Jim Durrett's keynote address - Pace Awards 2011

Connecting The Dotsand Learning From Others

Energy – Transportation – Climate Change – Sustainability

Judge Doom (JD): Several months ago I had the good providence to stumble upon the plan of the City Council - a construction plan of epic proportions. They are calling it a Freeway.

Eddie Valiant (EV): Freeway? What the hell is a Freeway?JD: Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth,

safe, fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past. EV: So that’s why you killed Acme Maroon? For this Freeway? I don’t get it!JD: Of course not, you lack vision. I see a place where people get on and off

the freeway. On and off, off and on, all day, all night. Soon, where Toontownonce stood, will be a string of gas-stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food, tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see. My god, it’ll be beautiful!

EV: C’mon. Nobody is gonna drive on this lousy freeway, when they can take the Redcar for a nickel.

JD: They’ll drive, they’ll have to. You see, I bought the Redcar, so that I could dismantle it.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Vehicle Miles Traveled Trend-lines

Obesity Trend-lines

Total Energy Consumption per Capita, 2005

Source: Energy Information Administration

Germany178 MBTUs

China31 MBTUsUSA

340 MBTUs

India14 MBTUs

USAGermanyChinaIndia

Energy Consumption by Sector, 2005

Source: World Resources Institute

High-Rise Low-Rise

Number of bldgs 1 10

Average floor size 30,612 sf 36,000 sf

Area of roof 88,000 sf 375,000 sf

Area of ext wall 343,000 sf 385,000 sf

Area of parking 0 sf 1,837,500 sf

Energy Consumption: Low-Rise Office Parkvs. Tall Urban Building with Transit

BTU

s (1

,000

,000

)

Commute: 41,000 BTU/sqft-yr

Commute:210,000 BTU/sqft-yr

Low-rise SuburbanHigh-rise Urban

• 30 mi. round trip • Diesel Bus, 4 mpg, 20 passengers• 300 sq.ft./person, 252 days/year

• 30 mi. round trip • Private Car, 15 mpg, 1 passenger• 300 sq.ft./person, 252 days/year

Energy Consumption: Low-Rise Office Park vs. Tall Urban Building

8,637

3,341

Transportation

Building Operations

Materials

Low DensityAuto - Oriented

High DensityTransit - Oriented

GHG Per Person: Kg CO2e (Carbon dioxide equivalent) per year

Source: Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Norman, March 2006

San Francisco: Carbon Footprint Analysis

SF CO2e per Passenger Mile

Modal Analysis: Bike – Walk – Transit: Most Efficient

0 60 125 180 250 375 gm/km

0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1 1¼ lb/mile

Large SUV/Truck

Compact vehicle: Gasoline

Hybrid/Electric

Electric (fossil fuels generation)

Electric (renewable generation)

Bio-fuel

CO2 By Vehicle Propulsion Type

Vehicle Analysis: There is no carbon-neutral car

14Strategy 1: Travel Choice & Information

15Strategy 2: Demand Pricing

16Strategy 3: Transit-Oriented Development

17Strategy 4: Transit Improvements

18Strategy 5: Complete Streets

19Strategy 6: Electric Vehicles Infrastructure

APTA Climate Change Standards Working Group

Transit helps others reach carbon reduction goals

Chicago RTA displaces 5.5x the emissions it produces

Total: 2.3 million metric tons

Revenue Fleet Fuel -Traction

Electricity-Traction

Non-Revenue Fleet -Traction

Heating - Non-traction

Electricity - Non-traction

New York MTA GHG Emissions, 2009

Transit Effect Multiplier = 8.24

For every unit of GHG that the MTA emits

it helps avoid 8.24 units.

In the net it helps avoid about 17million metric tons

@ $30 / ton ~ 500 million

Currently un-recognized and un-compensated

Policy Shift: Region of Sustainable Mobility Choices

Transportation Investment Act of 2010

• Ten-year, one-penny regional sales tax for transportation

• 10-county region

• $7.22 billion in 2011 dollars

• $6.14 for specific projects (85%)

• 55% for transit

• $1.08 billion split among jurisdictions (15%)

Key Points

• This is about jobs and the economy

• This is about quality of life

• The process is open, transparent

• Accountability – oversight and reporting

• Balance – all modes benefit

• 100% of taxes collected will be spent here

Connecting The Dotsand Learning From Others

Energy – Transportation – Climate Change – Sustainability