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Martin Laplante
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- Will Canada Reach Kyoto Targets With New GHG Inventory Figures?
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- LA Transit Plan Aims to Save 725 Metric Tons of GHG Annually by 2030
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LA Transit Plan Aims to Save 725 Metric Tons of GHG Annually by 2030
This laugh-out-loud statistic comes from Los Angeles 2008 Long Range Transportation Plan, on page 18. To put it in perspective, that is the total GHG emissions of 30 average Americans. Looking at the plan in more detail the figures refer to 725 tonnes a day, a little better but still hardly worth the trouble in the greater scheme of things. That target is less than a tenth of a percent improvement. Its other target: a 15% average speed increase on freeways.
But it looks like events may overtake transportation planners. Last year, and particularly in the fourth quarter, Californians significantly cut their driving and gasoline use. Californians were already among the lowest gasoline users in the US.
With the relatively high transit ridership in LA and East LA, and its continuing although slow growth, there is a good opportunity for a good transit system to do much better than this. LA Metro's rail ridership doubled in 2000-2001 when it expanded its system.
Tags: Transportation Vehicles USA Los Angeles