Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Talking Headways Podcast: Zero Emissions Delivery Zones

By Jeff Wood | Apr 20, 2023 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Hamilton Steimer of the World Resources Institute to talk about electrification of fleets, what cities have the best programs for ZEDZ, and the current moment in urban delivery.

Transport is the Leading Source of U.S. Emissions — Again

By Kea Wilson | Jan 12, 2023 | No Comments

America's transportation sector remains the leading national driver of the climate crisis — and automobile drivers aren't helping.

Research: Scooters Cut Car Travel and Emissions More Than Previously Thought

By Kea Wilson | Nov 4, 2022 | No Comments

A pair of new studies are challenging the myth that micromobility doesn't cut car travel or reduce more emissions than the modes they tend to replace.

Opinion: Ending Our Oil Addiction Is a Moral Imperative for Inflation and the Climate

By Dennis Markatos-Soriano and Mike McGinn | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

The amount we drive is a matter of public policy, shaped by land use and transportation policies that underinvest in transit and make walking and biking ever more dangerous. We can flip that starting now.

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What The Proposed GHG Rule Will (And Won’t) Do for the Climate

By Kea Wilson | Jul 18, 2022 | No Comments

Federal regulators want local governments to track transportation sector emissions — but they can't do much to force communities to reduce those emissions, never mind doing so in ways that would address the other damages of car dependency, experts say.

What the US Can Learn from the European Approach to Controlling Vehicle Emissions

By Yonah Freemark and Wesley Jenkins | Jul 8, 2022 | No Comments

The US transportation sector isn’t adapting quickly enough to the climate crisis by reducing emissions. A better adaptation strategy will require not only shifting how people move by getting them out of cars and onto bikes and public transportation, but also replacing the vehicle fleet with more efficient automobiles that are less reliant on fossil fuels.

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