Climate and Energy Action Plan (CEAP)

City of Ashland – Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2011 – 2015) 15 Transportation Local, on-road transportation of passengers is Ashland’s leading source of transportation-related emissions. These emissions originate from residential-owned passenger cars and trucks and which primarily use gasoline (E10) and relatively small quantities of diesel (B5). Roughly half of these emissions are the result of trips inside the City’s boundaries, while the remaining half originate inside the City’s boundaries, but have a destination outside the City. The next largest source is air travel by Ashland households. While Ashland does have a small airport, the majority of these emissions are from plans departing from airports outside of the Ashland community. Commercial freight vehicles are the next largest source of emissions. These vehicles include local freight, restaurant delivery, and service providers such as electricians, plumbers, etc. Off-road vehicles and equipment represent about 3% of transportation emissions for local construction. Heavy-duty freight vehicles operating within the City limits represent only 1% of transportation-related emissions. The majority of long-distance freight emissions are accounted for within the consumption-based emissions for the Goods and Services consumed by Ashland households. It is acknowledged that Ashland is one of Oregon’s premier tourist destinations and that travel-related emissions may be significant relative to Ashland’s other emissions sources. That said, data is not readily available to calculate or scale these emissions, and this emissions source falls outside the boundaries of Community GHG Inventory. Figure 11: Distribution of On-Road transport emissions, by vehicle category, as estimated by RSPM. Residen'al*On,Road**72%*Commercial**6%*Heavy,Duty*Freight*1%*Off,Road*Equipment*3%*Residen'al**Air,Travel*18%*Transit*0.2%*