GreenJobs BC - Transportation

Moving to a low GHG FREIGHT and TRANSPORTATION GREEN JOBS BC PassengER BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY transportation model... TransPORtaTION are moving in the emissions can create JOBS 10,000s of WRONG DIRECTION. 2 by reducing problems associated with traffic can improve HEALTH, the econoMYand quality of LIFE congestion and long It Fortunately, TRANSPORTATION commutes. that is gooD for the enVIRONment is GOOD for the economY. TRANSPORTATION is the single largest source of GHG emissIons in BC. 28% 38% paseline above 1990 OF ALL emissions. levels $1 m since 1990: ALMOST DOUBLED JOBS I i1 1 Heavy DUTY DIEseL almost as much carbon as gasoline trucks in 2010 MORE 2X חTHB Investments in mass transit and railways in North America create between 9 and 22 jobs per $1 million? LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS LIGHT DUTY GASOLINE (pickups and SUVS) (cars and motorcycles) vehicle manufacturing construction & maintenance trades & bus and train drivers warehouse 3 90% 90% & shipping work GHG GHG REDUCTION Investments in needed public transit and railway upgrades in BC could create REDUCTION 230,000 TO 270,000 person-YeaRs of employment GHG GHG CONGESTION An example: Policies to Traffic wasted fuel congestion costs Vancouver's reduce commut- Moving freight by rail reduces Public transit use can reduce GHG emissions by almost 90% GHG emissions by 90% or compared to moving the same more per person compared to goods with conventional fossil automobiles travelling the fuel powered trucks. economy between $400 - $628 million annually. ing distances in Portland Oregon = $2.6 billion in savings per year. GHG lost same distance? productive time 1. Canadian Urban Transit Association (2010), The Economic Impact of Transit Investment: A National Survey. 3. Thompson and Duffy (2010), Jobs, Justice, Climate: Building a Green Economy for BC. 2. See Canadian Urban Transit Association( 2010), The Economic Impact of Transit Investment: A National Survey and "Measuring Success: the Economic Impact of Transit Investment in Canada,"; Pollin, Heintz, and Garrett-Peltier (2009), The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy: How the economic stimulus program and new legislation will boost U.S. economic growth and employ- ment. Center for American Progress. 4. Joe Corteight/ CEOS for Cities (2007), "Portland's Green Dividend." CEP 2040 Moving to a low GHG FREIGHT and TRANSPORTATION GREEN JOBS BC PassengER BUILDING A GREEN ECONOMY transportation model... TransPORtaTION are moving in the emissions can create JOBS 10,000s of WRONG DIRECTION. 2 by reducing problems associated with traffic can improve HEALTH, the econoMYand quality of LIFE congestion and long It Fortunately, TRANSPORTATION commutes. that is gooD for the enVIRONment is GOOD for the economY. TRANSPORTATION is the single largest source of GHG emissIons in BC. 28% 38% paseline above 1990 OF ALL emissions. levels $1 m since 1990: ALMOST DOUBLED JOBS I i1 1 Heavy DUTY DIEseL almost as much carbon as gasoline trucks in 2010 MORE 2X חTHB Investments in mass transit and railways in North America create between 9 and 22 jobs per $1 million? LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS LIGHT DUTY GASOLINE (pickups and SUVS) (cars and motorcycles) vehicle manufacturing construction & maintenance trades & bus and train drivers warehouse 3 90% 90% & shipping work GHG GHG REDUCTION Investments in needed public transit and railway upgrades in BC could create REDUCTION 230,000 TO 270,000 person-YeaRs of employment GHG GHG CONGESTION An example: Policies to Traffic wasted fuel congestion costs Vancouver's reduce commut- Moving freight by rail reduces Public transit use can reduce GHG emissions by almost 90% GHG emissions by 90% or compared to moving the same more per person compared to goods with conventional fossil automobiles travelling the fuel powered trucks. economy between $400 - $628 million annually. ing distances in Portland Oregon = $2.6 billion in savings per year. GHG lost same distance? productive time 1. Canadian Urban Transit Association (2010), The Economic Impact of Transit Investment: A National Survey. 3. Thompson and Duffy (2010), Jobs, Justice, Climate: Building a Green Economy for BC. 2. See Canadian Urban Transit Association( 2010), The Economic Impact of Transit Investment: A National Survey and "Measuring Success: the Economic Impact of Transit Investment in Canada,"; Pollin, Heintz, and Garrett-Peltier (2009), The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy: How the economic stimulus program and new legislation will boost U.S. economic growth and employ- ment. Center for American Progress. 4. Joe Corteight/ CEOS for Cities (2007), "Portland's Green Dividend." CEP 2040