How is the Northeast and mid-Atlantic taking on the largest source of planet-warming, climate-changing pollution?
How is the Northeast and mid-Atlantic taking on the largest source of planet-warming, climate-changing pollution?
On Dec. 18, Maryland joined Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington, D.C., to announce they will create a regional plan to curb transportation pollution.
“Americans want a modern transportation system that is cleaner, healthier and more efficient,” said Matt Casale, our national transportation campaign director. “We are one step closer to getting the 21st-century transportation system we need and deserve.”
The devil will be in the details, which we expect to see within the next year. The states are all part of a broader coalition called the Transportation and Climate Initiative that will develop a regionwide policy to reduce transportation emissions and transition to a low-carbon transportation system. We’re urging the initiative to support better public transit, more bike-friendly and pedestrian-friendly streets, and a transition to electric cars, trucks and buses. Maryland PIRG is joined by Environment Maryland in support of the initiative.
Read the Transportation and Climate Initiative Statement here
Photo Caption: Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are among the members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative to modernize transportation.
Photo Credit: MBTA Rapid Transit (CC by ND 2.0); 7beachbum via flickr (CC by 2.0); Adam E. Moreira via Wikimedia Commons (CC by SA); Adam E. Moreira via Wikimedia Commons (CC by SA); Jef Nickerson via flickr (CC by SA 2.0)
America spends tens of billions of dollars each year on highway expansion projects that do little to address congestion, create other problems for our communities, and absorb scarce resources that could be used to meet other, more pressing transportation needs.
