The Central Business District Tolling Program, a congestion pricing proposal, was approved in 2019 as part of the New York State Budget.
New Jersey requires its transportation department to submit a capital spending plan emphasizing road and bridge repair and demonstrating annual progress towards meeting repair goals (ch. 73, 2000 NJ Laws).
Uses the potential to reduce GHG emissions as a factor in scoring projects so that they can be prioritized for inclusion in the state transportation funding plan.
Requires the state transportation department to develop strategies to lower per capita VMT, and adopts statewide goals to decrease per capita VMT 18% by 2020, 30% by 2035, and 50% by 2050.
Requires GHG emission targets to be set for passenger vehicles and light trucks for each metropolitan planning area in the state, and MPOs then must prepare strategies to meet the targets and track GHG pollution from transportation.
A regional collaboration of 12 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.
Analyzed different policy trajectories to meet transportation demand by using less-polluting modes and decreasing transportation activity through land use and other strategies.
Notes that various behavioral shifts could reduce GHG’s from transportation between 6% and 21% by 2050.
Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, concluding that more compact development can decrease driving rates 20% to 40%; and Moving Cooler, which surveyed sources of potential GHG reduction from transportation.