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3 Policy Fixes That Could Dramatically Reduce Transportation Emissions
Changing tailpipe emissions is just one avenue to reduce carbon from transportation. Changing the amount people drive is another - and it can have a powerful effect.
December 8, 2017
U.S. DOT Gets Swept Up in Trump’s Climate Denial Binge
You have until November 6 to urge U.S. DOT to preserve climate accountability in transportation policy.
October 17, 2017
Nine States Sue Trump Administration for Blocking Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
Presidents don't get to pick and choose which federal rules they comply with.
September 25, 2017
De Blasio’s No Leader on Transportation and Climate
The mayor's strategy on climate policy lacks an essential quality of leadership: courage.
September 18, 2017
How Houston’s Sprawl Makes It Harder to Cope With Storms Like Harvey
While any city would be overwhelmed by so much rain in so little time, land use in the Houston region has made a difficult situation worse.
August 28, 2017
Trump Administration Trying to Snuff Out Climate Progress at U.S. DOT
The White House is trying to squash assessments of how transportation projects affect carbon pollution. NRDC, Clean Air Carolina, and U.S. PIRG are suing the administration to ensure these climate impacts are publicly disclosed.
August 3, 2017
It’s More Than “Cheap Symbolism” When the Mayor Rides Transit
De Blasio dismisses the importance of getting out of his SUV. But if he's getting chauffeured everywhere he goes, there's no way the mayor can viscerally understand what the three-quarters of New Yorkers who don't commute by car experience on a daily basis. If he doesn't regularly experience what it's like to get around without driving, he won't feel on a gut level why improving transit, biking, and walking is so important.
June 2, 2017
6 Things Cuomo and de Blasio Can Do to Live Up to Their Climate Change Bluster
Between them, Cuomo and de Blasio have the power to dramatically accelerate New York City's progress on climate goals. But doing so will require making policy choices that the governor and mayor have shirked or avoided so far.
May 31, 2017
What Would It Take to Eliminate Carbon Emissions From U.S. Transportation?
To do its part to avert catastrophic climate change, the United States would have to eliminate carbon emissions from transportation in the next 35 years. But America is nowhere near on pace to make that happen.
October 26, 2016
Sprawl Is a Global Problem
Sprawl isn't just a problem in car-centric America. Even cities with the world's best transit systems are surrounded by suburbs with poor transit access, according to a new report by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. As billions of people migrate from rural to metropolitan areas in the next few decades, these growth patterns threaten to maroon people without good access to employment while overwhelming the climate with increased greenhouse gas emissions.
October 11, 2016