1. Connecting The Dots
and Learning From Others
Energy – Transportation – Climate
Change – Sustainability

2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Judge Doom (JD): Several months ago I had the good providence to stumble
upon the plan of the City Council - a construction plan of epic proportions.
They are calling it a Freeway.
Eddie Valiant (EV): Freeway? What the hell is a Freeway?
JD: Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth,
safe, fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past.
EV: So that’s why you killed Acme Maroon? For this Freeway? I don’t get it!
JD: Of course not, you lack vision. I see a place where people get on and off
the freeway. On and off, off and on, all day, all night. Soon, where Toontown
once stood, will be a string of gas-stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants
that serve rapidly prepared food, tire salons, automobile dealerships and
wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My god,
it’ll be beautiful!
EV: C’mon. Nobody is gonna drive on this lousy freeway, when they can take
the Redcar for a nickel.
JD: They’ll drive, they’ll have to. You see, I bought the Redcar, so that I could
dismantle it.

3. Vehicle Miles Traveled Trend-lines

4. Obesity Trend-lines

5. Total Energy Consumption per Capita, 2005
Germany China
178 MBTUs
USA 31 MBTUs
340 MBTUs
India
14 MBTUs
Source: Energy Information Administration

6. Energy Consumption by Sector, 2005
India China Germany USA
Source: World Resources Institute

7. Energy Consumption: Low-Rise Office Park
vs. Tall Urban Building with Transit
High-Rise Low-Rise
Number of bldgs 1 10
Average floor size 30,612 sf 36,000 sf
Area of roof 88,000 sf 375,000 sf
Area of ext wall 343,000 sf 385,000 sf
Area of parking 0 sf 1,837,500 sf

8. Energy Consumption: Low-Rise Office Park
vs. Tall Urban Building
Commute:
210,000 BTU/sqft-yr
• 30 mi. round trip
• Private Car, 15 mpg, 1 passenger
• 300 sq.ft./person, 252 days/year
Commute: 41,000 BTU/sqft-yr
• 30 mi. round trip
• Diesel Bus, 4 mpg, 20 passengers
• 300 sq.ft./person, 252 days/year
BTUs (1,000,000)
High-rise Urban Low-rise Suburban

9. GHG Per Person: Kg CO2e (Carbon dioxide equivalent) per year
8,637
3,341
Transportation
Building Operations
Materials
High Density Low Density
Transit - Oriented Auto - Oriented
Source: Journal of Urban Planning and
Development, Norman, March 2006

10. San Francisco: Carbon Footprint
Analysis

11. SF CO2e per Passenger Mile
Modal Analysis: Bike – Walk – Transit: Most Efficient

12. CO2 By Vehicle Propulsion Type
Large SUV/Truck
Compact vehicle: Gasoline
Bio-fuel
Hybrid/Electric
Electric (fossil fuels generation)
Electric (renewable generation)
0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1¼ lb/mile
0 60 125 180 250 375 gm/km
Vehicle Analysis: There is no carbon-neutral car

14. Strategy 1: Travel Choice & Information
14

15. Strategy 2: Demand Pricing 15

16. Strategy 3: Transit-Oriented Development
16

17. Strategy 4: Transit Improvements 17

18. Strategy 5: Complete Streets 18

19. Strategy 6: Electric Vehicles Infrastructure
19

20. Transit helps others reach carbon reduction goals
APTA Climate Change Standards Working Group

21. Chicago RTA displaces 5.5x the emissions it produces

22. New York MTA GHG Emissions, 2009
Total: 2.3 million metric tons
Non-Revenue Fleet -Traction
Transit Effect Multiplier = 8.24
Electricity - Non-traction
Electricity-Traction
For every unit of GHG that the MTA emits
Heating - Non-traction
it helps avoid 8.24 units.
In the net it helps avoid about 17million metric tons
@ $30 / ton ~ 500 million
Revenue Fleet Fuel -Traction
Currently un-recognized and un-compensated

23. Policy Shift: Region of Sustainable
Mobility Choices

25. Transportation Investment Act of 2010
• Ten-year, one-penny regional sales tax for
transportation
• 10-county region
• $7.22 billion in 2011 dollars
• $6.14 for specific projects (85%)
• 55% for transit
• $1.08 billion split among jurisdictions (15%)

26. Key Points
• This is about jobs and the economy
• This is about quality of life
• The process is open, transparent
• Accountability – oversight and reporting
• Balance – all modes benefit
• 100% of taxes collected will be spent here

27. Connecting The Dots
and Learning From Others
Energy – Transportation – Climate
Change – Sustainability