  • Passenger Transport:
    • 2009 Data
    • 2008 Data
  • Goods Transport: 
    • 2009 Data
    • 2008 Data
  • Environmental Impact:  
    • 2009 Data
    • 2008 Data
• Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Considerations for On-road Transport in Asia, Asian Development Bank, 2006.

Sample Transportation Climate Plans

• Sacramento Region Blueprint, Transportation and Land Use Study.
  • Website.
  • 2005 Special Report.
  • Metropolitan Transportation Plan for 2035. 
• California State Alternative Fuels Plan, California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission, Commission Report, December 2007.  
• What if the Washington D.C. Region Grew Differently?, Public Forum on Alternative Transportation and Land-Use Scenarios, National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.  
• Southern California Association of Governments: 2008 Regional Transportation Plan, Adopted May 2008.
  • Executive Summary.
  • Full Report. (10.8mb)
• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning: 2030 Regional Transportation Plan, updated June 2007.  
• Illinois Climate Change Advisory Committee.  
  • List of Documents. 
  • Transportation Documents. 
  • Transportation Recommendations to Governor.