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Coalition urges Vermont Senate to link land use, EV incentives and steady funding to protect transit and active transportation
Summary
Transportation for Vermonters told the Senate Transportation Committee that compact land-use planning, VMT targets, targeted EV and e-bike incentives, and stable funding (including shifting Transportation Alternatives Program dollars toward walking and biking) are needed to reduce emissions and improve equity, especially in rural Vermont.
Katie Gallagher, who directs the Sustainable Communities program at Vermont Natural Resources and facilitates the Transportation for Vermonters coalition, urged the Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 3 to align land-use planning, vehicle-mileage targets and program funding to make transportation more affordable and equitable across Vermont.
"Transportation is the highest source of our greenhouse-gas emissions, about 40%," Gallagher said in testimony, and she tied that figure to household affordability, rural access gaps and health consequences. Gallagher summarized the coalition's priorities for the year: coordinate land use and housing planning to support transit and sidewalks; set a VMT (vehicle-miles-traveled) reduction goal; continue and refine electric-vehicle and e-bike incentive programs targeting lower-income Vermonters; adopt a…
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