Transportation

Overview


Black Rock City's Transportation Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases Emissions Are the Largest of All Sources 

Fossil fuels burning vehicles and aircraft emissions include greenhouse gases that cause global warming and air pollutants that harm human health.

Greenhouse Gases

Harmful Air Pollution

Our Collective Purpose

Our purpose is to create radical solutions for moving people, housing, equipment, and supplies to and from Black Rock City efficiently, economically, and ecologically.

Vision: Our Dreams for BRC 2030

BLAST Ideal: Camps reduce the environmental impact of their travel and equipment transportation as much as possible, and offset the impact they do have through supporting regenerative activities in the default world.

Mission: How We'll Get There

BLAST Focus: Reducing and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions due to travel, to and from the event.

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Ways to Get Started

Radical Transportation? Buses! by Scott Williams

This analysis shows the most efficient and least efficient types of vehicles used for transporting passengers 

Full occupancy motorcoaches are the most efficient type of fossil fuels burning transportation followed by Class B motorhomes and the most fuel-efficient sedans and SUVs. All other types of vehicles and airplanes are the least efficient. 

Actually, You Can - Lessons From 3 Years Of Hauling With Electric Vehicles For Burning Man by Matthew Gerring

Looking to cut your carbon emissions for Burning Man this year? Here’s some great news — electric vehicles are capable, today, of hauling big art projects and heavy camp infrastructure to Black Rock City. 

Driving CO2e Emissions Estimater by Tim Barry (AKA Frog)

Have you had enough?  Ready to help our people and our planet?

Well then, just how much CO2e are you emitting?

If you fill in this BLAST calculation, your camp will meet the Baseline credit for Transport: 

"Transport - does your camp track the environmental footprint of personal travel and equipment transport to and from playa?"

E-Bikes and E-Scooters Safety

Electric bicycles and electric scooters, or e-bikes and e-scooters, are more popular than ever. These devices give riders a lower-cost and environmentally friendly way of getting around. But, unknown to many users, the batteries that power e-bikes and e-scooters have also been known to catch on fire and cause explosions.

E-Bikes and E-Scooters Safety Tips

Curious About How Much Your Air Travel Produces Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Use this tool to calculate and explain emissions for specific flights

The Travel Impact Model (TIM) is a transparent & continuously improving emissions estimation model that is built from public and licensable external datasets, based on the latest science. It aims to provide a single source of truth, as a public good, for calculating and presenting the climate impact of individual flight trips to passengers.

Burning Fuels Carbon Dioxide Emissions Calculator by Scott Williams

This easy-to-use calculator can help you estimate carbon dioxide emissions, or reduction of emissions, from burning gasoline, diesel, kerosene, propane, and wood.