Location
New York, NY
Client
New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
Services
Strategic & Action Planning
Transportation Planning
Greenhouse Gas Analysis
Project Prioritization
Stakeholder Facilitation & Outreach
NYC 80x50 GHG Reduction Transportation Action Plan
As part of OneNYC, New York City’s sustainable development plan, the city has committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80% by 2050 across the transportation, buildings, waste, and energy supply sectors. Sam Schwartz led the transportation sector analysis for the plan.
Sam Schwartz first used a rigorous technical model to estimate vehicle and transit usage and associated emissions today and in the future. Then, through collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability (MOS), the Department of Transportation, and other stakeholders, we identified a wide range of strategies to reduce the transportation system’s emissions. Recommendations included shifting travel away from personal vehicles, creating network efficiencies to reduce congestion, and supporting a wholesale shift in vehicle technology away from fossil fuels and toward alternate energy sources.
The team facilitated a series of focus groups with stakeholders, modeled potential benefits across a dozen wide-ranging and comprehensive policy bundles, and prioritized the highest-impact strategies in an implementation action plan.
