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Committee chair reviews CP25 activity: traffic safety, plazas, EVs and healthy homes highlighted
Summary
Chair Charles Allen presented the Committee on Transportation and the Environment's Council Period 25 activity report, highlighting increased traffic fatalities, the Steer Act and speed-limit reductions, the Plaza Act for pedestrian space, e-bike and EV programs, Healthy Homes retrofits, and actions to protect the Sustainable Energy Trust Fund.
Chair Charles Allen reviewed the Committee on Transportation and the Environment's accomplishments for Council Period 25 during the committee's Dec. 18 meeting, summarizing enacted bills, program funding, and next steps to implement newly adopted laws.
Allen framed five themes that guided the committee's work: improving traffic safety; transforming public spaces; building a robust multimodal network; promoting transportation-related innovation; and mitigating climate impacts via cleaner buildings and energy. He said the committee considered 48 bills and resolutions in CP25, passed 19 bills in whole or part, approved 17 resolutions, and held 55 hearings, roundtables and markups while overseeing 24 agencies and roughly $2.3 billion in gross funds.
Traffic safety was a central focus. Allen cited a rise in traffic fatalities from 19 in 2012 to 52 in 2023 and 51 fatalities in 2024, and credited the committee with advancing Bill 25-425 (Strengthening Traffic Enforcement Education and Responsibility Amendment Act of 2024, or the Steer Act). As described by Allen, the…
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