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Cutting Employer's Transportation Footprints
2008-04-09 20:56:09 UTC
As part of a Carbon + TDM best practices project, I'm looking at how employers deal with the employee transportation component of their corporate carbon footprints. I'd appreciate answers to, or resources for, any of these questions:
*How much of a typical downtown/office business' carbon footprint is from employee commuting?
*What methods are employers using to track their carbon footprints that captures employee commuting?
*What climate messages are employers using to encourage employees to reduce their transportation footprints?
*What voluntary "best practices" are employers using to cut their employees' transportation footprints?
*Is anyone working on a LEED-style rating system for employer transportation policies and practices?
Thanks for your help,
Peter Hurley
Project Manager
Portland Office of Transportation
1120 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 800
Portland, OR 97204
503.823.5007
503.823.7576
[email protected]
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Re: Interesting NY Times Article
2008-03-22 08:38:33 UTC
Any thoughts on why people are less likely to recycle & turn off lights @ work?
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Climate + TDM Best Practices
2008-03-12 21:09:41 UTC
PDOT is developing a "Climate + TDM (Transportation Demand Management) Best Practices" white paper. We've divided the work into five major sections. The first three are:
*educating businesses and residents about the basics of climate and impacts of transportation decisions (Why care about climate change? How much of their carbon footprint is from transport? What is a carbon footprint?) Have you seen any good materials (hand-outs, short videos) on these subjects?
*Effective messaging around climate & transportation that motivates driving less
*Measuring the carbon reduction benefits of TDM (employer, residential or highway project TDM) Do you know of good resources for climate + TDM, either broadly or covering the specific questions above?
Thanks,
Peter Hurley
Project Manager
Transportation Options Division
Portland Office of Transportation
1120 SW 5th Ave, Suite 800
Portland, OR 97204
503.823.5007 o
503.823.7576 f
www.portlandtransportation.org
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