CalEPA Studies Float Policies To Cut Transport Sector Emissions By 2045

CalEPA has released two studies that suggest scores of new and expanded policies for the state to eliminate transportation-sector emissions by 2045, including boosting purchases of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV), increasing deployment of truck-charging infrastructure and using low-carbon fuels while reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and fossil fuel demand. CalEPA contracted with the University of California’s Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) and the University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) to conduct the studies. “Both look at greenhouse gas emission impacts of specific...