Equity Assessment of Transportation Should Incorporate Materials, Supply Chains, and Targeted Mitigation Policies

Fiona PhD Greer, Ahmad Bin Thaneya, Joshua PhD Apte, Jasenka PhD Rakas and Arpad PhD Horvath

Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley

Abstract: California must build, operate, and maintain transportation infrastructure while ensuring that the health of communities and the planet are not compromised. In addition to vehicleemissions, supply chain inputs and energy use from constructing and maintaining transportation projects (e.g., roads, airports, bridges) result in pollution that contributes to climate change and impacts the health of local communities. Project-specific air and noise pollution can further burden vulnerable populations. By assessing transportation projects using a life-cycle perspective, all relevant emission sources and activities from raw material production, supply chain logistics, construction, operation, maintenance, and end-of-life phases of a project can be analyzed and mitigated.

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Date: 2024-11-18
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