Released by the University of California, Davis and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) on September 17, 2014, this study examines how major changes in transport investments worldwide would affect urban passenger transport emissions and the mobility of different income groups. The authors evaluated two alternative futures: a business-as-usual scenario and a newly developed “High Shift” scenario in which governments significantly increase investments in public transit, walking, and bicycling infrastructure and reduce incentives for private car use. The study concludes that unmanaged growth in motor vehicle use threatens to exacerbate growing income inequality and environmental ills, while more sustainable transport delivers access for all, reducing these ills. This report’s findings could support wider agreement on climate policy, where costs and equity of the cleanup burden between rich and poor countries are key issues.
The ICCT supported this study by applying the Global Transportation Roadmap Model to evaluate the air pollution and health impacts of motor vehicles in urban areas under the baseline and High Shift transportation activity scenarios. Future growth in vehicle activity could produce a four-fold increase in associated early deaths by 2050 even with a global shift to mass transit. Adoption of best-practice motor vehicle emission controls and ultralow-sulfur fuels – consistent with or better than the latest Euro 6/VI standards adopted in Europe – across most of the world could save 1.36 million early deaths annually. Cleaner buses alone would account for 20 percent of these benefits. The ICCT’s work is summarized in the results chapter on Air Pollution and Public Health.
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A Global High Shift Scenario: Impacts And Potential For More Public Transport, Walking, And Cycling With Lower Car Use
Released by the University of California, Davis and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) on September 17, 2014, this study examines how major changes in transport investments worldwide would affect urban passenger transport emissions and the mobility of different income groups. The authors evaluated two alternative futures: a business-as-usual scenario and a newly developed “High Shift” scenario in which governments significantly increase investments in public transit, walking, and bicycling infrastructure and reduce incentives for private car use. The study concludes that unmanaged growth in motor vehicle use threatens to exacerbate growing income inequality and environmental ills, while more sustainable transport delivers access for all, reducing these ills. This report’s findings could support wider agreement on climate policy, where costs and equity of the cleanup burden between rich and poor countries are key issues.
The ICCT supported this study by applying the Global Transportation Roadmap Model to evaluate the air pollution and health impacts of motor vehicles in urban areas under the baseline and High Shift transportation activity scenarios. Future growth in vehicle activity could produce a four-fold increase in associated early deaths by 2050 even with a global shift to mass transit. Adoption of best-practice motor vehicle emission controls and ultralow-sulfur fuels – consistent with or better than the latest Euro 6/VI standards adopted in Europe – across most of the world could save 1.36 million early deaths annually. Cleaner buses alone would account for 20 percent of these benefits. The ICCT’s work is summarized in the results chapter on Air Pollution and Public Health.
Released by the University of California, Davis and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) on September 17, 2014, this study examines how major changes in transport investments worldwide would affect urban passenger transport emissions and the mobility of different income groups. The authors evaluated two alternative futures: a business-as-usual scenario and a newly developed “High Shift” scenario in which governments significantly increase investments in public transit, walking, and bicycling infrastructure and reduce incentives for private car use. The study concludes that unmanaged growth in motor vehicle use threatens to exacerbate growing income inequality and environmental ills, while more sustainable transport delivers access for all, reducing these ills. This report’s findings could support wider agreement on climate policy, where costs and equity of the cleanup burden between rich and poor countries are key issues.
The ICCT supported this study by applying the Global Transportation Roadmap Model to evaluate the air pollution and health impacts of motor vehicles in urban areas under the baseline and High Shift transportation activity scenarios. Future growth in vehicle activity could produce a four-fold increase in associated early deaths by 2050 even with a global shift to mass transit. Adoption of best-practice motor vehicle emission controls and ultralow-sulfur fuels – consistent with or better than the latest Euro 6/VI standards adopted in Europe – across most of the world could save 1.36 million early deaths annually. Cleaner buses alone would account for 20 percent of these benefits. The ICCT’s work is summarized in the results chapter on Air Pollution and Public Health.
nLW ?C8k (17 SepLember, 2014)-More Lhan $100 Lrllllon ln cumulaLlve publlc and prlvaLe spendlng, and 1,700 megaLons of annual carbon dloxlde (CC 2 )-a 40 percenL reducLlon of urban passenger LransporL emlsslons-could be ellmlnaLed by 2030 lf Lhe world expands publlc LransporLaLlon, walklng and cycllng ln clLles, accordlng Lo a new reporL released by Lhe unlverslLy of Callfornla, uavls, and Lhe lnsLlLuLe for 1ransporLaLlon and uevelopmenL ollcy (l1u).
lurLher, an esLlmaLed 1.4 mllllon early deaLhs could be avolded annually by 2030 lf governmenLs requlre Lhe sLrongesL vehlcle polluLlon conLrols and ulLralow-sulfur fuels, accordlng Lo a relaLed analysls of Lhese urban vehlcle acLlvlLy paLhways by Lhe lnLernaLlonal Councll on Clean 1ransporLaLlon (lCC1) lncluded ln Lhe reporL.
1ransporLaLlon, drlven by rapld growLh ln car use, has been Lhe fasLesL growlng source of CC 2 ln Lhe world, sald Mlchael 8eplogle, l1u's managlng dlrecLor for pollcy and co-auLhor of Lhe reporL. An affordable buL largely overlooked way Lo cuL LhaL polluLlon ls Lo glve people clean opLlons Lo use publlc LransporLaLlon, walklng and cycllng, expandlng moblllLy opLlons especlally for Lhe poor and curblng alr polluLlon from Lrafflc."
1he analysls shows LhaL geLLlng away from car-cenLrlc developmenL wlll cuL urban CC 2 dramaLlcally and also reduce cosLs, especlally ln rapldly expandlng economles," sald reporL co-auLhor Lew lulLon, co-dlrecLor of nexLS1LS rogram aL Lhe lnsLlLuLe of 1ransporLaLlon SLudles aL uC uavls. lL ls also crlLlcal Lo reduce Lhe energy use and carbon emlsslons of all vehlcles."
1he reporL, ! #$%&'$ ()*+ ,+)-. ,/01'2)%, ls Lhe flrsL sLudy Lo examlne how ma[or changes ln LransporL lnvesLmenLs worldwlde would affecL urban passenger LransporL emlsslons as well as Lhe moblllLy of dlfferenL lncome groups. 1he auLhors calculaLed CC 2 emlsslons ln 2030 under Lwo scenarlos, a buslness-as-usual scenarlo and a Plgh ShlfL" scenarlo where governmenLs slgnlflcanLly lncreased rall and clean bus LransporL, especlally 8us 8apld 1ranslL (881), and helped urban areas provlde lnfrasLrucLure Lo ensure safe walklng, blcycllng and oLher acLlve forms of LransporLaLlon. 1he pro[ecLlons also lnclude movlng lnvesLmenLs away from road consLrucLlon, parklng garages and oLher ways LhaL encourage car ownershlp.
under Lhls Plgh ShlfL, noL only would CC 2 emlsslons plummeL, buL Lhe neL flnanclal lmpacL of Lhls shlfL would be an enormous savlngs over Lhe nexL 33 years, coverlng consLrucLlon, operaLlng, vehlcle and fuel-relaLed cosLs. 2
1he reporL was released aL Lhe unlLed naLlons PablLaL lll reparaLory MeeLlng ln new ?ork on SepLember 17 Lh , ln advance of Lhe SepLember 23 rd unlLed naLlons SecreLary-Ceneral's CllmaLe SummlL, where many naLlons and corporaLlons wlll announce volunLary commlLmenLs Lo reduce greenhouse gas emlsslons, lncludlng new efforLs focused on susLalnable LransporLaLlon.
#;99;F "ABD@D9? +;8>I 9A ,AOD8@ "ABD@D9? 1he new reporL also descrlbes susLalnable LransporLaLlon as a key facLor ln economlc developmenL. under Lhe Plgh ShlfL scenarlo, mass LranslL access ls pro[ecLed Lo more Lhan Lrlple for Lhe lowesL lncome groups and more Lhan double for Lhe second lowesL groups. noLably, Lhe overall moblllLy evens ouL beLween lncome groups, provldlng Lhose more lmpoverlshed wlLh beLLer access Lo employmenL and servlces LhaL can lmprove Lhelr famlly llvellhoods.
1oday and ouL Lo 2030, lower lncome groups wlll have llmlLed access Lo cars ln mosL counLrles under almosL any scenarlo, lmprovlng access Lo modern, clean, hlgh-capaclLy publlc LransporL ls cruclal," sald lulLon.
unmanaged growLh ln moLor vehlcle use LhreaLens Lo exacerbaLe growlng lncome lnequallLy and envlronmenLal llls, whlle more susLalnable LransporL dellvers access for all, reduclng Lhese llls. 1hls reporL's flndlngs should help supporL wlder agreemenL on cllmaLe pollcy, where cosLs and equlLy of Lhe cleanup burden beLween rlch and poor are key lssues," noLed 8eplogle.
!GDIIDAJ ,98J>8F>I ,8K; +DK;I Alr polluLlon ls a leadlng cause of early deaLh, responslble for more Lhan 3.2 mllllon early deaLhs annually. Lxposure Lo vehlcle Lallplpe emlsslons ls assoclaLed wlLh lncreased rlsk of early deaLh from cardlopulmonary dlsease and lung cancer, as well as resplraLory lnfecLlons ln chlldren. Car and dlesel exhausL also lncreases Lhe rlsk of non-faLal healLh ouLcomes, lncludlng asLhma and cardlovascular dlsease.
1he lnLernaLlonal Councll on Clean 1ransporLaLlon evaluaLed Lhe lmpacLs of urban Lravel by cars, moLorcycles, Lrucks and buses on Lhe number of early deaLhs from exposure Lo sooL emlLLed dlrecLly from vehlcle Lallplpes. luLure growLh ln vehlcle acLlvlLy could produce a four-fold lncrease ln assoclaLed early deaLhs by 2030, even wlLh a global shlfL Lo mass LranslL," sald lCC1's !oshua Mlller, a conLrlbuLor Lo Lhe sLudy. We could avold abouL 1.4 mllllon early deaLhs annually lf naLlonal leaders commlLLed Lo a global pollcy roadmap LhaL requlres Lhe sLrongesL vehlcle polluLlon conLrols and ulLralow-sulfur fuels." Cleaner buses alone would accounL for 20 percenL of Lhese beneflLs.
*=;@ !OAJAG? ,98J>8F>I ,8K; *=;@ 8J> H=9 H' 5 !GDIIDAJI Whlle Lhls sLudy has noL focused on furLher acLlons Lo boosL moLor vehlcle fuel economy, lL Lakes lnLo accounL exlsLlng pollcles LhaL, ln Lhe lnLernaLlonal Lnergy Agency's 8asellne scenarlo, lmprove average new car fuel economy by 32 percenL ln counLrles LhaL belong Lo Lhe CrganlsaLlon for Lconomlc Co-operaLlon and uevelopmenL (CLCu), a group of 34 of Lhe world's mosL developed, democraLlc, markeL economles, and 23 percenL ln non-CLCu counLrles.
1he Plgh ShlfL scenarlo lncreases Lhls Lo 36 percenL and 27 percenL respecLlvely, due Lo lmproved ln-use drlvlng condlLlons and a sllghL shlfL Lo smaller vehlcles. Powever, Lhe Clobal luel Lconomy lnlLlaLlve (ClLl) calls for much more: a 30 percenL reducLlon ln fuel use per kllomeLer for llghL-duLy vehlcles worldwlde by 2030. Achlevlng Lhe ClLl 2030 goal could reduce 700 megaLons of CC 2 annually beyond Lhe 1,700 reducLlon posslble from a Plgh ShlfL scenarlo. 1aken LogeLher, achlevlng Lhls fuel economy goal wlLh beLLer publlc LransporL, walklng and cycllng could cuL annual urban passenger LransporL CC 2 emlsslons ln 2030 by 33 percenL from whaL Lhey mlghL oLherwlse be ln 2030 and 10 percenL below 2010 levels.
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H=99DJM !GDIIDAJI <D9C ,=I98DJ8B@; /F8JIPAF989DAJ $OFAII 9C; QAF@>RI HD9D;I 1ransporLaLlon ln urban areas accounLed for abouL 2,300 megaLons of CC 2 ln 2010, almosL one quarLer of carbon emlsslons from all parLs of Lhe LransporLaLlon secLor. 8apld urbanlzaLlon-especlally ln fasL developlng counLrles llke Chlna and lndla-wlll cause Lhese emlsslons Lo double by 2030 ln Lhe basellne scenarlo.
Among Lhe counLrles examlned ln Lhe sLudy, Lhree sLand ouL:
-JD9;> ,989;I: CurrenLly Lhe world leader ln urban passenger LransporLaLlon CC 2 emlsslons, wlLh nearly 670 megaLons annually, Lhe uS ls pro[ecLed Lo lower Lhese emlsslons Lo 360 megaLons by 2030 because of slower populaLlon growLh, hlgher fuel efflclencles, and a decllne ln drlvlng per person LhaL has already sLarLed as people move back Lo clLles. 8uL Lhls pace can be sharply acceleraLed wlLh more susLalnable LransporLaLlon opLlons, dropplng Lo abouL 280 megaLons, under Lhe Plgh ShlfL scenarlo. HCDJ8: CC 2 emlsslons from LransporLaLlon are expecLed Lo mushroom from 190 megaLons annually Lo more Lhan 1,100 megaLons, due ln large parL Lo Lhe exploslve growLh of Chlna's urban areas, Lhe growlng wealLh of Chlnese consumers, and Lhelr dependence on auLomoblles. 8uL Lhls lncrease can be slashed Lo 630 megaLons under Lhe Plgh ShlfL scenarlo, ln whlch clLles develop exLenslve 881 and meLro sysLems. 1he laLesL daLa show Chlna ls already sharply lncreaslng lnvesLmenLs ln publlc LransporL. 0J>D8: CC 2 emlsslons are pro[ecLed Lo leap from abouL 70 megaLons Loday Lo 340 megaLons by 2030, also because of growlng wealLh and urban populaLlons. 8uL Lhls lncrease can be moderaLed Lo only 330 megaLons, under Lhe Plgh ShlfL scenarlo, by addresslng cruclal deflclencles ln lndla's publlc LransporL.
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/C; 0JI9D9=9; EAF /F8JIPAF989DAJ 8J> (;K;@APG;J9 1A@DO? S0/(1T ls a global nonproflL LhaL helps clLles deslgn and lmplemenL hlgh-quallLy LranslL sysLems Lo make communlLles more llvable, compeLlLlve and susLalnable. l1u works wlLh clLles worldwlde Lo brlng abouL LransporL soluLlons LhaL cuL greenhouse gas emlsslons, reduce poverLy, and lmprove Lhe quallLy of urban llfe. lease vlslL www.lLdp.org for more lnformaLlon.
-H (8KDI ls a global communlLy of lndlvlduals unlLed Lo beLLer humanlLy and our naLural world whlle seeklng soluLlons Lo some of our mosL presslng challenges. LocaLed near Lhe Callfornla sLaLe caplLal, uC uavls has more Lhan 34,000 sLudenLs, and Lhe full-Llme equlvalenL of 4,100 faculLy and oLher academlcs and 17,400 sLaff. 1he campus has an annual research budgeL of over $730 mllllon, a comprehenslve healLh sysLem and abouL Lwo dozen speclallzed research cenLers. 1he unlverslLy offers lnLerdlsclpllnary graduaLe sLudy and 99 undergraduaLe ma[ors ln four colleges and slx professlonal schools.
0J9;FJ89DAJ8@ HA=JOD@ AJ H@;8J /F8JIPAF989DAJ S0HH/T ls a non-proflL research organlzaLlon dedlcaLed Lo lmprovlng Lhe envlronmenLal performance and efflclency of LransporLaLlon Lo proLecL publlc healLh, Lhe envlronmenL, and quallLy of llfe. lCC1 provldes naLlonal and local pollcymakers wlLh Lechnlcal analysls of regulaLlons, flscal lncenLlves, and oLher measures for clean vehlcles and fuels. lor more lnformaLlon, please vlslL www.LhelccL.org.
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