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GHG reductions (1990 baseline) 47.4% 48.1% 50.2%
Community awareness No data 68% of participants
indicated that it is
essential or very
important for Palo Alto
to focus on GHGs in
the next 2 years
40% of Community
Survey respondents
indicated they were at
least slightly familiar
with the S/CAP and
80x30 goal
Climate Action
Participation in Climate Pledge No data No data 3
GHG emissions from natural
gas use in buildings
144,996 MT CO2e 146,289 MT CO2e 127,051 MT CO2e
% of single-family households
in Palo Alto with no natural gas
connections
1.2% (208 homes) 1.5% (232 homes) 2.0% (289 homes)
Energy
% of natural gas use reduction
in major facilities and City
facilities (2016 baseline)
No data 45% reduction in City
facilities
45% reduction in City
facilities
GHG emissions, vehicle travel 221,923 MT CO2e 225,387 MT CO2e 226,019 MT CO2e* % of registered vehicles in Palo
Alto that are EVs
13% 16% 19%
% of new vehicle sales in Palo
Alto that are EVs
43% 52% 55%
% of multifamily residents with
access to overnight EV charging
3% 4% 7.6%
Electric Vehicles
Gasoline sales in Palo Alto Data unavailable Data unavailable Data unavailable Total Vehicle Miles Traveled
(VMT)
575,190,655 597,735,000 601,350,463*
(preliminary estimate)
Commute mode share
(commute trips by residents
age 16 and older)
Automobile – solo driver
Automobile – carpool
Taxi, motorcycle, or other
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Walk
Work from home
46.1%
2.4%
1.7%
1.6%
9.2%
6.4%
32.6%
51.6%
3.9%
2.1%
2.3%
6.7%
5.4%
27.9%
51.5%
6.2%
1.2%
1.2%
11.0%
6.6%
27.4%
Trip mode share (all trips by all
travelers)
Automobile
Rail
Bus
Bicycle
Walk
71.7%
2.8%
1.3
5.2%
19%
79.9%
1.5%
1.3%
4.6%
12.8%
Data forthcoming*
Mobility
City employee commute
benefits participation
No data 19% 25%
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Transit ridership by adult
residents for commute trips
Transit ridership by all
travelers for all trips
The proportion of residents
within a quarter-mile
walkshed of frequent transit
Proportion of residents
covered by on-demand
transit services
1.6%
2.1%
Data unavailable
Data unavailable
2.3%
2.8%
21.9%
99.7%
1.2%
Data forthcoming*
17.6%
99%
Number and proportion of
residents within a 10-minute
walk of retail or other essential
services/land uses
Data unavailable 32,700
(48% of all 68,112
residents)
37,800
(56.2% of all 67,231
residents)
Businesses participating in
Transportation Demand
Management (TDM) programs
Data unavailable Data unavailable Data unavailable
Indoor per capita residential
water consumption (estimated)
24,171 gallons 17,537 gallons 17,927 gallons
Outdoor residential water
consumption for irrigation
(estimated)
427 million gallons 620 million gallons 662 million gallons Water consumption of
commercial customers with
irrigation meters
348 million gallons 312 million gallons 349 gallons
Amount of recycled water used
in Palo Alto
113.5 million gallons 81.05 million gallons 63.21 million gallons Water
Volume of stormwater that is
captured and reused
No data No data No data
Percent of vulnerable locations
protected from three feet of
sea level rise
No data No data No data
Percent of properties protected
from San Francisquito Creek
flooding
No data No data No data
Climate Adaptation and Sea
Level RiseProgress towards sea level rise
levee alignments
Not launched yet No data USACE feasibility study
conducted; no federal
interest in funding
large levee alignment
projects at this time
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Implementation of Foothills
Fire Management Plan
mitigation measures
Number of residential
defensive space re-
inspections that are
required
% of miles of overhead
utility line tree trimming in
Foothills completed
Total miles of electric lines
undergrounded in the City
of Palo Alto Utilities
Foothills Coverage Area
% of electric line miles
undergrounded in the City
of Palo Alto Utilities
Foothills Coverage Area
33 homes
65.73% (7.25 miles
completed)
2.94 miles
31.5%
18 homes
67.91% (7.49 miles
completed)
1.04 miles
11.2%
21 homes
54.49% (2.9 miles
completed of 5.3
total miles)
2.27 miles
24.4%
City-wide tree canopy coverage No data 26% of urbanized areas 44% including
Foothills Nature
Preserve area
Data forthcoming
Native species on City property
and in new City landscape
projects (to measure
biodiversity)
No data No new landscape
projects to report
935 individual native
plants; 22 native
species
Natural EnvironmentLand area that uses green
stormwater infrastructure to
treat urban water runoff
No data No data No data
Diversion rate 91% 91% 88%
Zero
Waste
Zero Waste Plan initiatives
implemented
No data 18 completed
15 in progress
15 remaining
18 completed
15 in progress
15 remaining
* VMT data were not available in Google Environmental Insights Explorer (Google EIE) for 2024. City staff and external experts calculated a preliminary estimate of 2024 VMT based on 2023 per capita VMT, 2024 population for passenger vehicles, and service population for commercial vehicles and buses. 2024 KPI data will be revised when 2024 Google EIE data becomes available.