Emission Factor

Commuter rail

0.1620748
kgCO2e/passenger-mile

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of commuter rail. The primary source is EPA Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Table 8 Business Travel and Employee Commuting - March 9 2018. NOTE: This dataset has been deprecated by the source.

PropertyValue
NameCommuter rail
SectorTransport
CategoryRail Travel
SourceGHG Protocol
Source DatasetGHG Emissions Calculation Tool
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.1620748kg/passenger-mile
  • CO20.161 kg/passenger-mile
  • CH40.0000081 kg/passenger-mile
  • N2O0.0000032 kg/passenger-mile
Scopes3.6, 3.7
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
passenger_train-route_type_commuter_rail-fuel_source_na
UUID
21b7854e-29ad-42f0-87ce-4918b19d152f
Code Snippet
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