Seattle's South Lake Union Streetcar began passenger service in 2007. Photo Credit: ROBERT SCHEUERMAN

Low Carbon Transportation

The overall economic vitality and social equity of a community and region depend on their pattern and quality of development and how well they are served by the transportation system. In addition, transportation sources historically have accounted for a large percentage of the air, water and climate pollution generated in most communities.

This element of the SCLA – including the Climate Leadership Academy on Low Carbon Transportation and the Climate Leadership Academy on Accelerating Bus Rapid Transit – helps communities develop and implement transportation strategies, plans, policies and practices that help sustainable communities enhance economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity.

Low Carbon Transportation Resources

  • Resource Guide

    Accelerating Bus Rapid Transit

    A compilation of case studies and best available resources intended to help local, state, regional practitioners do their jobs better by showcasing effective models and strategies for implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. Specifically, this Resource Guide provides concrete examples and references to tools that can help practitioners realize the full benefits of BRT, including striving for high standards, finding creative financing, bolstering economic development, making the case, and fostering collaboration. Produced with support from the Rockefeller Foundation.
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    Mar 26, 2012
    Cleveland, IL

  • Case Study

    The Cleveland HealthLine

    The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority developed a long-awaiting transit service along Euclid Avenue, influencing over $4.2 billion in real estate investments. the project marks a turning point in a public transit process over a half-century in the making, and demonstrates the viability of achieving a major corridor improvement at a fraction of the cost of rail.
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    Mar 26, 2012
    Cleveland, OH

  • Case Study

    The York Consortium's VivaNext Project

    A comprehensive growth management plan in Ontario's fastest growing region is setting the stage for North America's largest BRT system and new transit-oriented land use patterns.
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    Mar 26, 2012
    York, ON

  • Video

    New Thinking for a New Time

    Harriet Tregoning is the Director of the Washington, DC Office of Planning, where she works to make DC a walkable, bikeable, eminently livable, globally competitive and sustainable city.
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    Jun 8, 2011
    Washington, DC
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