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'Freedom to Move' bill asks MassDOT to align transportation spending with emission and vehicle‑miles targets
Summary
A coalition of planners, environmental groups and mobility advocates urged the Telecom, Utilities and Energy Committee to advance S.2246, the Freedom to Move Act, which would require MassDOT to set vehicle‑miles‑traveled reduction goals and align transportation investment plans with state emission limits.
A coalition of planners, environmental groups and mobility advocates urged the Telecom, Utilities and Energy Committee to advance S.2246, the Freedom to Move Act, which would require the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to set goals to reduce vehicle‑miles traveled (VMT), create a coordinating council and ensure transportation investment plans provide a reasonable pathway to meet state emission limits.
Senator (testimony identified as) supporting the bill described the Freedom to Move Act as a three‑pronged approach: setting statewide VMT reduction goals, creating an intergovernmental coordinating council to design an implementation plan, and requiring transportation investment plans to show a pathway to meet…
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