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The Role of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in Climate Change Mitigation

Additional Resources

Tools and Resources

Through the peer exchange discussions, FHWA and MPOs presented on tools and specific methodologies, programs, or other reports of interest to those in the rest of the group. Several MPO participants mentioned publications available that they prepared for their regions. Note that several of the websites listed below provide links to a variety of plans and other reports that may be of interest, for example:

FHWA Resources:

• FHWA Climate Change Website: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/
• Energy and Emissions Reduction Policy Analysis Tool (EERPAT): http://www.planning.dot.gov/FHWA_tool/default.asp
• Reference Sourcebook for Reducing GHG Emissions from Transportation Sources: http://www.planning.dot.gov/FHWA_tool/reference_sourcebook.pdf
• Sustainable Highways Self Evaluation Tool (INVEST): http://www.sustainablehighways.org/
• FHWA Risk Assessment Model and Pilot Testing: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/ongoing_and_current_research/vulnerability_assessment_pilots/
• Handbook on GHG analysis and Incorporation into the Transportation Planning Process: forthcoming.

State and MPO Resources:

• California Interregional Blueprint project information: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/californiainterregionalblueprint/
• Central Lane MPO Regional GHG Inventory: http://www.thempo.org/what_we_do/greenhouse.cfm
• Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency: http://www.chcrpa.org/TPO_reorganized/TPO_Air_Quality_and_Congestion.htm
• CMAP GO TO 2040 Regional Plan: http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/2040/main
• H-GAC Foresight Panel on Environmental Effects Report: http://www.h-gac.com/community/environmental-stewardship/fpee/default.aspx
• MARC Clean Air Action Plan: http://www.marc.org/environment/airq/clean-air-action.htm
• Maryland GHG Reduction Act Statewide Implementation Plan: http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Air/ClimateChange/Pages/Air/climatechange/index.aspx
• GHG Modeling & Analysis Tools, Report by theOregon Sustainable Transportation Initiative providing information on the primary models used within the state: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TP/docs/Toolkit/ModelAnalysisTool.pdf
• Portland Metro's Climate Smart Communities Scenarios Project Understanding our Land Use and Transportation Choices: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id/36945
• Sacramento Area Council of Governments Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy: http://www.sacog.org/2035/mtpscs/
• SANDAG 2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), available for download at: http://www.sandag.org/index.asp?projectid=349&fuseaction=projects.detail
• SCAG 2012-2035 RTP, available for download at: http://rtpscs.scag.ca.gov.