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What Now? Webinar and discussion January 31, 2017 Tony Dutzik , Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group Frontier Group provides information and ideas to help citizens build a cleaner, healthier, fairer and more democratic America.

  1. What Now? Webinar and discussion January 31, 2017

  2. Tony Dutzik , Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group Frontier Group provides information and ideas to help citizens build a cleaner, healthier, fairer and more democratic America. www.frontiergroup.org

  3. A New Way Forward: Transportation and Global Warming Supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

  4. • Share findings and ideas from the New Way Forward project. • Spur conversation about next steps – local, state and federal. • Build connections and lay foundations for continued work.

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  6. 1916 FHWA

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  9. th From top left: Flickr user Eric Fischer, CC BY 2.0; Flickr user Richard Layman, CC BY NC 2.0; Flickr user Coltera: CC BY NC SA 2.0;

  10. st Atlanta: Wikimedia user Atlantacitizen CC-BY-SA 3.0; Salt Lake City Eltiempo10 (Own work) CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons; sprawl: Flickr user My Biggest Fan; median: Joe Szilyagi;

  11. U.S. produces more carbon pollution from its transportation system than is produced by any entire country in the world other than China, India and Russia. Data: World Energy Council, Energy Efficiency Indicators , accessed 2 February 2016

  12. Mark Dixon, CC BY 2.0

  14. Transformation to a zero- or near-zero carbon transportation system is possible … and the tools exist today to make it happen.

  16. Washington State Dept. of Transportation, via Flickr

  17. Flickr user Denis Bocquet, CC BY 2.0

  19. Flickr user James Willamoor, CC-BY-SA

  20. U.S. DOT

  21. Federal Highway Administration

  23. Information Technology

  24. The New Transportation Toolbox: Autonomous & Connected Vehicles? Wadud and Marsden eds Self Driving Cars: Will they Reduce Energy Use? 2016

  27. Blue bars = reference case; Green bars = transformation scenarios Frontier Group, A New Way Forward

  28. Salt Lake City: By Ron Reiring (Salt Lake City, UT Uploaded by X-Weinzar) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; Atlanta: By Atlantacitizen at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1811360; NYC subway: By Yanping Nora Soong

  29. Building Up Fixing Up Linking Up Syncing Up Heinz lofts: Brook Ward, Flickr Charlotte Lynx: James Willamoor U.S. DOT

  31. Atlantacitizen Wikimedia Commons

  33. • Climate concerns should inform every transportation policy decision. • Low-carbon transportation should be at the front of the line for public funding. • People should be rewarded for making low-carbon transportation choices. • Carbon-intensive vehicles and fuels should be phased out. • Public policy should encourage climate-friendly communities. • Public policy should foster innovation.

  34. Short-term • Climate change in environmental reviews. • Fuel economy and GHG standards, plus California/state authority. • Infrastructure

  35. Source: AASHTO U.S. Mint Wikimedia User Steve Morgan, CC-BY-SA 3.0

  37. www.frontiergroup.org @FrontierGroupUS tony@frontiergroup.org

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