Objectives:

As municipalities develop action plans to meet zero-emission targets, opportunities exist to reduce urban vehicle kilometres traveled (VkT). Although fleet electrification is a focus of past and current research and policy, pathways to decarbonize mobility must not focus on electrification alone. Opportunities to reduce VkT are significant enough to (a) reduce emissions, (b) reduce the immediate need for extensive private vehicle electrification, and (c) provide climate resiliency benefits while advancing other community goals.

Diversifying mobility options is expected to enhance overall community resilience and sustainability. This project will advance Canadian knowledge and tools to inform community decision-making processes to achieve net-zero objectives by investigating alternate transportation pathways.

The project:

At CREATE, we are collaborating with Action on Climate (ACT), SFU's Chris Buse, UBC's Amanda Giang, and Mahmudur Fatmi to explore urban transportation decarbonization options that are community-centred and developed. We are using extensive data from communities in the City of Burnaby and Metro Vancouver, combined with state-of-the-art modelling tools, to identify opportunities and investigate their impact on communities' resilience. Health impact analysis and environmental justice are key outputs of our mobility recommendations.

Funding agency:

NSERC Alliance Mission: Anthropogenic emission sources

Partners:

RESEARCHERS AT CREATE: