Modeling the Global Annual Carbon Footprint for the Transportation Sector and a Path to Sustainability

The transportation industry’s transition to carbon neutrality is essential for addressing sustainability concerns. This study details a model calculating the footprint of sector as it progresses towards neutrality. aims support policymakers in estimating potential impact various decisions regarding technology and infrastructure. It accounts energy demand, technological advancements, infrastructure upgrades they relate each market: passenger vehicles, commercial aircraft, watercraft, trains. A roadmap underlies this model, outlining anticipated advancements batteries, hydrogen storage, biofuels, renewable grid electricity, capture sequestration. By demand technologies that comprise market, estimates emissions. Results indicate based on roadmap, can be achieved by 2070 sector. Furthermore, found still with slippage development schedule; however, delays updates will delay neutrality, while resulting substantial increase cumulative