Greenhouse gas emissions from transit investment development : programmatic assessment

PDFTech Reporthttp://ntl.bts.gov/lib/60000/60500/60507/GHG_emissions_from_transit_investment.pdfFTA Report No. 0097TF08A1Environmental impact analysisGreenhouse gasesPollutantsEstimatesEvaluation and assessmentPublic transitBus transitUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Planning and EnvironmentPoe, CarsonFilosa, GinaSarna, MayaJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Planning and EnvironmentAGR-IMPACTS-EnvironmentNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Energy and EnvironmentNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Transit Energy and EnvironmentNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Air QualityNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Environment ImpactsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThe National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires federal agencies to disclose and analyze the environmental effects of their proposed actions. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) currently believes that assessing the effects of greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions and climate change for transit projects at a programmatic level is practicable. This programmatic assessment serves to (1) report on whether certain types of proposed transit projects merit detailed analysis of their GHG emissions at the project level and (2)be a source of data and analysis for FTA and its grantees to reference in future environmental documents for projects in which detailed, project-level GHG analysis is not vital