MODELING EMISSION FOOTPRINTS OF SUSTAINABLE LAND USE POLICIES AT LOCAL JURISDICTIONAL LEVEL

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2017

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Dixit, Shweta

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Sustainable land use practices are redefining the urban form, mobility and therefore the transportation planning processes. Regional travel demand models are not sensitive to variables associated with land use practices at neighborhood level, such as transit-oriented developments (TOD). The first objective of this research is to quantify and compare land-use specific emission footprints at the household level (grams/household) for TOD and Non-TOD areas. Household travel survey data is used to stratify households into various TOD and Non-TOD zones. A comparison of means for emission footprints between Non-TOD and TOD land uses indicated that Non-TOD emission footprints are much higher than the TOD footprints and the differences are statistically significant. On the other hand, the differences amongst pairs of TODs and pairs of Non-TODs showed no statistical significance.

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Transportation, Emissions, Land use, Local, Policy, Sustainability, Travel demand modeling

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