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Climate Action Implementation Plan​​
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​Transportation 2.png​​Transportation and Land Use

Sector Goals

🌥 28.2%

reduction in GHG emissions (metric tons)

🚗 5%

fewer vehicle miles traveled

🚌 190%

increase in public transit use

🔌🚘 39x

more registered electric vehicles


Click on the individual goals to see the actions and explore the vast resources for implementation 


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​TL 1: Decrease community-wide Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by 5% by 2030.


TL 2: Increase public transit commuter ridership from 2.24% to 6.5% by 2030.


TL3: Increase average po​pulation per developed acre by 4.5% by 2030 (from 6.07 to 6.35 ppl/acre).


TL 4:  Increase battery electric vehicle (BEV) use to 15% of vehicles on the road by 2030 (from approximately 2,550 vehicles to 99,000 vehicles community-wide). 


TL 5: Establish viable renewable fuels in the economy and support infrastructure expansion and fuel adoption.  Achieve 20% diesel consumption replacement by 2030.  (Renewable fuels include hydrogen, renewable diesel, and bio diesel)


TL 6: Achieve 100% conversion of gasoline passenger vehicles within local government and public fleets to EV's by 2030 (excludes law enforcement patrol).  Achieve 100% conversion of all gasoline vehicles within local government and public fleets to EV by 2040 and all diesel vehicles by 2050.


TL 7: Increase fuel efficiency of remaining combustion engine vehicles in local government and public fleets by 5% by 2030. 


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CURRENTLY IN KANE COUNTY

📉 31.7%
of community-wide GHG emissions in 2019 from transportation

🚗 4,229,958,835
Vehicle Miles Traveled in 2019

🚙 76.9%
Commuters drove alone in 2020

🚌 2.2%
Commuters use public transit

🔋 3,851
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) registered in January 2024