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The Center for Resource Efficient Communities: February 2011
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Saturday, February 19, 2011. Estimating cities’ share of GHG reductions in California. In preparation for implementing Senate Bill 375, California’s metropolitan areas recently proposed regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets that reflected how much they could feasibly reduce transportation emissions over the next few decades. This was an important step in reconciling urban planning with climate action. Cities reduce emissions, but instead how much do they need. But even if technology co...
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The Center for Resource Efficient Communities: July 2011
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Friday, July 22, 2011. How we (under)estimated the GHG reductions due to "Carmageddon". Last Thursday afternoon, CREC got an e-mail from a reporter from the Huffington Post, asking us if we could help calculate the GHG reductions due to "Carmageddon,". I remembered reading in a report by Lauren Michele of Policy in Motion. That were closed, which is around 1.05% of the total lane. This error then propagated its way through the rest of my work. Using the elasticity from the Bay Bridge closure,...I estimat...
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The Center for Resource Efficient Communities: December 2010
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Probably the most well-known web-based walkability tool is Walk Score. According to Walk Score, we walk if there are places nearby to walk to. The site rates a location on a scale from 0 to 100 based on its proximity to amenities across several different categories, including stores, entertainment districts, banks, schools, and libraries. Below is a screen shot showing Walk Score's assessment of the area around CREC's headquarters in Berkeley:. Posted by Eliot Rose. In my prev...
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The Center for Resource Efficient Communities: November 2010
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010. I recently heard a presentation form Dr. Billy Fields of the University of New Orleans' Center for Urban and Public Affairs. On the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis, which is a 5.5 mile bike/ped trail along an old rail alignment in South Minneapolis. Photo courtesy of the City of Minneapolis. Photo courtesy of Thinking Outside. Photo courtesy of Thinking Outside. Dr Fields also mentioned that the land use plan for the Greenway Corridor. Photo courtesy of BikePortland.org. For i...
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The Center for Resource Efficient Communities: June 2011
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011. SANDAG: Does smart growth reduce GHG emissions? I’ve been looking through The San Diego Association of Governments’ (SANDAG) draft environmental impact report (EIR) for their regional transportation plan (RTP). For more information on why this is an important document, see our previous. On SANDAG’s work, as well as our report on SB 375. Both the RTP and the Draft EIR are currently open for comment. This table highlights two issues that I find troubling:. SANDAG’s current pol...
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The Center for Resource Efficient Communities: How sustainable is SANDAG's SCS?
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Monday, May 2, 2011. How sustainable is SANDAG's SCS? The draft RTP is open for public comment. Through mid-June if you wish to weigh in. Recommendation #1: MPOs should include clear goals for future land use changes in their SCS. According to Appendix D. Source: SANDAG, 2050 Draft RTP. Recommendation #2: MPOs should review “committed” projects and fast-track those that reduce emissions. Posted by Eliot Rose. October 8, 2014 at 8:56 AM. Home listings and homes for sale near your area. Is a research cente...
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The Center for Resource Efficient Communities: September 2011
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Monday, September 12, 2011. Federal transportation funding and land use. With proposals for a new federal transportation bill percolating through Congress, it is worth reflecting on one of the larger ironies in the current system of federal transportation project funding. Contrary to popular belief, there is actually substantial precedent within the federal Department of Transportation for the linkage of land use and transportation investments. Change in regional pollutant emissions. Were such criteria e...
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The Center for Resource Efficient Communities: New report on SB 375
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011. New report on SB 375. I'm pleased to announce that we've released a new report on how California's regions can create more sustainable communities through Senate Bill 375, California's new law that aligns regional land use and transportation planning toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Leveraging a New Law: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions under Senate Bill 375. In a previous post. I evaluated SANDAG's draft regional plan. Posted by Eliot Rose. In the course of...
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