Wow, we can finally make a meaningful dent in emissions, not to mention pollution. In North America, the trucks are the primary mode of goods transportation, and they, not cars, contribute the bulk of transportation emissions.
> In the chart here we see global transport emissions in 2018. This data is sourced from the International Energy Agency (IEA) [2].
> Road travel accounts for three-quarters of transport emissions.
> Most of this comes from passenger vehicles – cars and buses – which contribute 45.1%. The other 29.4% comes from trucks carrying freight.
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions-from-transport
[2] https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/transport-sec...
And that really brought home how a public transport infrastructure also massively benefits drivers. Cities without it (I'm thinking of LA specifically) are gridlocked.
As a driver you want everyone to be walking, cycling, taking the bus/trolley/tram/train/...
Why? Because you'd be alone on the road.
For example, it's more impactful to swap out 1 million trucks driving 12 hours a day than 10 million cars each being driven for less than an hour. Same as for buses, they're on the road all day long doing multiple trips.
ORLY, source?
According to epa.gov [0] light-duty vehicles constitute 57% of transportation sector GHG emissions. Medium-and Heavy-duty trucks: 26%
[0] https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fast-facts-transportation-...
Light duty: < 10,000 lbs.
Medium duty: 10,000-26,000 lbs.
Heavy duty: > 26,000 lbs.
Light duty covers most of the 10-20' UPS/Fedex/whatever trucks for last mile urban delivery which is far less efficient than delivery to a warehouse. Without more data on fuel consumption by gross weight, it's impossible to separate industrial delivery from personal travel/commuting.
Do you have any better sources backing your UPS/Fedex/Whatever light-duty claim than the random results I find in ddg searches?
The way you make a dent in emissions is by increasing public transit for the public side of things, and making more freight trains so that your trucks only need to drive 50 miles, not 2000.
Umm this is incorrect. The primary mode of goods transportation is freight trains.