Community-based alternative urban transportation decarbonization pathways and co-benefits for climate resilience, air quality, health, and equity

基于社区的替代城市交通脱碳途径以及对气候适应力、空气质量、健康和公平的共同效益

• 批准号: 577085-2022
• 负责人: Hosseini, VahidV
• 金额: $ 29.83万
• 依托单位: Simon Fraser University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=765831
• 关键词: Community; based; alternative; urban; transportation

As municipalities develop action plans to meet zero-emission targets, opportunities exist to reduce urban vehicle kilometres travelled (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 are 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. This research will develop an integrated environmental assessment tool to support community-based transportation plans that aim to (a) achieve zero-emission objectives based on smarter more active mobility options and (b) incorporate climate-oriented planning from a resilience, health, and livability perspective, and (c) showcase equitable benefits of decarbonization investment. The interdisciplinary team of researchers from mechanical engineering, earth and atmospheric science, civil engineering, public policy, urban planning, and environmental health will contribute to developing elements of the integrated modelling system. The research will address critical knowledge gaps in community planning and design for the interconnectivity of and trade-offs between emerging vehicle technologies, diverse transportation modes, emissions reduction targets, atmospheric chemical reactions, infrastructure and service resilience under a rapidly changing climate, and aim to identify co-benefits in terms of reduced health impacts, air pollution exposure disparities, and overall increased livability. This research answer the question: What can Canadian communities do to dramatically reduce the transportation emissions, crucial for achieving net-zero targets by 2050, build resilience in the sector and community, and advance additional community health and livability benefits?

随着市政当局制定行动计划以实现零排放目标，存在着减少城市车辆行驶里程(VkT)的机会。尽管舰队电气化是过去和现在研究和政策的重点，但机动性脱碳的途径不能只关注电气化。减少VkT的机会足以(A)减少排放，(B)减少对广泛的私家车电气化的迫切需求，(C)在推进其他社区目标的同时，提供气候适应能力的好处。多样化的移动选择预计将增强社区的整体复原力和可持续性。该项目将促进加拿大的知识和工具，为社区决策进程提供信息，通过调查替代运输路径实现净零目标。这项研究将开发一种综合环境评估工具，以支持以社区为基础的交通计划，这些计划旨在：(A)基于更智能、更积极的机动性选择实现零排放目标，(B)从弹性、健康和宜居性的角度纳入气候导向规划，以及(C)展示脱碳投资的公平好处。来自机械工程、地球和大气科学、土木工程、公共政策、城市规划和环境健康的跨学科研究小组将为开发综合模拟系统的要素作出贡献。这项研究将解决社区规划和设计方面的关键知识差距，以实现新兴车辆技术、不同交通方式、减排目标、大气化学反应、基础设施和服务在快速变化的气候下的互联互通和权衡，并旨在确定在减少对健康的影响、空气污染暴露差异和总体宜居性方面的共同好处。这项研究回答了这样一个问题：加拿大社区可以做些什么来大幅减少交通排放，这对到2050年实现净零目标至关重要，在行业和社区建立弹性，并促进更多的社区健康和宜居利益？