The West Coast Green Highway Initiative: Cross-Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Transportation Solutions Along Interstate 5

摘要

Transportation accounts for 27 percent of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nationwide (7). In Washington State, how ever, transportation is responsible for nearly half-47 percent-of all GHG emissions and is the largest source of emissions among the sectors of the economy. In 2009, the state legislature passed ambitious GHG reduction goals.