Posted by Joanna on Jul 13th, 2009
Nearly 1/3 of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US come from transportaton sector, making it the nation’s largest end-use source of emissions . Transportation GHG emissions are a result of 3 drivers - vehicle fuel efficiency, fuel emissions & how much people drive, as measured in vehicle miles traveled (VMT). In June, the Center for Clean Air Policy published their analyses of reducing GHG emissions through smart growth, transportation choices and transportation pricing. They estimate that comprehensive application of best practices could reduce VMT per capita by 10% in a dozen years. Click here for the full report.
Posted by Joanna on Jul 9th, 2009
It’s not just for motorized, vehicular traffic anymore. What a great concept…pedestrian modeling.
Posted by Joanna on May 10th, 2009
Transportation Vision for My City
By Frank Gould
There is a fair city named Lebanon
whose by-ways have long known congestion
let’s make positive change
across the whole range
from bike-ped to car to ten ton. Continue Reading »
Posted by Joanna on May 6th, 2009
Every Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Lebanon High School becomes a hub of planning activity. Ten committees have been meeting for the past 5 weeks to discuss their respective master plan chapters. Committees have been given the task of reviewing the vision for their chapter and making sure it reflects public forum and survey results. One non-resident may serve on each committee. I’m representing Dartmouth on transportation committee. It’s fascinating….
Posted by Joanna on May 5th, 2009
Carolyn Radish of ORW and Lucy Gibson of Smart Mobility presented the draft bus stop study to the Hanover Selectboard and Planning Board at their respective meetings this week. It was very well received by both boards. There seemed to be real enthusiasm to move on to implementation. Continue Reading »