3,000 out of 3,001 Americans Want to Decarbonize Transportation — But Will the GOP Do It?
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By a roughly 3,000-to-1 ratio during the public comment period, Americans support a key Biden administration climate initiative.
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Congress and Auto Industry Move to Ban Cities From Regulating Self-Driving Cars
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Automakers and tech companies are pushing a bill through Congress that would handcuff local governments' ability to regulate self-driving vehicles on city streets. Now city transportation officials are demanding a role in drafting legislation before it's too late.
Will U.S. DOT Get Serious About Climate Change? Here’s Cause for Optimism.
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Last fall, national environmental advocates sat down with officials from U.S. DOT to talk about how federal transportation policy can address climate change. There is wild variation between state transportation departments when it comes to green transportation policy. Some of the more sophisticated agencies, like California’s and Oregon’s, are starting to factor greenhouse gas emissions into their transportation plans. Most […]
Why Are State DOTs So Afraid of Accountability?
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Deron Lovaas is the federal transportation policy director for NRDC. A version of this article appeared on his blog this morning. In this era of constrained resources, the country must move toward performance-based management and accountability for results in all sectors — including transportation. It’s a Culture of Consequences, in the words of the RAND […]
NRDC Gives Gas Consumption Maps a Helpful Revision
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The overwhelming sentiment that greeted our story on the gas consumption maps the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club put out last week went something like this: These are almost useful. Just about everyone agreed that looking at total fuel consumption per county wasn’t very informative without weighing that number against population. There […]
NRDC Poll: Americans Support New Transit Twice as Much as New Roads
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When asked what would solve traffic problems in their community, 42 percent of Americans say more transit. Only 20 percent say more roads. And 21 percent would like to see communities developed that don’t require so much driving. Two-thirds support local planning that guides new development into existing cities and near public transportation. That’s the […]