SESSION: SUSTAINABILITY & METRICS Green DOT Success Nedd Codd, Assistant Secretary, GreenDOT...
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SESSION: SUSTAINABILITY & METRICS Green DOT Success Nedd Codd, Assistant Secretary, GreenDOT GreenDOT is MassDOT’s comprehensive environmental responsibility and sustainability initiative, which entails integrating sustainability principles into all aspects of the way that we plan, design, build and operate our state transportation system. The genesis of GreenDOT is in the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act, the 2008 law that requires a 25% reduction in Massachusetts greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020, and an 80% reduction by 2050. These are legally-enforceable, economy-wide reductions; in Massachusetts the transportation sector generates more than one-third of the total greenhouse gas emissions produced in Massachusetts. And unlike other sectors, in which energy efficiency gains have helped to cut down on demand for electricity, heating, and cooling, greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector have continued to rise along with auto travel. The GreenDOT Policy and its related initiatives are intended to promote sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the way that we operate as an agency, and also in the way that travelers use our system. And to achieve GreenDOT’s vision, we have set a goal of tripling the amount of travel by public transit, walking and biking by 2030. Ned Codd is the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Assistant Secretary for GreenDOT, the department’s comprehensive sustainability policy. In this role, Ned is responsible for implementing policy initiatives and coordinating activities across MassDOT in pursuit of GreenDOT’s three core goals: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to promote the healthy transportation modes of walking, bicycling, and public transit; and to support smart growth development. Prior to serving as Assistant Secretary for GreenDOT, Ned worked at MassDOT’s Office of Transportation Planning for over eight years, and before that worked as a transportation planner in the private sector and for the City of Boston. Throughout his career, Ned has focused on a broad range of multi-modal transportation planning issues. Mr. Codd has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and Architecture from Princeton University, a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a master’s of business administration from Northeastern University. Mr. Codd is a registered Professional Engineer in the
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SESSION: SUSTAINABILITY & METRICS
Green DOT Success
Nedd Codd, Assistant Secretary, GreenDOT
GreenDOT is MassDOT’s comprehensive environmental responsibility and sustainability initiative, which entails integrating sustainability principles into all aspects of the way that we plan, design, build and operate our state transportation system. The genesis of GreenDOT is in the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act, the 2008 law that requires a 25% reduction in Massachusetts greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2020, and an 80% reduction by 2050. These are legally-enforceable, economy-wide reductions; in Massachusetts the transportation sector generates more than one-third of the total greenhouse gas emissions produced in Massachusetts. And unlike other sectors, in which energy efficiency gains have helped to cut down on demand for electricity, heating, and cooling, greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector have continued to rise along with auto travel. The GreenDOT Policy and its related initiatives are intended to promote sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the way that we operate as an agency, and also in the way that travelers use our system. And to achieve GreenDOT’s vision, we have set a goal of tripling the amount of travel by public transit, walking and biking by 2030.
Ned Codd is the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Assistant Secretary for GreenDOT, the department’s comprehensive sustainability policy. In this role, Ned is responsible for implementing policy initiatives and coordinating activities across MassDOT in pursuit of GreenDOT’s three core goals: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to promote the healthy transportation modes of walking, bicycling, and public transit; and to support smart growth development. Prior to serving as Assistant Secretary for GreenDOT, Ned worked at MassDOT’s Office of Transportation Planning for over eight years, and before that worked as a transportation planner in the private sector and for the City of Boston. Throughout his career, Ned has focused on a broad range of multi-modal transportation planning issues. Mr. Codd has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and Architecture from Princeton University, a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a master’s of business administration from Northeastern University. Mr. Codd is a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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GreenDOT Policy
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Transportation Research Board
Workshop on Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
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Background and Policy Context
GreenDOT Policy Development
GreenDOT Implementation Plan
Status of GreenDOT Tasks and Initiatives
Next Steps
Questions and Discussion
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GreenDOT Policy Development and Implementation
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2006 Complete Streets Policy
2007Leading by Example Executive Order
2008 Global Warming Solutions Act
2009 Transportation Reform Law Healthy Transportation Compact
2010 GreenDOT Sustainability Policy
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Background and Policy Context for GreenDOT
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Complete Streets Design Approach
Established by Project Development and Design Guide in 2006
Design to accommodate all roadway users: pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit riders, and motor vehicles
Design the roadway “from the outside in”
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Leading by Example, 2007
Executive Order 484 calls for the Commonwealth of MA to “lead by example” in clean energy & building efficiencyPartnership among EEA, DOER, DCAMM, ANF
Sets GHG and energy reduction targets for state agenciesGreener energy sources: renewable electricity generation, biofuelMeet MA LEED-plus standards for new building, rehab projects
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Global Warming Solutions Act, 2008
Chapter 298 of the Acts of 2008: The Climate Protection & Green Economy ActRequires Massachusetts to reduce economy-wide GHG emissions:
25% reduction below 1990 level by 2020 80% reduction below 1990 level by 2050
Transportation accounts for 35-40% of MA’s GHG emissions
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Transportation Reform, 2009
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Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2009 created Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Consolidation of disparate transportation agencies
Focused on customer service, leading the nation in innovative transportationCreation of one unified, multi-modal transportation agency dedicated to moving people, while also promoting economic development, environmental sustainability, and quality of life
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Healthy Transportation Compact, 2009
Created by 2009 Transportation Reform LawCo-Chair Secretary of TransportationCo-Chair Secretary of Health and Human ServicesSecretary of Energy and Environmental AffairsMassDOT Highway AdministratorMassDOT Transit AdministratorCommissioner of Public Health
Improve public health through the coordination of land use, transportation and public health policySupporting programs and policies
Mass in MotionWellness GrantsLeading by Example
Safe Routes to SchoolCMAQ, TE, TAP
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GreenDOT Policy, 2010VisionThe Massachusetts Department of Transportation will be a national leader in promoting sustainability in the transportation sector. Through the full range of our activities, from strategic planning to construction and system operations, MassDOT will promote sustainable economic development, protect the natural environment, and enhance the quality of life for all of the Commonwealth’s residents and visitors. This will enable MassDOT to use resources in a manner that serves its existing customers while preserving our resources for future generations.
GoalsReduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissionsPromote the healthy transportation
modes of walking, bicycling, and transitSupport smart growth development
GreenDOT Implementation Plan, 2012
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Mode Shift Goal, 2012
Triple amount of travel by walking, bicycling, and public transit by 2030
Major challenge, requiring progress on design, system capacity, education
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Mode shift by the numbers:(in passenger miles traveled)
Automobile vehicle miles traveled (VMT) have been largely flat since about 2004, in MA and nationallyKeeping VMT flat or declining is essential to achieving GWSA and GreenDOT goals
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Auto Travel Demand Trends and Projections
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Two connected plans released January 2014weMove Massachusetts (WMM) – Statewide strategic plan that utilizes multi-modal, scenario-based planning to look at long-range system outcomesThe Capital Investment Plan (CIP) – 5-year spending plan that details MassDOT’s funding sources and uses for state FY2014-2018
Explicitly integrate GreenDOT goalsSignificant expenditures on healthy transportation infrastructure
Transit expansion: Green Line Extension, South Coast Rail, South Station Expansion, Silver Line Gateway, Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) pilot, replacement subway carsShared-use path network: $150 million investment over 5 years
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Comprehensive State Transportation Plan
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Travel Choice – Education & Encouragement
MassRIDES program works with 325 employers across MANuRide online trip planning and ride-matching systemMassRIDES and partner TMAs – total of over 650 employers, with over 750,000 employeesSafe Routes to School program
625 partner schools (42% of MA schools, vs. 19% for national program)279,000 students171 communities20 infrastructure projects complete, ~20 more planned
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Efficient Roadway Operations
All Electronic Tolling (AET) projectEliminate all tollboothsFull-speed gantries read transponders or license platesTest underway on Tobin BridgeSignificant reduction in congestion, GHG emissions from traffic stopped at tollbooths
GO Time Real Time traffic information
Bluetooth-enabled real-time traffic informationProvides drivers with travel time information to key locations, as well as non-auto options (e.g. commuter rail alternative)
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Alternative Fuel Vehicles & Infrastructure
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MBTA: 28 Level II EV charging stations at park-and-rides, 10 stations for T motor poolHighway Division, EEA to install 15 EV charging stations spread around MA8-State ZEV MOU
MassDOT, EEA working on 8-state initiative to put 3,000,000 electric, fuel cell electric and plug-in vehicles on the road by 2025MA target = 300,000 in Massachusetts
MassEVIP – Incentives for municipalities – $1m+ for 115 EVs, 30 dual-head Level II charging stations, funded by CMAQMOREV – Incentives for consumers to buy ZEVs and PZEVs, funded by Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
Energy Efficiency RetrofitsMBTA lighting and mechanical energy retrofits have saved 19.7 kWh, 7.8 million pounds of CO2e, and $4.1 m since 2010MBTA 3rd rail efficiency project will significantly reduce 3rd rail power consumption for heatingAeronautics carbon-neutral airport project on NantucketHighway Division working with DCAMM, DOER on Accelerated Energy Program to audit facilities and identify retrofit opportunitiesHighway Division lighting efficiency projects, including ongoing pilot project testing different LED solutions in CA/T tunnels
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Renewable Energy InstallationsMBTA Orient Heights Station opened in Dec 2013 – 100kw of solar PVs on station canopies, permeable surfaces, VOC-free Paint, water reclamation, green roof, energy efficient HVAC & lightingMBTA pursuing two solar PV installations – 2.3mW at Readville Yard, 230 kW at Wonderland Parking GarageAeronautics – 5 mW project at Barnstable Airport Highway Division 700 kW solar PVs on I-91 in HatfieldMBTA completing final design of 600 kW wind turbine in Bridgewater along commuter rail right of way, in addition to 1000 kW turbine in Kingston
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Climate Change AdaptationClimate Change Adaptation
Each point in this grid contains water elevation data obtained from computer simulations of current and future flood events to predict future sea level rise and storm intensities.
MassDOT-FHWA Pilot Project: Climate Change and Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Options of the Central Artery
Highway Division working on climate adaptation plan in downtown BostonMBTA pursuing federal climate change adaptation fundingMassDOT to undertake statewide adaptation plan
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Coordination with MassDOT divisions on GreenDOT tasks, reportingGreenDOT Performance Management
Tracking of Implementation Plan tasksDevelopment of key outcome-based performance measures
Greenhouse gas impactsProgress on Mode Shift GoalSafety, health, quality of life
Evaluation and reporting
External communication and coordinationGreenDOT Advisory GroupCoordination on overall GWSA implementationOutreach to other organizations, general public
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Key Issues and Next Steps
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Thank You!
Discussion
Ned CoddAssistant Secretary for GreenDOTMassachusetts Department of [email protected]
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