Date of Completion
2022
Document Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Environmental Studies
Thesis Type
Honors College, Environmental Studies Electronic Thesis
First Advisor
Victor Izzo
Second Advisor
Beverley Wemple
Third Advisor
Emily Anderson
Keywords
carbon emissions, GIS, sustainable transportation, rural, urban sprawl, Vermont
Abstract
Vermont’s transportation emissions per capita are greater than the United States’ transportation emissions due to Vermont’s rural nature combined with urban sprawl. Using a Chittenden Area Transportation Management Association (CATMA) survey of the University of Vermont’s (UVM) faculty and staff’s transportation trends as a case study, I explore the theoretical changes in carbon emissions as people currently driving alone switch to a sustainable mode. Utilizing more sustainable transportation methods is essential to reducing carbon emissions enough to mitigate our current impact and reach 2030 emissions goals of both UVM and Vermont. While switching to a sustainable mode and reducing emissions is viable for most, a small subset who are unable to switch produces more than half of carbon emissions in the dataset. This issue goes beyond public transportation availability to state and city planning as well as personal motivations and other outside factors.
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Recommended Citation
Enns, Kathleen, "Case Study: University of Vermont Faculty and Staff Transportation Modes and Carbon Emissions" (2022). UVM Honors College Senior Theses. 463.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/463
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