REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC

The document details the financial and environmental impacts of transitioning to clean transportation in New York. It estimates that by 2050, cumulative investments of nearly $218 billion in electrification, efficiency, and low-carbon fuels will yield a net benefit of $80.5 billion, primarily driven by fuel savings and avoided environmental costs.

• Implementing clean vehicle and fuel technologies in New York is projected to result in a cumulative net benefit of $80.5 billion by 2050, with total investments of nearly $218 billion generating almost $300 billion in returns.
• The largest investment cost by 2050 is attributed to electricity generation and storage, while the largest single benefit is fuel savings, which are estimated to be twice the amount of the electricity generation and storage costs.
• By 2050, New York's transition to clean transportation is expected to avoid more than 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions and reduce fossil-based liquid fuel use by over 63 billion gallons.
• The transition is projected to improve local air quality by 2050 through the reduction of NOx by 159.1 thousand metric tons and PM2.5 by 4.4 thousand metric tons.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2019). REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2019/02/Cost-and-Benefits-of-Clean-Transportation-NY.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC. 2019. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2019/02/Cost-and-Benefits-of-Clean-Transportation-NY.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2019reducing, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2019/02/Cost-and-Benefits-of-Clean-Transportation-NY.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }