Quantifying Transit’s Impact on GHG Emissions and Energy Useâ€"The Land Use Component

Abstract

This report analytically examines the complex interrelationships between transit and land use patterns to better understand their contribution to compact development and the resulting greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction benefits. The report is accompanied by an Excel-based sketch-modeling tool (“calculator tool”) that applies the research findings. The calculator tool estimates the land use benefits of existing or planned transit projects with a minimum amount of input data required. The report presents transit’s impact on GHG emissions and energy use, including both the ridership effects and the land use effects; introduces and provides a user’s guide to the calculator tool; identifies future research; and includes two technical appendices pertaining to the use of statistical models in this research. This research will be useful to transit agencies, planners, modelers, and researchers seeking to better understand and to quantify the impacts of transit service on compact development, energy use, and air quality in urbanized areas.

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