| Local Policy Description: | Transportation
The transportation strategies outlined in Ann Arbor's Local Action Plan reduce transportation sector GHG emissions in three different ways. First, programs create incentives for individuals to find alternatives to low-occupancy transportation options, which are mainly passenger cars, and light duty trucks (both averaging less than two occupants). By encouraging people to use high-occupancy transportation options (trains, buses, and carpools) the impact of GHG emissions is divided among each occupant by encouraging high-occupancy transportation options (trains, buses, carpools, etc.), the greater the occupancy, the lower the GHG emissions per occupant. The second type of program encourages people to use less carbon intensive fuel sources, or alternatives to conventional fuels that have no direct GHG emissions. Examples of these types of programs include the transition toward NG powered vehicles or encouragement of bicycle use. The third type of program encourages participants to simply consume less fuel. For example, driving a car fewer miles per year or purchasing an HEV will decrease GHG emissions by reducing the amount of gasoline expended. All three strategies result in either a reduction in the number of vehicle miles traveled, or a reduction in the quantity of fuel consumed.
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