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Jim Durrett's keynote address - Pace Awards 2011
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.
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
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
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
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
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
