Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Collaborative Decision-Making Framework: Practitioner's Guide and Final Report (SHRP 2 Prepublication Reports*)
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SHRP 2 Project C09 (Incorporating Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Collaborative Decision-Making Process) developed a practitioner's guide to incorporating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into transportation planning and decision making. The guide describes four decision contexts--long-range planning, programming, corridor planning and NEPA/permitting--along with questions that analysts should ask when interested in incorporating GHG emissions into key decision points in each process. A technical framework is presented that provides information on the models, data sources, and methods that can be used to conduct GHG emissions analysis. An appendix to this report provides more detailed technical information that will be useful during such an analysis.
The final report for the research presents information to practitioners on how GHG emissions can be incorporated into transportation planning and decision making. Background information on the role of the transportation sector in GHG emissions is described, as are the different trends and factors that will influence future GHG emissions from this sector. Different GHG emissions reduction strategies are presented along with information on cost effectiveness and other means of evaluating the feasibility of such strategies. A technical framework is presented that provides information on the models, data sources, and methods that can be used to conduct GHG emissions analysis. Case studies are used to illustrate different scales and institutional contexts for GHG analyses. Gaps in knowledge and proposed research conclude the report.
* To make research available as early as possible, SHRP 2 is temporarily posting final reports that have been submitted by the research team, reviewed according to the relevant National Academy of Sciences procedures, and accepted for publication. These prepublication drafts, which have not been edited or formatted for publication, will be replaced by the final versions as they complete the editorial process.
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