Convened by Transportation Research Board, the Second International Conference on 3D Printing and Transportation will be held on April 21-23, 2021. The objective of this conference is to provide a forum for knowledge and information exchange on h...

A report from the U.S. Congressional Research Service

Shawn Wilson, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, discusses how his state is handling the effects of climate change and building more resilience. Listen to the podcast here and subscribe wherever you get your p...

Please find this information on our updated website at https://www.nationalacademies.org/trb/blog/extreme-weather .

A Low Carbon Fuel Standard: In Brief , released by the U.S. Congressional Research Service

In the latest episode of TRB's Transportation Explorers podcast, Chris Hendrickson discusses how transportation, still dependent on petroleum, is now the single-largest sector for greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Dr. Hendrickson is a member of...

The nation is facing several serious challenges that the Biden administration has identified as top priorities — the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change. A new series of articles explores how the National ...

The nation is facing several serious challenges that the Biden administration has identified as top priorities — the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change. A new series of articles explores how the National ...

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is hosting the Joint Rail Conference: Railroad Engineering Technology from April 20-21, 2021 online. TRB is pleased to cosponsor this event. Sessions will focus on railroad topics, including: Railroad I...

The nation is facing several serious challenges that the Biden administration has identified as top priorities — the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change. A new series of articles explores how the National ...

The nation is facing several serious challenges that the Biden administration has identified as top priorities — the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change. A new series of articles explores how the National ...

Do you make decisions that affect the resilience of airport infrastructure in response to the long-term impacts of climate change? TRB hosted a webinar on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that discussed how to apply benefit...

Limiting engine power as a means to reduce fuel use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is explored in Limiting Engine Power to Reduce CO2 Emissions From Existing Ships , a report from the International Council on Clean Transportation. This report ...

The federal public transit program is detailed in Reauthorization of the Federal Public Transportation Program , a report from the U.S. Congressional Research Service. The report identifies funding levels, ridership numbers, and public transportat...

The potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is evaluated in Commuter Bus Demand, Incentives for Modal Shift, and Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Part II – Service Delivery Concepts , a report from the Massachusetts Department of Tra...

The real-world fuel and electric energy consumption of light-duty vehicles is analyzed in One Goal, Multiple Pathways: A Review of Approaches for Transferring On-Board Fuel Consumption Meter Data to the European Commission , a report from the Inte...

A “climate equity” approach is described in A Climate of Fairness: Making Victoria’s Climate Change Transition Fair & Equitable , a report from the Victorian Council of Social Service in Australia. This approach is used to determine the practi...

The potential impact of changing climatic conditions on structural designs in Virginia is examined in Incorporating Potential Climate Change Impacts in Bridge and Culvert Design , a report from the Virginia Department of Transportation. Bridges an...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a webinar on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 from 1-2PM ET that will discuss the efficiency of medium and heavy duty vehicles (MHDVs). Participants must register in advance of the...

Emissions of new passenger and light commercial vehicles sold in Australia last year are detailed in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Intensity for New Australian Light Vehicles 2018 , a report from the National Transport Commission in Australia. This rep...

Questions about current emission standards are answered in Vehicle Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Standards: Frequently Asked Questions , a report from the U.S. Congressional Research Service. This report analyzes whether the new standards are te...

Procedures for carbon dioxide certification in heavy duty vehicles are discussed in Comparison of Aerodynamic Drag Determination Procedures for HDV CO2 Certification , a report from the International Council on Clean Transportation. This report de...

TRB is cosponsoing the Conference on Freight and Environment: Ports of Entry on October 23-24, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. Cohosted with The Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA), this conference will focus on exploring the impacts of f...

The fire-extinguishing capabilities of an aviation agent are analyzed in Full-Scale Evaluation of Novec 120 , a report from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. This agent is being considered as a replacement for an earlier agent that has bee...

The World Road Association (PIARC) has released a report that describes experiences in winter maintenance from 30 different countries. Winter maintenance may be difficult to manage given the current context of ever-increasing mobility, climate cha...

The World Road Association (PIARC) has released a report that outlines current rules and practices for earthworks management. This manual includes information about design of materials and structures, executions and controls, and environmental asp...

Portland State University has released a report that explores the effect electronic bikes may have on person miles traveled (PMT) and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). This report creates models for PMT and GHG in Portland, Oregon, which was selecte...

The International Council for Clean Transportation has released a report that evaluates the integration mechanisms adopted for electric vehicles in India regarding fuel consumption standards. This report focuses on integration mechanisms of electr...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that discusses key terms related to gas in the context of energy policy and climate change mitigation goals in the European Union. This report proposes a method of categorizin...

On May 21, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held a hearing to discuss the impact of climate change on transportation infrastructure. Experts from publi...

The International Council for Clean Transportation has released a report that examines how wind-assist and hull air lubrication technologies may help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the international shipping sector. The International Mar...

The International Council for Clean Transportation has released a report that compares the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of modern gasoline cars versus that of modern diesel cars. This report tested the vehicles both in laboratory conditions and ...

The U.S. Congressional Research Service has released a report that outlines an executive order that sets out regulations for greenhouse gas emissions from several sectors, including transportation. The report also discusses the Renewable Fuel Stan...

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that examines how U.S. city climate action planning addresses freight transportation and goods movement. This report identifies specific strategies and actions ...

TRB is cosponsoring the GeoMEast International Conference: “Sustainable Civil Infrastructures: Beyond the Horizon” on November 10-14, 2019 in Cairo, Egypt. The conference will showcase innovative technologies on design, construction, and rehabilit...

The U.S. Congressional Research Service has released a report that provides an overview about efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This report focuses on the policy considerations and potential impacts of using a carbon tax or GHG emi...

TRB is sponsoring the 2nd International Conference on Transportation System Resilience to Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather from November 13-15, 2019 in Washington, DC. The conference is designed to provide transportation agencies with informati...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that analyzes the emissions levels of alternative refrigerants for motor vehicle air conditioning systems (MACs). MACs are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, an...

TRB is cosponsoring the 17th Biennial Conference on Transportation Energy and Policy on July 9-12, 2019 in Pacific Grove, California. The conference will determine new strategies and government approaches to energy and climate change and identify ...

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a report that investigates the divergence between type-approval and on-road carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This report provides an update to the ICCT 2012 report of the same na...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that outlines the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission targets for new passenger cars and light-commercial vehicles for 2025 and 2030 in the European Union. The goal of the emission ...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that provides an overview of vehicle taxation policy across Europe. The goal of this report is to inform how governments might induce consumers to opt for low-emission vehicle...

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California at Davis has released a report that develops an approach to measure the efficiency of urban hardscape in large urbanized areas. Urban hardscapes are human-altered s...

The Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government has released a report that provides an update on the operation of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting legislation, which it is required to do every five years. The National Greenho...

The Missouri Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates the feasibility of using five different types of fly ashes to synthesize zero-cement concrete for different structural and repair applications. Using 100% fly ash ma...

The International Transport Forum has released a policy brief that summarizes the state of the research regarding low-carbon freight. This report identifies ways to decrease the carbon dioxide emissions from the freight sector.

Jonathan Rubin, Director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, is a featured volunteer in the TR News . His research specialties include economics of transportation energy, climate change, and alternative fuels. Dr....

The International Transport Forum has released a report that presents a statistical portrait of passenger car, light commercial, and heavy-duty vehicle fleets in the European Union (EU) from 2001 to 2017. This report highlights vehicle technologie...

The International Transport Forum has released a report that describes how to decrease road freight’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This report highlights policy areas that may need adjustment for effective decarbonization of road freight. It al...

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California at Davis has released a report that describes the development and use of an energy system optimization model in order to analyze reductions in greenhouse gas emissi...

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California at Davis has released a report that explores the effects of fully automated vehicles on the current transportation system. This report aims to identify the long-ter...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that predicts effects of the new aircraft carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction standard. This standard, which mandates CO2 reductions for aircraft, will be enforced for all new airc...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that analyzes how improving the technical efficiency of new ships may help achieve emissions reduction targets. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to sha...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that identifies cost-effective technologies for improving tractor-trailer efficiency. The European Union recently introduced a certification procedure for the fuel consumption...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that summarizes the carbon dioxide (CO2) standards for heavy-duty vehicles in Europe. These standards would set fleet average limits for the years 2025 and 2030 for rigid and ...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that summarizes the new greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles in Canada. The regulatory design contains specific standards for tractor trucks, vocational ...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that determines the implications of the current mass-based carbon dioxide (CO2) targets. Under all European CO2 standards adopted and proposed, individual manufacturer targets...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that provides recommendations to improve the environmental outcomes of the proposed standards from the European Commission (EC). In May 2017, the EC issued a regulatory propos...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has released a report that evaluates the laboratory performance of plant-produced lab-compacted mixtures utilizing various warm mix asphalt (WMA) technologies. This report also compares WM...

The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that determines how socio-demographic factors in New Zealand affect the demand for personal land travel, especially by private vehicle. This report considers the factors of population size and...

The National Transport Commission in Australia has released a report that provides detailed data on the carbon dioxide emissions intensity performance of new passenger and light commercial vehicles sold in Australia during 2017. This report focuse...

The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that identifies the feasibility of using rule-based ecological adaptive cruise control strategies for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) to improve the energy eff...

TRB has released new Snap Searches exploring air quality and climate change. A Snap Search provides a summary of TRB research reports that are underway and published, upcoming events, and ongoing committees that cover these specific topics. Produc...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that summarizes key findings and policy recommendations from recent research related to heavy duty vehicle (HVD) carbon dioxide (CO2) standards in the European Union. The Euro...

The International Transport Forum has released a report that provides an overview of carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction targets that were defined in previously determined Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC). The INDC was a multi-countr...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has announced a new funding opportunity that will address priorities in advanced batteries and electrification, including cybersecurity related to electric ve...

The International Transport Forum has released a report that identifies port-based incentive systems to reduce shipping emissions, such as environmentally differentiated port fees. This report assesses the extent to which financial incentives at t...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that analyzes the Canadian vehicle manufacturing market and sales patterns in order to identify the possible impacts if Canada weakens its greenhouse gas emission standards. T...

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a report that summarizes the results from a battery electric bus demonstration funded under the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction program. This report evaluates the bat...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that analyzes the International Maritime Organization’s greenhouse gas strategy (GHG) for international shipping. This strategy, which represents the first global climate fram...

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California at Davis has released a report that analyzes the effects of ride-hailing services on elements of the transportation system, including congestion, vehicle miles trav...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that determines typical fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) figures from current European heavy-duty vehicle technology. The goal of this report is to support decision m...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that analyzes the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions regulatory simulation tool used in the European Union (EU) and compares it to the regulatory tool used in the United States. T...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that examines the previous strategies of mitigating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the European Union. This report suggests that understanding past emissions policies and c...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a briefing that reviews recent research about greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. This report analyzes the life-cycle emissi...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that identifies technology packages available to manufacturers that may help meet the US Phase 2 regulation for heavy-duty vehicle emissions. The Phase 2 regulation seeks to r...

The International Council for Clean Transportation has released a report that assesses the new passenger vehicle market in South Africa in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It also evaluates the benefits of adopting standards for fuel econo...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have launched a major initiative to more effectively enable its extensive body of work on climate science, impacts, and response options to inform the public and decision makers. The Cl...

The Australian Department of the Environment and Energy has released a report that summarizes climate change policies in Australia, including policies that affect transportation. This report highlights how the Australian government is transitionin...

TRL in the United Kingdom (UK) has released a report that analyzes public vehicle inspection data to investigate issues relating to vehicle ownership and use, energy consumption, and emissions generation. This report seeks to understand whether an...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that summarizes the fuel consumption standards for heavy-duty vehicles in India. Earlier this year, the Indian government published fuel-efficiency standards for commercial he...

The Institute for Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis has released a report that describes the development of a truck vehicle/fuel decision choice model for California. This report also uses this model to make initial pro...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that reviews existing compliance and enforcement programs regarding emission control in major vehicle markets. This report analyzes several key elements, including legislative...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a briefing that addresses several common misconceptions about light-duty vehicle fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards. This briefing focuses on Australia’s proposed light-vehic...

Janet L. D’Ignazio, Vice President at ICF International, is a featured volunteer in the TR News . Ms. D’Ignazio has approximately 40 years of experience in the areas of climate change, air quality, improved project delivery, integrated planning, a...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that outlines the global charging infrastructure deployment practices and challenges in major electric vehicle (EV) markets, with an emphasis on public charging facilities. EV...

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a report that supplements a set of technology-neutral cost curves published by the ICCT in November 2016 that describe the cost of carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction technology as a...

The Alternative Fuels Data Center of the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that explores renewable compressed natural gas (R-CNG) derived from dairy manure to supply fuel to heavy-duty milk tanker trucks in Indiana, Michigan, Tenness...

The Alternative Fuels Data Center of the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that explores the production and use of renewable compressed natural gas (R-CNG) derived from organic waste to fuel heavy-duty natural gas vehicles in Sacrame...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that evaluates wheel-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions from commercially available urban transit buses. This report builds upon the Diesel Initiative of the Climate and Clean ...

The California Department of Transportation has released a report that analyzes the demand for and supply of industrially zoned land in the San Francisco Bay Area. The current locations of industrial businesses and the related patterns of goods mo...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that synthesizes information from the collaboration between U.S. and Dutch agencies regarding infrastructure resilience. Both countries have been testing climate change resilience tools...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released a short animated video based on the 2016 report, Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change . Extreme weather is on the rise. While climate chan...

The International Council on Clean Transportation has released a report that assesses the magnitude of carbon dioxide emission reductions through the adoption of world-class vehicle efficiency standards.

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a report that evaluates which proposed transit projects merit detailed analyses of their greenhouse gas emissions.

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that presents statistical data about energy that refers specifically to transportation.

The U.S. White House has released a report that outlines actions for advancing climate science that affects state, local, and tribal leaders, community organizations, academic institutions, philanthropic organizations, and the private sector.

On November 5, 2016, National Academy of Sciences President Emeritus Ralph J. Cicerone – a leader of science and world-renowned authority on atmospheric chemistry and climate change – died at his home in New Jersey. He was 73. Cicerone served as t...

TRB conducted a webinar on Thursday, October 13, 2016 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM ET that highlights some of the common themes that emerged from the 11th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management, which took place July 10-12, 2016 in Minnea...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that synthesizes lessons learned and recommended next steps from a pilot program that sought to enhance resilience of transportation systems to extreme weather and climate change.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that examines a wide range of technical issues relevant to greenhouse gas emissions and anticipated corporate average fuel economy standards for model year cars from 2022 to 2025.

The U.S. Maritime Administration has released a report that discusses issues that must be considered to achieve improved energy efficiency on marine vessels so as to reduce fuel consumption, operating costs, and CO2 emissions.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy released its biannual newsletter that showcases the activities, accomplishments, and resources of the Clean Cities Program.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that develops a methodology to evaluate the vulnerability of bridges to climate change and extreme weather.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that provides a framework and checklist of how transportation systems management and operations managers can take action to improve their transportation system’s resilience to extreme w...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that explains how transportation management, operations, and maintenance staff can incorporate climate change into their planning and ongoing activities.

The European Parliament has released a report that discusses the impacts that demographic changes, technology developments, global trade competition, and climate change have on transportation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that explores key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and technology usage related to model year 1975 through 2015 light-duty vehicles sold in the United States.

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM ET that featured research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). The research discussed the need for conducting climate change risk assessments at ...

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies has released a report that outlines facts and figures of European transportation, including information about climate change, energy and electricity usage, land use, air pollution, noi...

VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that discusses different mechanisms that developing countries can use to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, focusing on potential problems and ambiguities as a...

The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis has released a report that focuses on policies adopted by California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California-Davis has released a report that explains how life cycle assessments can be used to estimate the energy consumed and resulting environmental effects from different ...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a summary that details its announcements, recent events, research, and resources as they relate to air quality and climate change.

The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Davis has released a report that estimates truck CO2 reduction potential and costs, and possible scenarios to achieve an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases (from 1990...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a summary of climate change impacts, action strategies, and resources for addressing the needs of environmental justice communities.

The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that develops a methodology to evaluate the vulnerability of bridges to climate change and extreme weather.

TRB conducted a webinar on April 14, 2015, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET that summarized NCFRP Report 28: Sustainability Strategies Addressing Supply Chain Air Emissions , which identifies potential strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from...

The Norwegian Centre for Transport Research has released a report that summarizes stakeholders’ views on the future of electromobility, including its potential to reduce greenhouse gases.

The Oregon Department of Transportation has released a report that explores residential location decisions and preferences, and the resulting travel outcomes by using Oregon household travel survey data.

The Mountain-Plains Consortium at Utah State University has released a report that uses market mechanisms to evaluate long-range transportation planning assumptions with regard to growing uncertainty about oil prices and availability.

The World Road Association has releases a report that summarizes international policies and strategies adopted by governments and road authorities to mitigate and adapt to the projected impacts of climate change on road transportation system. This...

The Institute of Transportation Studies at University of California, Davis has released a report that examines the historical and potential land use change and greenhouse gas emissions associated with oil sands development in Canada, including eff...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released its biannual newsletter that showcases the activities, accomplishments, and resources of the Clean Cities Program.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a summary of its collaborative efforts with two federal land management agencies (FLMAs) to develop a tool for managing transportation assets in the face of climate change.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that provides guidance and methods for assessing the vulnerability of coastal transportation facilities to extreme events and climate change.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that explores key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and technology usage related to model year 1975 through 2014 light-duty vehicles sold in the United States.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that discusses engineering assessments of transportation facilities on the Gulf Coast to evaluate whether those facilities might be vulnerable to projected climate changes, and measures...

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that discusses cost factors associated with fueling infrastructure for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, including estimated cost rang...

TRB conducted a webinar on September 23, 2014, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm ET that covered the practitioners' guide portion of NCHRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 2: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway Sy...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence ...

Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, has released its eNews bulletin that features its news briefs, tools for practitioners, and reports.

VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that examines rebound effects within the transportation sector, which are the differences between projected energy savings and real energy savings.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released a report that assesses barriers to the alternative fuel vehicle market as a way to facilitate deployment of the vehicles.

TRB conducted a webinar on June 11, 2014, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET that addressed how climate change and extreme weather events are expected to impact the transportation system. The session also explored how asset managers can begin to prepare for...

TRB conducted a webinar on June 5, 2014, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that explored why and how state departments of transportation and other agencies may improve their data practices in order to enhance their ability to meet and secure federal polici...

The U.S. Global Change Research Program has released a report that has a chapter about the effects of climate change on the transportation sector—including on fixed node infrastructure, fixed route infrastructure, and different types of vehicles.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy released its biannual newsletter that showcases the activities, accomplishments, and resources of the Clean Cities Program.

The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University has released a Microsoft Excel-based spreadsheet tool designed to provide estimates of life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for many of the different components of a transportat...

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that explores the use of new generation of travel models to produce active travel data needed to help estimate health outcomes for regional land use and transpo...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC’s) Working Group III has released a report designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of all relevant options for mitigating climate change through limiting or preventing greenhouse gas emi...

The U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released a report that provides guidance to help car buyers choose the most fuel-efficient vehicle that meets their needs.

The Mineta National Transit Research Consortium at San Jose State University has released a report that analyzes possible scenarios for achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets through changes in the perceived price of travel, land-use intensifi...

The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration has released a report that evaluates technology developments, equipment upgrades, and best practices of passenger and freight rail industry segments for improving energy efficiency and environmental goals.

TRB conducted a webinar on March 6, 2014, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET that explored the climate change adaptation challenges facing federal, state, and local governments as they coordinate and promote resilient transportation systems. Webinar present...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released a guide that presents a list of 2015 light-duty alternative fuel and advanced vehicles, grouped by fuel and technology.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has released a report that recommends renewable energy and energy efficiency strategies for its maintenance facilities as a way to bring about reduced energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released a guide that presents a list of 2014 light-duty alternative fuel and advanced vehicles, grouped by fuel and technology.

The European Commission has released a report that updates previous trend scenarios for energy system developments by accounting for transportation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

TRB conducted a webinar on November 7, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that featured research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) exploring ways airport managers can reduce the impact of their activities thro...

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy has released a guide that answers basic questions about plug-in vehicles and charging equipment so that organizational leaders can assess whether or not their wo...

Sustainable Transport in China has released a report that outlines the data and methods that Germany used to calculate transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The People’s Republic of China’s Institute of Comprehensive Transportation has released a report that provides an overview of data quality and availability with regards to modeling carbon emissions in China’s urban transport sector.

VTI—the Swedish National Road and Research Institute, has released a report that calculates the environmental impacts of traffic by using a computational model as a means to slow climate change and improve energy efficiency, air quality, noise, an...

The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at the North Dakota State University has released a report that provides information about railroad fuel efficiency for evaluating transportation energy policies.

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that examines whether the timing of vehicle deployment corresponds to recognized limits with technology development and market penetration,...

The World Bank has released a report that reviews recent trends in transport and greenhouse gas emission trends in Europe and Central Asia through comparison of trends in the 15 European Union member states 10 years ago and the current 27 member s...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that provides an overview of the impact of international shipping in European waters to air quality and climate change.

VTI, the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that provides a discussion on aspects of energy use in the freight transport market and the extent to which resources are used efficiently. The report is writte...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that explores the balance between Europe’s proposed greenhouse gas emissions target for transport and the increasing need for transport that results from economic growth.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released a brief that explains its efforts in pursuing cost-effective opportunities that reduce the U.S.’s oil dependence, decrease pollution, and create jobs.

The University of Illinois Center for Transportation has released a report that reviews the energy efficiency of roadway lighting in high-intensity discharge sources such as metal halide lamps and high pressure sodium lamps as well as light-emitti...

The Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan has released an analysis that details improvements in the fuel economy of light-duty vehicles since 2007, and the potential reductions in fuel and carbon dioxide emissions.

TRB conducted a webinar on October 10, 2012, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that featured research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and implementing sustainable airport construction pr...

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released a report that provides an overview and preliminary analysis of the FTA’s Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction Program (TIGGER) program.  The TIGGER program prov...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence ...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that explores a new spatial economic model to examine questions surrounding the economic effects, the distribution of those effects, and their implications when implementing global warming ...

The European Environment Agency has released its annual submission of the greenhouse gas inventory of the European Union to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The report presents greenhouse gas emissi...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that highlights the challenges that climate change poses to European cities and the need for urban adaptation. The report addresses these challenges in the larger policy frameworks provided by ...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that explores the key challenges that climate change poses to cities, the need for urban adaptation, and how urban challenges fit within a larger policy framework provided by regional, national...

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that explores ecodriving. Ecodriving is a collection of changes to driving behavior and vehicle maintenance designed to impact fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in existing vehi...

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a report that integrates research on climate science, disaster risk management, and adaptation to help inform policy discussions on how to reduce and manage the risks of ex...

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that explores the effects of land-use and urban quality of life on transportation patterns.

The World Bank has released a report that explores the outlook for world air transport energy consumption; discusses air transport’s impact on the environment; and highlights potential energy efficiency gains in aircraft design, air service operat...

The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that develops a vulnerability assessment of the risks that climate change poses to the surface transportation infrastructure system in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska region.

VTI (the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute) has released a report that explores second-generation biofuels production technologies, use, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, and problems of land use. The report is writ...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that introduces a core set of indicators that will form the basis for an annual assessment of developments over the coming decade to meet a greenhouse gas emissions target for transport.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a report that highlights the results of a project in which the EPA, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, and state and local leaders in Iowa worked together to integrate the lat...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that provides an early estimate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) 15 and EU 27 for the year 2010. The official submission of 2010 data to the United Nations Framework...

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a report that examines anticipated climate impacts on U.S. transit and current climate change adaptation efforts by domestic and foreign transit agencies. The report also explores the availabili...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that presents an overview of the progress achieved so far by the European Union (EU), its Member States, and other European Economic Area member countries towards their respective targets under...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that presents a retrospective overview of the greenhouse gas emission trends in Europe from 1990 to 2008.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its annual report that presents an assessment of the outlook for international energy markets through 2035. The report includes a review of energy consumed in mov...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released its climate change adaptation plan, which was submitted to the Executive Office of the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, on June 3, 2011.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence ...

TRB conducted a web briefing or "webinar" on September 26, 2011 that addressed procedures that could help state transportation departments prepare a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory of their operations.  This webinar will provide parti...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that examines the current state of climate engineering science and technology, highlights experts’ views of the future of U.S. climate engineering research, and explores the potential...

The Federal Highway Administration has released a report that explores federal interagency efforts to collaborate on a project focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and using scenario planning to assess, mitigate, and adapt to climate chang...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program has released a report that provides an overview of trends in the fuel cell industry and markets, including product shipments, market development, and corporate performa...

On July 13, 2011, TRB conducted a web seminar or "webinar" that highlighted the findings of TRB Special Report 307: Policy Options for Saving Energy and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation . TRB Special Report 307 examines the po...

The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that compares the greenhouse gas, economic, and environmental implications of various low-carbon fuel standards policies for vehicles operated on Minnesota ...

The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has released the proceedings of a March 25, 2010, conference in Ottawa, Ontario on quantifying and forecasting greenhouse gas emissions. The conference explored the state of practice in Canada and els...

The European Environment Agency has released its annual submission of the greenhouse gas inventory of the European Union to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The document highlights greenho...

The University Transportation Center for Mobility, part of the Texas Transportation Institute, examines the potential impact of investing in intermodal terminals in rural Texas on roadway maintenance costs, greenhouse gases, and truck traffic in T...

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that explores how existing weather conditions may affect the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles (CMV) on the nation’s highways. The report also examines the genera...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

The U.S. Maritime Administration has released a report that describes its marine highway program, which is intended to expand the use of U.S. inland, Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System, intracoastal, and coastal waterways for the transp...

The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the effect of sidewalks on travel patterns. The report also attempts to relate sidewalk availability with vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released a report that includes the latest estimates of emissions for carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other greenhouse gases in the United States.

Texas A&M University’s University Transportation Center for Mobility has released a report designed to develop a greater understanding of decision and policy processes in regard to climate change and adaptation, with a particular emphasis on c...

On April 7, 2011, TRB conducted a web briefing or "webinar" that explored activities that are being undertaken by two state departments of transportation to adapt to climate change . For more details, view a summary of this webinar.  This web...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that explores key challenges in assessing the quality of different types of carbon offsets that produce reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in one place to compensate for emi...

On March 24, 2011, TRB conducted a web briefing or "webinar" that explored general threats of climate change to transportation facilities and operations, climate adaptation resources , and specific state planning acti vities that address the impa...

The Center for Transportation and the Environment at North Carolina State University has released the final report of a June 2010 workshop that developed research ideas related to four cross-cutting topics: climate change, energy, livability, and ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels and Advance Vehicles Data Center has released a guide that provides 2011 model year vehicle-specific information that covers vehicle specifications, fuel economy, price, and air pollution and green...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate c...

The Royal Academy of Engineering has released a report that explores how innovation and new engineering approaches can boost the climate resilience of the U.K.’s energy, water, and transportation infrastructure.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has released a report that explores the activities and accomplishments of Clean Cities coordinators. Clean Cities, part of the EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Prog...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that explores five transportation planning processes used in Florida to determine how greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions considerations can be incorporat...

The Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has released a report that identifies the priorities for preparing Australia’s coasts for climate change as identified during the National Climate Change Forum in early 2010. The fo...

The Congressional Budget Office has released a report that examines three mechanisms that could be used as part of a cap-and-trade program to help prevent greenhouse gas emission allowance prices from reaching unexpected highs and lows.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

On November 3, 2010, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored the impacts of climate change and methods that can be used by transportation agencies to adapt to a changing environment.  For more details, view a summary of this w...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a minor update to its MOVES2010 (Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator) model, a tool used to estimate emissions released by highway vehicles. The update, MOVES2010a, incorporates new car and ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released a report that explores the history of the diesel engine, its current uses in transportation vehicles, and the challenges it faces relative to increasing ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has launched a new website that highlights the basics about renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, including how they work, what they're used for, and h...

The Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage has released a report that explores a series of recommendations designed to overcome the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) within ...

North Carolina State University’s Center for Transportation and the Environment has released the final report a 2010 workshop that explores the research ideas collected from the attendees at the meeting. The report also highlights existing and ong...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence ...

The Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has released a report that is designed to help companies and individuals estimate greenhouse gas emissions for their own purposes, voluntary action, and for reference.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the greenhouse gas emission inventories from various economically and less economically developed nations in order to help determine what is known about the comparabilit...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report has been released that explores the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of its existing authority under the Clean Air Act to promulgate regulations and set standards for greenhouse gas emissions.

An updated version of a U.S. Congressional Research Service report has been released that explores the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of its existing authority under the Clean Air Act to promulgate regulations and set standards for gre...

The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has released a report that explores global emissions of carbon dioxide.

A Congressional Research Service report explores the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s December 15, 2009, determination that the combined greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles in the United States contribute to an "endangerment" fr...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that explores the incentives provided by the biofuel tax credits for producing different types of biofuels and examines whether they favor one type of biofuel over others. In addition, the...

The U.K. Department for Transport (DfT) has released a report that explores good-practice initiatives across a range of different authorities to reduce transport emissions and adapt to climate change. The report examines the challenges, drivers, a...

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that explores the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission changes that result from individuals participating in a carsharing organization.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a report that explores the results of a December 8, 2009, peer exchange on current climate change adaptation activities and strategic needs. The report summarizes participant presentation...

The National Academies have released a podcast, as part of the Sounds of Science series, that highlights TRB Special Report 298 : Driving and the Built Environment: Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emiss...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released its annual report that inventories greenhouse gas emissions within the European Union. According to the report, the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions have picked up the pace of their downward trend.

The International Transport Forum has released a report that explores recent developments in global transport markets and examines what policies seem to have the most potential for stabilizing CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from light‐duty vehic...

The Royal Academy of Engineering has released a report that explores the challenge of ensuring that the U.K. electricity supply system can cope with charging tens of millions of vehicles while still reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power gen...

The International Transport Forum has released a report that explores the greenhouse gas emission trends from the transport sector and examines the outcome of the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Chan...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that explores the effects that policies to reduce greenhouse gases would have on employment, including employment in the transportation sector.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a report that examines greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels and trends from the transportation sector and analyzes the full range of strategies available to reduce these emissions. The report is ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a report that examines the level and drivers of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States in 2009. According to EIA, 2009 saw the largest absol...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that explores information on how local governments have planned, designed, and implemented approaches that encourage smart growth in their communities.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy program has released a brochure that highlights its  web-based collection of tools, databases, calculators, and interactive maps designed to help people driver smarter, use le...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a letter report that explores the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Environmental Protection Agency’s partnership for setting fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standa...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that examines the government’s commitment of resources to studying climate change and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide. The report explores information o...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the implications of different methods for selling emission allowances, based in part on experiences of the ten northeastern states participating in the Regional Greenhou...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that explores a proposed practice to guide the review of local and metropolitan planning organizations’ strategies to reduce vehicle miles of travel and greenhouse gas emissions relate...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Transportation and Air Quality has released a report that analyzes lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from increased renewable fuels use. According to the report, lifecycle GHG emi...

A Congressional Research Service report explores the European Community’s five years of experience in designing and operating a greenhouse gas trading system as a potential means to provide some insight into cap-and-trade design issues currently b...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s U.S. Energy Information Administration has released a brief designed to explain the cap-and-trade program concept related to greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Center has released a report that explores challenges and priority research and development needs associated with various hydrogen fuel production technologies.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy office has released a guide to 2010 model year alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicles.

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that estimates the energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions on four roadways over a 60-year period. The report is in Swedish with an English summary.

The U.K. Department for Transportation has released a report that provides the latest information on people’s attitudes towards climate change in relation to transport and to what extent attitudes have changed over time.

The Australian Department of Climate Change has released its framework that identifies national climate change science priorities for the coming decade and sets out ways to harness the nation’s science capacity to help address these priorities.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

Australia’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics has released a report that explores recent trends in transport demand, energy use, and emission levels; and provides projections out to 2020 about greenhouse gas emissions from...

The International Transport Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Joint Transport Research Centre has released a report that includes the preliminary findings of a work group exploring transport greenhouse gas (GHG...

The Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that explores key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy and technology usage related to model year 1975 through 2009 light-duty vehicles sold in the United States.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

On  Wednesday, December 2, 2009, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored the findings of TRB Special Report 299: A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Ene...

TRB is cosponsoring a symposium on Climate Change and Ships: Increased Energy Efficiency on February 16-17, 2010, in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The symposium is designed to explore greenhouse gases and the energy efficiency design index, technic...

A Congressional Research Service report explores the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2009, to the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, which was introduced in the U.S. Se...

The European Environmental Agency of the European Union (EU) has released a report that examines the current and projected progress of EU countries toward their respective targets under the Kyoto Protocol and of progress towards the EU target for ...

The International Energy Agency has released a report that explores trends in energy use and emissions by business sector, country, and region. The special early excerpt discusses ways that the energy sector can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to...

The Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) of the Norwegian Centre for Transport Research has released a report that explores whether or not greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced if improvements were made to Norway’s road network. The report i...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) has released a report that examines the extent to which large-scale financial investment in high-speed railways is a cost-effective way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.   Th...

On October 6, 2009, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored the actions taken by metropolitan planning organizations and state departments of transportation to address the impacts of climate change.  For more de...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores seven studies that project the costs of H.R. 2454 to 2030 or beyond.

The National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida has released a report that explores development of a series of enhancements to the Trip Reduction Impacts of Mobility Management Strategies (TRIMMS) model. TRIMMS is desig...

The Scottish and United Kingdom's Inland Waterways Advisory Council has released a report that explores changes in the use of inland waterways in England and Wales that could contribute to reducing the extent of climate change. The report also exa...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released an issue brief that examines regulatory standards and how they could affect the overall cost of implementing a cap-and-trade program in the United States.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

On September 10, 2009, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored ways to incorporate climate change impacts into transportation system planning. For more details,  view a summary of this webinar. Email Reggie Gillum at...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has released a report that examines the synthesis and assessment report on the annual greenhouse gas inventories of Annex I Parties of the United Nations. Countries submitted their reports ...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released a report that explores short-term projections for U.S. carbon dioxide emissions of the three fossil fuels: coal, natural gas, and petroleum.

The Argonne National Laboratory has released a report that explores the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 as passed by the House of Representatives on July 26, 2009.

The Transportation Research Institute of the University of Michigan has released a report that examines the effects of recent changes in the fuel economy of purchased new vehicles and the amount of driving on carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and c...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that influence ...

On June 30, 2009, TRB conducted a web briefing or "Webinar" that explored the fundamentals of climate change and legislation related to climate change and transportation. For more details,  view a summary of this webinar. Email Reggie G...

Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, and Local Government has released a report that provides a short summary of a diverse range of transport statistics.  Topics include employment, gross domestic product...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and ...

The United Kingdom Parliament has released a report that examines greenhouse gas emissions through shipping, the role of the United Kingdom to mitigate emissions, and policy approaches to address shipping emissions.  

The Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Transportation has released a series of brief reports that provide an introduction to climate change issues. The reports examine climate science and impacts, technologi...

The U.K. Department of Transport has released a report that explores ways to improve new car fuel efficiency standards, as related to a proposed European Union Regulation on car carbon dioxide emissions.

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that examines greenhouse gas emission reduction policies that are being considered in the transportation sector in the wake of more stringent emission reduction targets envisaged in a post-...

The Biomass Research and Development Initiative has released a report that examines the economic analysis of feedstocks to produce biofuels, and its impact on sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportatio...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores the fundamentals of climate change policy, including current understandings and controversies, an update on the status of domestic and international policies, and available tools to address cl...

The Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse of the U.S. Department of Transportation has released a report that explores preliminary results of the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Carbon Sequestration Pilot Program.

TRB is sponsoring the 2009 Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Air Quality Conference July 28-29, 2009, Denver, Colorado.  The conference is designed to explore the latest research in the coordination of transportation, land use, and air ...

The United Kingdom’s Commission for Integrated Transport has released a report that examines the use of Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) systems, and the impact that ISA may have on road safety and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores a carbon tax or price control approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and how it compares to the cap-and-trade or quantity control approach.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportatio...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released the testimony of John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environm...

The Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that examines the environmental and energy efficiency attributes of light-duty diesel vehicles.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportatio...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the latest issue of its Successes in Stewardship monthly newsletter, which highlights current environmental streamlining practices from around the United States.  This issue explore...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportatio...

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has released a report that describes the context for the department’s sustainability plan and the vision and framework for ODOT’s sustainability goals and strategies.  According to a...

TRB has produced a website designed to serve as a gateway to information on TRB activities and products addressing transportation and climate change.  In addition to information on TRB’s projects, activities, and publications in the ar...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO has released a report that explores the effects of and lessons learned from the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) phase I (2005 to 2007) and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Develo...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO has released a report that explores the effects of and lessons learned from the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) phase I (2005 to 2007) and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Develo...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issues of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportati...

The European Renewable Energy Council has released a report that explores the transport sector’s energy efficiency potential.

The International Transport Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Joint Transport Research Centre has released a report that explores how climate change policy may affect competition, prices, and profitabili...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the inaugural issues of its monthly newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transport...

The European Environmental Agency has released a report that explores the impacts of Europe’s changing climate, including an increased risk of floods and droughts; losses of biodiversity; threats to human health; and damage to economic sect...

TRB is cosponsoring the European Transport Conference 2008 on October 6-8, 2008, in Leiden, the Netherlands.  The conference is designed to explore transport policy and operations across a broad spectrum of transportation modes, with a focus...

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that explores the possibilities for integrating climate change considerations into long-range transportation planning at state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan pla...

The National Transport Commission (NTC) of Australia has released a report that explores greenhouse gas emissions associated with freight transport and proposes long-term actions for managing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from freight tra...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a letter report that examines options for offsetting the economic impact on low- and moderate-income households of a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide emissions.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that explores the opinions of experts on actions the U.S. Congress might consider to address climate change and what is known about the potential benefits, costs, and uncertain...

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has released a report that explores policy instruments available to address oil security and climate change.  The report also examines their interaction with measures to manage conge...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released a report that explores the greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program that would be established by the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (S.2191).  Th...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report explores the issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions offsets as part of a GHG emissions reduction program.  According to the report, an offset is a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestratio...

The Victoria, Australia, government has released a report that explores the potential for reductions in greenhouse emissions across the energy, transport, agriculture, forestry, waste, and industrial sectors.  The report examines areas for f...

On March 28, 2008, TRB conducted a web-seminar or “webinar” that explored the potential impacts of climate change on transportation through two major studies released by TRB and by the U.S. Department of Transportation. For more details,  vi...

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released a report that explores six projects —implemented in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom—that were designed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribu...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a report that explores the vulnerabilities of transportation systems in the Gulf Coast region to potential changes in weather patterns and related impacts, as well as the effect of natural land s...

Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, and Local Government has released a report that provides a short summary of a diverse range of transport statistics.  Topics include employment, gross domestic ...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a brief examines how policymakers’ decisions about allocating CO2 emission allowances would affect the total cost of a cap-and-trade policy to the U.S. economy, as well as the distribution o...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report that explores the potential impact of sea level rise on land and transportation infrastructure in coastal areas of the eas...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that reviews existing information on economic costs of climate change at a European level.  The report also explores methodological issues and uncertainties of cost estimation, examines i...

A Congressional Research Service-produced report measures each state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity.  GHG intensity is a measure of GHG emissions from sources within a state compared with a state's economic output (gross state produc...

The European Environment Agency has released a report that assesses the progress of European Union (EU) Member States, EU candidate Countries, and other European Environment Agency member countries towards their respective targets under the Kyoto...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its annual report that inventories the anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases in the United States.  The report presents the Energy Information Administration’s latest estimates o...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released the statement of Peter R. Orszag, director of CBO at the CBO’s Director’s Conference on Climate Change.

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program has published a report that attempts to quantify North America’s net contribution of carbon to the atmosphere and to catalogue sources and sinks of carbon on the continent.   The report anal...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released its annual report of international energy statistics.  The report presents an overview of key international energy trends for production, consumption, impor...

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) has released a report that explores the potential effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States and identifies where research could potentially reduce uncertainties abou...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report, prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, th...

A U.S. Congressional Research Service report compares several bills in the 110th Congress of the United States that address passenger vehicle fuel economy in general and the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program specifically.  The re...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has released the latest issue of its annual statistical compendium designed to characterize transportation activity and explore data on other factors that infl...

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has joined 12 other national science academies in calling on world leaders -- particularly G8 leaders, who will meet in June -- to address global climate change and energy-access issues by promoting low carbo...

The European Commission has proposed a comprehensive package of measures to establish a new energy policy for Europe designed to combat climate change and boost the European Union’s energy security and competitiveness. The package of propos...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a report, which was requested by members of the U.S. Senate, that assesses the impacts of a proposal that would regulate emissions of greenhouse gases thro...

The European Commission has proposed a comprehensive package of measures to establish a new energy policy for Europe designed to combat climate change and boost the European Union's energy security and competitiveness. The package of proposals se...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) has announced the addition of four projects to those being undertaken as part of its fiscal year 2007 activities.  Detailed project statements formally soliciting proposals for these ne...

The latest issue of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) newsLane newsletter is now available. The BRT newsLane is funded by the Federal Transit Administration and is designed to update BRT communities, industrial partners, bus manufacturers, and stakehol...

The European Environment Agency has released the European Community's initial report under the Kyoto Protocol that sets the maximum amount of greenhouse gases the European Union-15 can emit between 2008-2012 (excluding the Kyoto mechanisms). The ...

The Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has released its strategic plan for 2006 to 2010.

The Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has updated its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories to include 2004 data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EP...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its annual report that inventories the anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases in the United States.  The report presents the Energy Information Administration’s latest estimates o...

The Treasury, the United Kingdom's economics and finance ministry, has released a report that examines the economics of climate change.  The report explores the nature of the economic challenges associated with climate change and how those c...

The European Environmental Agency (EEA) has released a report that explores past and projected greenhouse gas emissions from European Union member states and other EEA member countries.

The European Commission has released a plan designed to reduce energy consumption in Europe by 20% by 2020.  The Action Plan on Energy Efficiency, which will be implemented over the next six years, was developed in response to a call for a r...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report that explores exhaust emission factors for carbon dioxide and methane from different heavy-duty compressed natural gas and...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report on the findings of a June 7-9, 2006, workshop that explored the potential impacts of aviation on climate change.  The...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP) Strategic Plan, which details measures to accelerate the development and reduce the cost of new and advanced technologies that avoid, reduce, or capture...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has released a report that explores qualitative findings from research on the relative efficacy—as well as the appropriate timing—of various policies that might discourage emissions of carbon dioxi...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released a report that analyzes the impacts of the Keep America Competitive Global Warming Policy Act (H.R. 5049), which would implement a market-based allowance program ...

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy and Transport has released a report that examines several scenarios in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, reflecting policies currently under discussion with...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a report that provides estimates for U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from different energy sources.  These estimates are considered to be preliminary. More detailed estimates of greenhouse gas e...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that provides an assessment of international energy markets with projections of worldwide energy production and consumption by fuel type and region to the year 2030. The report also provides pro...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released an executive summary of its annual report on estimates of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions.  The report also includes estimated emissions of other gases such as hydrofluorocarbon...

The European Conference of Ministers of Transport has released a report that analyzes the cost effectiveness of carbon dioxide (CO2) mitigation options in the transport sector and compares these with similar options in other sectors.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released the online version of the latest issues of the Journal of Transportation statis...

Transport Canada has released a report that examines the cost of urban traffic congestion for Canada’s nine largest urban areas--Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa-Gatineau, Toronto, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver.  Th...

In an effort to lay out some of the key questions and design elements of a national “cap-and-trade” greenhouse gas program, Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman in February 2006 issued a white paper, Design Elements of a Mandatory...

The University of California–Davis Institute of Transportation Studies has posted presentations associated with the August 23-26, 2005, Tenth Biennial Conference on Transportation Energy and Environmental Policy.  The conference examin...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report that examines the long-range transportation planning process presently being undertaken by state departments of transporta...

Press releases highlighting awards and events at the 85th Annual Meeting, January 22-26, 2006, include the following: 2006 Officers and New Members of TRB Executive Committee Announced Climate Change Expert Ralph Cicerone to Speak at TRB Chairman...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released its annual inventory of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases in the United States.

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Division of Earth and Life Studies (DELS) Committee on Climate Change and U.S. Transportation held its first meeting on October 20-21, 2005, in Washington, D.C.  The committee is examining the ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued a report that examines federal climate change funding for 1993 through 2004, as reported by the Office of Management and Budget and the Climate Change Science Program.  The report reviews ...

The U.K Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT) has released a report that examines the effectiveness of existing transport policy in meeting the nation’s commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2010.  The report also asse...

The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) has released the first part its web-based CCAP Transportation Emissions Guidebook.  The guidebook is designed to help users assess the air pollution, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions benefits of...

The U.S. Department of Transportation Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report produced in partnership with the New York State Department of Transportation that assesses the transportation-related components o...

Presentations are now available from the Workshop on Impacts of Global Climate Change on Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Transportation held on March 7, 2005, in Washington, D.C.  The U.S. Department of Transportation Center for Climate Change an...

The Congressional Budget Office has released an Economic and Budget Issues Brief that compares policies that would set a price for United States fossil fuel-related emissions of carbon dioxide with policies that would cap such emissions.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting has released a report that estimates survival curves for locomotives and marine vessels--that is, functions that describe the fraction of equipm...

The Congressional Research Service has updated a report that reviews the status of climate science, international negotiations, and congressional activity focused specifically on climate change.

The first results from climateprediction.net, an Oxford University-led global experiment, indicates that average temperatures could eventually rise by up to 11°C - even if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are limited to twice those fou...

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office(CBO) has released a report that provides an overview of the sources of uncertainty that CBO believes may limit the understanding of climate change and complicate the assessment of policies to address it. The r...

The U.S. Department of Energy annual inventory of human-caused greenhouse gases in the United States is available.  The report presents the Energy Information Administration’s latest estimates of emissions for carbon dioxide, methane, ...

The Australia Department of Transport and Regional Services’ Bureau of Transport and Regional Economic has released a report that examines the potential financial impacts of climate change on roadway agencies.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released its annual historical data summary for world energy production, consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions.

The U.K. Department for Transport (DfT) has released a report that examines the impacts that climate change could have on transportation and includes recommendations designed to help ready DfT to address potential impacts.

A letter from the U.S. General Accounting Office to Senators Ernest F. Hollings and John Kerry identifies likely reasons for the differences between the Energy Information Administration’s $397 billion estimated economic costs to the United States...

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that presents a portfolio of federal research and development investments in climate change technology development and deployment.

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report that describes Administration initiatives, as well as other research, development, and deployment activities taking place in the field of climate change technology.

A report released by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center explores the potential greenhouse gas benefits achievable through better integration of passenger ferries with land transportation systems, considering ferry technology and fue...

A report released by the U.S. Depa