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Committee hears broad public support for transportation-decarbonization resolution; item held for budget review
Summary
The New Haven Climate Movement and more than a dozen residents urged the City Services and Environmental Policy Committee to adopt a Transportation Transformation Resolution calling for a 25% cut in transportation emissions by 2030, free bus passes, and $5 million in capital funding; committee members asked for more detail and decided to keep the
Members of the New Haven Climate Movement and dozens of residents urged the City Services and Environmental Policy Committee to back a Transportation Transformation Resolution that would set a municipal timeline and funding commitments to cut transportation emissions and expand transit and active-transportation options.
Prius and Emilia Lee presented the resolution on behalf of the New Haven Climate Movement. The group asked the city to establish a timeline to reduce transportation-related emissions by 25 percent by 2030, expand investments in public transit and active transportation, advocate for free bus passes and for major employers to reduce commuter emissions, fund dedicated staff and consultants, and…
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