A look at what are the impacts of different growth scenarios in greenhouse gas emissions. Also a tour of CNT's website showing household transportation emissions.
1. GHG Reductions from Location Efficient Development CNU June 13, 2009 Peter Haas
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10. How Does this Add up? Based on Chicago Metropolitan Area Average Modeled Location Residential Density (Households per Residential Acre) Transit Access (Walkable Transit Options) Integrated Employment Proximity (Jobs/Sq Mile) Block Size (Acres) Annual HH VMT (Miles) CO 2 e Generated (Metric Tons) Average location 10.34 4.96 56,824 16.6 12,801 5.60 Average location near fixed rail 17.4 8.83 85,206 9.3 10,874 4.75 Average location NOT near fixed rail 5.4 2.24 36,920 21.7 15168 6.63 Average suburban location 4.3 2.24 32,315 21.8 15,925 6.96 Average Suburban location near fixed rail 5.1 3.82 40,215 13.7 14,898 6.51 Average Suburban location NOT near fixed rail 4.0 1.63 29,228 25.0 16,365 7.15 Average Chicago location 12.0 10.67 108,445 5.6 9,875 4.32 Average Chicago location near fixed rail 27.9 13.14 123,884 5.4 9,310 4.07 Average Chicago location NOT near fixed rail 12.2 5.22 74,317 5.8 11,766 5.14
22. Results of Different Growth Patterns 2000 2030 Business as Usual (BAU) TOD with Constraints TOD with no Constraints VMT Total Region 40,727,112,911 48,521,240,467 46,738,979,153 45,726,469,387 Increase of VMT from 2000 7,794,127,556 6,011,866,242 4,999,356,476 CO 2 e (Metric Tons) 18,457,608 21,989,922 21,182,197 20,723,326 Increase in CO 2 e from 2000 3,532,314 2,724,590 2,265,718 CO 2 e Reduction from BAU 807,724 (23%) 1,266,596 (36%)
23. Results of Different Growth Patterns Overall reduction of ~ 39% of 25% ~ 10% of all Regional GHGs! 2000 2030 Business as Usual (BAU) TOD with Constraints TOD with no Constraints VMT Total Region 40,727,112,911 48,521,240,467 46,738,979,153 45,726,469,387 Increase of VMT from 2000 7,794,127,556 6,011,866,242 4,999,356,476 CO 2 e (Metric Tons) 18,457,608 21,989,922 21,182,197 20,723,326 Increase in CO 2 e from 2000 3,532,314 2,724,590 2,265,718 CO 2 e Reduction from BAU 807,724 (23%) 1,266,596 (36%)