Showing posts with label carbon emissions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carbon emissions. Show all posts
Vehicle Miles Traveled
In addition to improving vehicles and fuels, it also will be important to reduce the growth in VMT as compared to recent trends. Between 1982 and 2007, VMT grew at approximate 2.5 percent annually—closely tracking growth in the economy and personal income, and exceeding the growth in population. Going forward, some growth in VMT will be needed to accommodate a growing population and a growing economy, including truck freight shipments. Therefore, rather than seeking to cut VMT in real terms, AASHTO has proposed a goal of reducing the rate of growth in VMT to approximately the rate of population growth—about 1 percent per year.
It was interesting to note how the United Kingdom addressed this issue in its October 2007 report Toward a Sustainable Transport System. The report found that for transport, supporting economic growth and tackling carbon emissions, “does not have to be an either/or choice.” Likewise, AASHTO believes U.S. policies must be balanced in ways which help reduce transportation’s impact on global climate change, but which also sustain VMT growth at the level needed to support a healthy National economy.
Highway and Transport Engineering
and this section is about Vehicle Miles Traveled
