Farm&City received the following alert from CAMPO, the Austin region’s metropolitan planning organization. This information did not seem to be available on the CAMPO website. The full email is presented below. The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) invites you to attend an open house for the 2019-2022 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and the Regional Arterials Study. …
Vehicle Miles Traveled, VMT, is a crucial measure of how much we travel, individual, by neighborhood, or across a metropolitan region, or nation. Household VMT is a huge input in our personal carbon footprint and transportation costs. Total VMT in a region is directly related to the rate of traffic fatalities. Traditionally, VMT has been regarded as …
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In 2007, the Urban Land Institute released Growing Cooler (pdf) a landmark, now highly-cited, publication on the link between climate change and transportation. It is also a basis for our work to empower communities and elected officials with better information and analysis to help build a sustainable, equitable Austin region. Carbon emissions from transportation are over …
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