The regional initiative is an important opportunity to achieve New York’s climate goals and transform the state’s transportation to be cleaner, healthier, and more equitable. New York, NY – NY for TCI, a coalition of over 80 health, transportation, environment, … Continue reading →

Dear Governor Cuomo:   You have a once in a generation opportunity to transform New York’s transportation to make it healthier, more equitable, sustainable, affordable, and accessible by leading on the regional Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) program. Under the … Continue reading →

ALBANY, N.Y. — A coalition of environmental, business and health groups is urging New York state to take the lead in a regional effort to reduce carbon pollution from transportation. Transportation is now the leading cause of carbon pollution in … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

“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 →

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 →

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 →

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 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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →