""out of their comfort zone.""
""We tried to do a legislative briefing last year, but scheduling things just got so crazy with the late budget," McMahon told Streetsblog. "So we're going to try and do that, just to get the word out to more legislators and others in Albany, and get people thinking about this.""
New York must reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85 percent by 2050 under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, and the state scoping plan calls for a 15 percent reduction in vehicle miles traveled. Department of Transportation projects rarely account for VMT reductions, and some officials resist considering such strategies. The Get Around NY Act (S4044/A4230) would require DOT to screen and possibly adjust projects to help meet VMT targets but remains stalled. Two major barriers are vague VMT guidance in the climate law and limited municipal funding for transit and street redesigns, including new bus lanes.
Read at Streetsblog
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]