Transportation

The Georgetown Climate Center works with state and federal officials and other stakeholders to help bridge any policy gaps that emerge between transportation and climate policy. The Center also assists states in forging ahead with the deployment of infrastructure for electric and clean fuel vehicles, freight efficiency planning, and transportation policies that reinforce the development and maintenance of sustainable communities.

One of the Center's biggest projects is the facilitation of the Transportation and Climate Initiative - a collaboration of 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states plus the District of Columbia.

BLOG | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding has the Potential to Reduce GHG Pollution from Transportation in New Jersey

Image from the NJ Dept. of Transportation Transportation accounts for more than 45 percent of New Jersey’s carbon dioxide emissions, making that sector by far the largest contributor to statewide greenhouse gas...May 10, 2023

Fact Sheet: U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization

Fact sheet developed by GCC for state officials summarizing the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation DecarbonizationApril 5, 2023

Issue Brief: States Are in the Driver’s Seat on Transportation Carbon Pollution

& By James Bradbury, Zack Subin, Ben Holland, and Ryan Levandowski How states spend federal funding could shift carbon pollution from transportation by as much as 5 percent, making it harder or easier to...March 24, 2023

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Issue Brief | Flexible Federal Funding Opportunities for State and Local Clean Transportation Investments

Executive Summary When it comes to deciding how to spend funds from federal transportation programs, state policymakers — including department of transportation (DOT) officials and state lawmakers — have a...February 23, 2023

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Issue Brief | States have flexibility to invest federal highway funds in climate-smart transportation

The U.S. has seen a historic influx of federal funding for improving America's transportation systems, especially through the $1.2 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). In a new issue brief, “Flexible Federal...February 21, 2023

One Year Later: GCC reflects on the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

This article was originally posted as a Twitter thread @Climate_Center. Today marks one year since President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...November 15, 2022

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Transportation Agencies from 10 States and D.C. Voice Support for Federal Proposal to Track Greenhouse Gas Emissions from National Highways

States Across the Country Say Proposed Performance Measure Can Help Reduce Pollution, Improve Resilience of National Highway System October 13, 2022 — In joint comments submitted to the U.S. Department of...October 13, 2022

Driving Resilience: How the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act can support widespread climate resilience

Resilience is integrated throughout sections of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (H.R. 3684, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) and includes programs that can help alleviate the...August 11, 2022

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Statement from the Georgetown Climate Center on FHWA's Proposed GHG Performance Measure

This morning, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, released a proposed rule to guide states and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in measuring and...July 7, 2022

8 Ways US States and Cities Can Create a National EV Charging Network

By: Devashree Saha (Word Resources Institute), Matthew Goetz (GCC), Dan Lashof (World Resources Institute), Franz Litz (Litz Strategies) Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise in the United States. The Biden...June 23, 2022