Vancouver Zero-Emission Freight Study
TYLin worked with the City of Vancouver and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group to develop a strategy to leverage its existing regulatory powers along the curb to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission freight (ZEF).
The City of Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia have established ambitious goals aimed at reducing GHG emissions and air pollution from freight and goods delivery. Accelerating the transition from internal combustion engine (ICE) delivery vehicles to zero-emission vehicles is essential to meeting climate goals and is also an important mechanism to improve public health and address environmental injustices. As part of the project, TYLin conducted a detailed review of the policy context in Vancouver and examined actions peer cities are undertaking to support ZEF. Hearing from businesses and logistics stakeholders was also a key objective of the project, and the TYLin team conducted interviews with key stakeholders and developed, distributed, and analyzed a survey of businesses. These components were used to identify options for new regularly mechanisms that could incentivize the use of ZEF.
To understand the impacts of different policy and regulatory structures, TYLin modeled changes in greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, private sector costs and savings, and city program administration costs resulting from different alternatives. Using the findings from the analysis, TYLin worked closely with city staff to develop an optimal set of policy and regulatory changes and strategies to support small businesses and businesses owned by women and people from marginalized groups adapting to the new structure.