The Carbon-Free Regions Handbook: Mobility

The Carbon-Free Regions Handbook: Mobility is a guide by RMI that outlines strategic actions for regional governments to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation, which currently accounts for 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

• Regional governments are encouraged to focus on enabling cities to invest in better mobility options and creating interconnections that integrate these services across municipal boundaries.
• To improve electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, the guide recommends using funding, building codes, public-private partnerships for third-party ownership, increasing capacity for growth, and public engagement.
• Fleet electrification can be facilitated through targeted public policies, tax credits, charging infrastructure, and emissions reduction requirements, specifically targeting police, carsharing, and taxi fleets.
• Clean vehicle manufacturing can be driven by establishing air-quality standards, low-carbon fuel standards, and zero-emission vehicle standards.
• Freight delivery efficiency can be improved by adopting market-based congestion mitigation, building efficient links between national, regional, and urban logistics networks, setting efficiency standards, and using zoning and planning to address logistics sprawl.
• Public transit support should include investing in new bus routes, donating land for terminals and stations, implementing real-time information, and promoting transit-oriented development and transportation demand management.
• Nonmotorized travel can be promoted through laws ensuring traveler safety, policies supporting multimodal transportation, and funding for pedestrian and bicycle programs.

APA

RMI (2018). The Carbon-Free Regions Handbook: Mobility. https://rmi.org/resources/carbon-free-regions-handbook-mobility/

Chicago

RMI. The Carbon-Free Regions Handbook: Mobility. 2018. https://rmi.org/resources/carbon-free-regions-handbook-mobility/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rmi2018carbonfree, author = {{RMI}}, title = {{The Carbon-Free Regions Handbook: Mobility}}, institution = {RMI}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://rmi.org/resources/carbon-free-regions-handbook-mobility/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }