6 Appendix A: Index of Case Studies by Place

Arizona

• Engage automobile manufacturers as stakeholders in the EV market

Arkansas

• Offer rebates for flood mitigation projects

Arlington, VA

• Provide a density bonus for affordable housing
• Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing

Austin, TX

• Provide consumer-oriented programs to incentivize energy efficiency retrofits and appliance improvements
• Redesign bus network to prioritize ridership over coverage
• Subsidize first-mile/last-mile transportation services

Bergen, Norway

• Develop pneumatic waste collection systems

Berkeley, CA

• Create local transportation demand management ordinances

Birmingham, AL

• Provide consumer-oriented programs to incentivize energy efficiency retrofits and appliance improvements

Bogota, Colombia

• Use BRT corridors to reduce travel times on public transit

Boston, MA

• Create a fund to implement energy savings projects
• Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways
• Encourage carsharing strategies

Bridgeport, CT

• Provide training and coaching for low-income workers, rather than unemployed workers

Buffalo, NY

• Eliminate minimum parking

California

• Encourage accessory dwelling units
• Revise zoning codes in medium to large cities to facilitate upzoning
• Promote a Solar Renewable Energy Certificate program
• Provide incentives for households to install solar generation and storage, particularly for vulnerable customers
• Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management

Centennial, CO

• Subsidize first-mile/last-mile transportation services

Chicago, IL

• Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing
• Create a scholarship fund for students wishing to pursue eco-conscious careers
• Encourage mortgage refinancing
• Engage automobile manufacturers as stakeholders in the EV market

Cleveland, OH

• Offer continued training and support post-employment

Colorado

• Provide tax credits to investors in advanced industries

Columbus, OH

• Offer job creation tax credit
• Redesign bus network to prioritize ridership over coverage

Davis, CA

• Develop a shared equity program for high-density housing

Dayton, OH

• Provide training and coaching for low-income workers, rather than unemployed workers

Decatur, IL

• Develop carbon capture & storage facilities

Detroit, MI

• Promote urban gardens as a substitute for displaced ecosystem services

Dublin, CA

• Encourage mortgage refinancing

Estonia

• Provide free public transit

Georgia

• Pursue public-private partnerships for commercial development

Glendale, CA

• Use waste to produce electricity

Greenville County, SC

• Reclaim urban streams and rivers to increase groundwater absorption and filtration

Hartford, CT

• Eliminate minimum parking
• Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing

Hayward, CA

• Use waste to produce electricity

Houston, TX

• Redesign bus network to prioritize ridership over coverage
• Develop carbon capture & storage facilities

Indianapolis, IN

• Develop public employment program
• Redesign bus network to prioritize ridership over coverage

Johannesburg, South Africa

• Use BRT corridors to reduce travel times on public transit

Kansas

• Create a scholarship fund for students wishing to pursue eco-conscious careers
• Pay remote workers to move to new location

Kansas City, MO

• Provide free public transit

King County, WA

• Give carpoolers priority parking at transit stops

London, UK

• Create a fund to implement energy savings projects

Los Angeles, CA

• Provide consumer-oriented programs to incentivize energy efficiency retrofits and appliance improvements
• Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways
• Provide commercial rebates for commercial building owners to install EV charging stations

Los Angeles County, CA

• Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing

Luxembourg

• Provide free public transit

Madison, WI

• Promote permeable pavement to increase groundwater absorption

Madrid, Spain

• Ban personal vehicles from certain areas

Massachusetts

• Provide tax credits to investors in community development corporations
• Reduce vehicle speed limits

Melbourne, Australia

• Create a fund to implement energy savings projects

Menlo Park, CA

• Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways

Milwaukee, WI

• Set energy savings standards on all public buildings and provide financial and technical assistance for commercial private sector energy savings
• Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing
• Promote urban gardens as a substitute for displaced ecosystem services

Mexico City, Mexico

• Use BRT corridors to reduce travel times on public transit

Minneapolis, MN

• Revise zoning codes in medium to large cities to facilitate upzoning
• Eliminate minimum parking
• Fund economic development using tax-base sharing
• Rezone areas around transit stations and commercial corridors to allow for high-density residential development
• Reduce vehicle speed limits

Montana

• Pay remote workers to move to new location

Montgomery County, OH

• Fund economic development using tax-base sharing

Muskegon, MI

• Promote solar development in Opportunity Zones

Nebraska

• Provide tax credits to investors in advanced industries

New York City, NY

• Encourage micro-units
• Create a fund to implement energy savings projects
• Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways
• Offer continued training and support post-employment
• Offset negative externalities of traffic through tolls
• Charge for parking
• Reduce vehicle speed limits
• Promote cool surfaces to reduce heat island effect
• Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management
• Develop pneumatic waste collection systems
• Charge for waste disposal except recycling and compost

Norfolk, VA

• Promote solar development in Opportunity Zones

Oakland, CA

• Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways
• Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management

Oregon

• Revise zoning codes in medium to large cities to facilitate upzoning

Palo Alto, CA

• Implement “reach” codes which go beyond state minimum requirements for energy use in building design and construction

Paris, France

• Ban personal vehicles from certain areas

Pasadena, CA

• Create local transportation demand management ordinances
• Provide grants to income eligible residents for the replacement of high-emission cars with low-emission cars

Pennsylvania

• Provide tax credits to investors in community development corporations

Philadelphia, PA

• Offer job creation tax credit
• Reduce vehicle speed limits
• Promote urban gardens as a substitute for displaced ecosystem services

Phoenix, AZ

• Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management

Pittsburgh, PA

• Promote the use of e-scooters and dockless bicycles to reduce reliance on private cars

Port Arthur, TX

• Develop carbon capture & storage facilities

Portland, OR

• Give carpoolers priority parking at transit stops
• Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management
• Install smart streetlights

Prince George’s County, MD

• Pursue public-private partnerships for commercial development

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

• Provide commercial rebates for commercial building owners to install EV charging stations

Richmond, CA

• Provide green-oriented job training and education pathways

Sacramento, CA

• Fund economic development using tax-base sharing
• Promote cool surfaces to reduce heat island effect

San Diego, CA

• Provide training and coaching for low-income workers, rather than unemployed workers
• Install smart streetlights

San Francisco, CA

• Eliminate minimum parking
• Encourage micro-units
• Provide a density bonus for affordable housing
• Develop a shared equity program for high-density housing
• Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing
• Encourage mortgage refinancing
• Develop public employment program
• Pursue public-private partnerships for commercial development
• Create local transportation demand management ordinances
• Use BRT corridors to reduce travel times on public transit
• Promote the use of e-scooters and dockless bicycles to reduce reliance on private cars
• Charge for parking
• Ban personal vehicles from certain areas
• Promote permeable pavement to increase groundwater absorption
• Use green infrastructure to improve stormwater management

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

• Encourage carsharing strategies
• Provide grants for pollution remediation and reduction initiatives
• Provide grants to income eligible residents for the replacement of high-emission cars with low-emission cars

San Jose, CA

• Set energy savings standards on all public buildings and provide financial and technical assistance for commercial private sector energy savings
• Implement “reach” codes which go beyond state minimum requirements for energy use in building design and construction
• Reclaim urban streams and rivers to increase groundwater absorption and filtration

San Mateo County, CA

• Match homeowners with vacant spaces with individuals looking for affordable housing

Santa Clara County, CA

• Match homeowners with vacant spaces with individuals looking for affordable housing

Seattle, WA

• Encourage accessory dwelling units
• Provide consumer-oriented programs to incentivize energy efficiency retrofits and appliance improvements
• Offset negative externalities of traffic through tolls
• Charge for waste disposal except recycling and compost

Seoul, South Korea

• Charge for waste disposal except recycling and compost

South Holland, IL

• Offer rebates for flood mitigation projects

St. Louis, MO

• Enable property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing

Stanford, CA

• Give carpoolers priority parking at transit stops

Stockholm, Sweden

• Offset negative externalities of traffic through tolls

Tacoma, WA

• Promote the use of e-scooters and dockless bicycles to reduce reliance on private cars

Toronto, Canada

• Create a fund to implement energy savings projects

Tulsa, OK

• Offer continued training and support post-employment
• Pay remote workers to move to new location

Tyson, VA

• Rezone areas around transit stations and commercial corridors to allow for high-density residential development

Vancouver, Canada

• Encourage micro-units

Ventura County, CA

• Provide grants for pollution remediation and reduction initiatives

Vermont

• Pay remote workers to move to new location

Washington, DC

• Promote solar development in Opportunity Zones
• Promote a Solar Renewable Energy Certificate program
• Promote the use of e-scooters and dockless bicycles to reduce reliance on private cars

Wembley Park, UK

• Develop pneumatic waste collection systems

Wisconsin

• Offer rebates for flood mitigation projects