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Transportation, Equity, Climate & Health (TRECH) study from Harvard, Columbia and Others
Insights from Preliminary Results The estimated health benefits for the five TCI climate mitigation policy scenarios are substantial and are larger than estimated program proceeds, based on this analysis of a subset of total possible benefits. The estimated health benefits … Continue reading
New Health Study Shows TCI Clean Transit Program’s Potential
An independent team of public health experts from Harvard, Columbia, and other leading universities today released preliminary findings from extensive research conducted over the last year showing significant public health benefits from Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states’ proposed Transportation and Climate … Continue reading
NY for TCI Health Study Release
Public health experts from Harvard, Columbia, and other universities have released a comprehensive health study showing every New York county would benefit from an equitable and sustainable Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) program. New York, NY – Today, public health … Continue reading
Transportation & Environment Advocates Launch ‘NY for TCI’ Campaign
Today, a coalition of New York State transportation, business, health, clean energy, and environmental advocates launched ‘NY for TCI’ — a campaign focused on achieving equitable, sustainable, and accessible transportation options through the multistate Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI). TCI … Continue reading
Back on Board: A Guide to Safe(r)Transit in the Era of COVID-19
During the apex of the coronavirus pandemic in March and April, ridership on U.S.public transit systems plummeted. In New York City, the MTA reported a 95 percent dropoff in ridership; in San Francisco, ridership has fallen by 85 percent; in … Continue reading
Improve Public Transportation Access – Newsday
Transportation is the number one source of climate pollution in the United States and New York State, as well as a major source of soot and smog pollution that causes asthma attacks, heart and lung disease, and other health harms. … Continue reading
Investors and companies urge states to adopt Transportation and Climate Initiative, a once-in-a-generation opportunity
A diverse group of investors, companies, trade associations, institutions, and organizations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are urging the region’s governors today to band together and create a clean transportation future that enables economic growth. In a letter sent to … Continue reading
100 US Companies, Investors Throw Weight Behind Transportation and Climate Initiative
A diverse group of investors, companies and organizations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US are urging the region’s governors to adopt the TCI — what they’re calling a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity.’ The group of over 100 investors, companies, trade associations, institutions … Continue reading
Public Comments Show Overwhelming Support” for Program to Cut Pollution and Modernize Transportation in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States
“It’s a Big Hit!”: More Than 9 Out of 10 Back Transportation & Climate Initiative The message from residents of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to lawmakers couldn’t be clearer: The proposed Transportation & Climate Initiative cap-and-invest program to modernize transportation … Continue reading
We Need Better Transportation Options, Not More Roads and More Lanes – Washington Post
When President Trump attempted to eliminate California’s more stringent fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for cars and trucks, local elected officials cried foul — and not just in California. Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, … Continue reading
Year-In-Review: How Etsy Advocated for Climate-Friendly eCommerce in 2019 – Medium
Nearly a year ago, Etsy began offsetting 100% of carbon emissions generated by shipping in our marketplace. We’re proud of that milestone — not only is it allowing us to address 98% of our total emissions footprint, but we were … Continue reading
Advocates and Experts Urge Strong Action by States After Release of Draft Agreement On Transportation Modernization
A draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) released today by Northeast states and Washington, D.C. for cleaner regional transportation is an important first step that will require states to uphold the highest possible standard, according to local regional, and national advocates … Continue reading
A Big Step Toward Clean Transportation in the Eastern U.S. – NRDC
A dozen eastern states and the city of Washington, D.C. are taking a huge step forward in making their communities more prosperous and livable as they outline a plan to transform the region’s beleaguered transportation system, in part by investing … Continue reading
Another Voice: New York needs to Take Leadership Role in Climate Initiative – The Buffalo News
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has a tremendous opportunity to help us all breathe easier, endure fewer asthma attacks and avoid a host of illnesses brought on by air pollution. The governor can, at the same time, clean up our dirty … Continue reading
New Polling Finds Voters in Largest Northeast, Mid-Atlantic States Are Open to Policy to Reduce Transportation Emissions – MassINC
A new set of polls of registered voters across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic finds broad support for a multi-state policy to cap carbon pollution from transportation and invest in transportation improvements. That policy is currently being developed by the Transportation … Continue reading
New Polling Confirms Strong Support Across Eastern Region for Transportation Modernization
A new survey from MassINC Polling Group shows that 66 percent of voters in seven Eastern states (Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia) support modernizing the region’s transportation network. Specifically, two out of three registered voters … Continue reading
Rural Communities Want Clean Transportation, Too – NRDC
There’s good news for transportation sufferers from a new Nature Conservancy poll that shows it’s not only urban residents who demand clean and safe transportation—rural residents do, too—and why a state-led effort to modernize transportation in rural, suburban, and urban … Continue reading
Rural Voters on Eastern Seaboard See Benefits of Regional Transportation Improvements, Says New Polling Data Commissioned by The Nature Conservancy
Polling publicly released today from The Nature Conservancy done by the bipartisan pollster team of New Bridge Strategy and Fairbank, Maslin, Maulllin, Metz & Associates shows that three quarters of small town and rural voters in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states … Continue reading
Can New York’s Transit Authority Lead the Way to a Carbon-Efficient Future?
Each year New York City’s public transit system keeps millions of metric tons of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. How will those savings be monetized to finance urgent updates and resiliency adaptations? This summer, the Metropolitan Transit Authority made … Continue reading
Eastern States’ Clean Transportation Plan Takes Shape – NRDC
To solve the climate crisis, we need bold leadership across the economy, especially in transportation, which is the United States’ number one source of climate pollution. Unfortunately, the Trump administration is heading in reverse by protecting polluters over people and … Continue reading
Transforming Transportation in New York
To address the climate crisis, the State of New York hasset an ambitious goal to decarbonize its energy use. It has established a mandate to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 40% economy-wide by 2030 and achieve 100% … Continue reading
Sierra Club Releases Report Calling for New York to Reduce Transportation Emissions 55% by 2035
Today, the Sierra Club released a report calling for Governor Cuomo to set a state-wide target to reduce on-road transportation emissions 55% by 2035, in order to meet New York’s long-term climate goals. The report finds that, although New York’s … Continue reading
Cap and Trade for Transportation Must Consider Environmental Justice, Advocates Say
As details emerge about a program to curb transportation emissions in the Northeast, advocates want disadvantaged communities involved in the process. As Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states develop a regional plan to reduce transportation emissions, environmental justice advocates want to ensure … Continue reading
FACT SHEET: Cap-and-Invest as a Tool to Reduce Pollution
Cap-and-invest is an approach that limits the total amount of emissions from an industry or the whole economy. The total emissions limit—or cap—gets lower and lower over time, which means that less and less pollution is permitted from the capped … Continue reading
FACT SHEET: The TCI 2019 Regional Policy Design Process
THE OPPORTUNITY: Regional challenges call for regional action Pollution from transportation accounts for the largest portion of climate-changing carbon emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region (more than 40% region wide). A recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate … Continue reading
The Road to Cleaner Air Fact Sheet: NY and Mid-Atlantic
The American Lung Association’s “The Road to Clean Air” report highlights major health and climate change benefits possible through a shift away from polluting vehicles toward electric cars, buses and trucks. The transportation sector is a leading contributor to the … Continue reading
The Road to Cleaner Air
“The Road to Clean Air” is a national report by the American Lung Association highlighting the potential for major public health benefits of widespread electrification of the transportation sector. Across the United States, the transportation sector is a leading source … Continue reading
New York Has a Climate Plan—Now It Has to Follow Through
Major changes to electricity systems, transportation and other sectors are needed to meet ambitious greenhouse gas targets. New York’s landmark climate bill, which commits America’s third-largest state to effectively eliminating greenhouse emissions by midcentury, ranks among U.S. climate hawks’ greatest … Continue reading
Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution from Vehicles in New York State
Tailpipe emissions from cars, trucks, and buses are a leading source of harmful air pollution in New York State. This pollution has a significant impact on the health of the region’s residents, and varies greatly geographically and across different types … Continue reading
Modernizing New York’s Transportation
Our transportation system—the complex network of roads, bridges, railways, ports, bike paths, sidewalks, and waterways thatunites our country and allows the free movement of people and goods—is broken.In New York, traffic jams, delayed buses and trains, streets unsafe for walking … Continue reading
Another Voice: New York Should Lead On Modern, Clean Transportation
As nurses who routinely see the negative health impacts of “dirty” transportation on our patients with asthma, other respiratory diseases and heart disease, we know we are in “code red” when it comes to the impacts that burning fossil fuels … Continue reading
Rural Drivers Can Save the Most From Clean Vehicles – Union of Concerned Scientists
The transition to clean vehicle technologies such as electric vehicles will benefit consumers everywhere, promising lower operating and maintenance costs, along with less pollution and a cleaner environment. But the drivers with the greatest economic potential to gain by purchasing … Continue reading
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Region Face Urgent Need to Modernize Transportation – Government Technology
A new report by the National Resources Defense Council calls for a multistate transportation collaborative to reduce congestion and pollution on the east coast. But it won’t be cheap. Reforming transportation and transit in the most population-dense corner of the … Continue reading
Transportation Gridlock in the Northeast Bridges over Troubled Partisan Waters – The American Prospect
A new Sierra Club survey finds bipartisan agreement on the region’s public transportation woes and support for stronger efforts to deal with air pollution and climate change. Democrats, Republicans, and independents don’t agree on much in an era when politics … Continue reading
Why New York State Needs a Clean Transportation System
Burning fossil fuels from cars, trucks, and buses is responsible for the largest share of emissions from New York State. This share of emissions from transportation has been going up for at least three decades (see the figure, p.2). So … Continue reading
Transportation Reimagined
A Roadmap for Clean And Modern Transportation in The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Region Whether you travel by plane, ship, car, or public transit—or even by bicycle and on foot—you are making use of America’s vast transportation system. This marvel of … Continue reading
Sierra Club Press Release
Electric vehicle charging stations in every neighborhood. Cleaner air for our children and the elderly. Modern roadways. Communities built for walking and biking. A vision of the future that voters across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions can embrace. Ratcheting down … Continue reading
Transit workers union op-ed – Crain’s New York Business
New York has a major opportunity to lead the nation in reducing emissions and to strike a blow against inequality by making significant and bold investments in public transit across the state. These could give most residents access to efficient, … Continue reading
Public Health Op-Ed – Albany Times-Union
When it comes to the physical toll of commuting, we tend to focus on the danger of an accident or the stress of dealing with traffic. But there’s more to it than just that. The New York transportation system is … Continue reading
