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What we get when we subsidize cars: More of them.

OPINION: Reduce Emissions, Yes, But Also Reduce the Use of Cars Entirely

By Julie Tighe | Jan 14, 2021 | No Comments

Now is the time to rethink how we travel around our cities and make investments to our infrastructure to support clean transportation options.

Gov. Cuomo loves cars. Can he do what it takes to rein them in, as the new climate-change bill requires? Photo: Governor's office

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Op-Ed: To Meet New York’s New Climate Law, We’ll Have To Break the Car Culture

By Julie Tighe | Jun 25, 2019 | 45 Comments

Transportation is the number-one source of greenhouse-gas emissions in New York State, and the number-one offender is the internal-combustion engine. It will be a huge challenge, but we need to reduce the use of cars.