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5 Questions Answered About Electrifying Trucks

Katherine E Kerlin — November 01, 2022 - 4:08pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis transportation experts answer questions about electrifying trucks to help curb climate change.

California’s Transition to Low-Carbon Road Transportation

Katherine E Kerlin — September 26, 2019 - 2:46pm

By as early as 2030, California’s transition to zero emission vehicles could begin to save the state money, according to a study released today by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis). Although the transition will need to be rapid, and near-term costs and other barriers must be overcome, the report finds that reaching very low greenhouse gas emissions from road vehicles (cars and trucks) by 2050 appears feasible and ultimately cost-effective.

You Say You Want a Transportation Revolution? How About Three of Them?

Katherine E Kerlin — May 02, 2017 - 12:40pm

Three transportation revolutions are in sight, and together, they could help reduce traffic, improve livability, save trillions of dollars and reduce urban transportation CO2 emissions by 80 percent or more worldwide by 2050. That’s according to a report released today from the University of California, Davis, and the New York-based nonprofit Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.

But to receive the most benefit from electric, driverless and shared transportation, the three revolutions must happen at the same time.

Global shift to bicycling could save world trillions of dollars, 10 percent of transport emissions

IET WebDev — November 12, 2015 - 8:40am

A dramatic global shift to increased cycling and electric biking, or e-biking, could cut energy use and carbon dioxide emissions from urban transport by up to 10 percent by 2050 compared to current estimates, while saving society nearly $25 trillion. That is according to a report by the University of California, Davis, and the New York-based Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.

The report, “A Global High Shift Cycling Scenario,” takes a comprehensive look at the future of cycling for urban transportation.

Global shift to mass transit could save more than $100 trillion and 1,700 megatons of CO2

IET WebDev — September 16, 2014 - 5:00pm

More than $100 trillion in public and private spending could be saved between now and 2050 if the world expands public transportation, walking and cycling in cities, according to a new report released by the University of California, Davis, and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. Additionally, reductions in carbon dioxide emissions reaching 1,700 megatons per year in 2050 could be achieved if this shift occurs.