<p>(Same as Urban Planning M258.) Lecture, three hours. How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. Critical analysis of policies to improve fuel economy, promote electric vehicles, and reduce vehicle travel. History and legal frameworks of environmental regulation. Analytical methods to quantify carbon emissions and estimate emission reductions. Focus on climate change, but consideration of other environmental consequences of transportation, from air pollution to stormwater runoff. Letter grading.</p>

Public Policy

At the convergence of social work, urban planning, and policymaking, the school identifies and develops emerging areas of research and teaching, cultivating leaders and change agents who advance solutions to society’s most pressing problems.

Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs

The department’s goal is to foster an understanding of the theory and practice of public policy in the many fields in which it applies.

General Catalog

Transportation and Climate Change

PUB PLC M223

4 units