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5 Public Transportation's Greenhouse Gas Impacts in Context Transportation is a major source of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are causing climate change.
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6 An Update on Public Transportation's Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Public Transportation's GHG Reduction Actions Technology, Fuels, and Operations TCRP publications such as TCRP Synthesis 130: Battery Electric Buses -- State of the Practice provide a catalog of information for transit agency efficiency, energy savings, and emissions reductions (Hanlin et al.
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Public Transportation's Greenhouse Gas Impacts in Context 7 Protocol [World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and World Resources Institute (WRI)
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8 An Update on Public Transportation's Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Even transit agencies without a specific climate target may be improving their fuel economy to reduce costs. Many service and operations improvements that transit agencies undertake to reduce costs or improve reliability also generate carbon savings, such as asset mainte nance that keeps vehicle operating at maximum efficiency and transit traffic prioritization that reduces idling.
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