Hosted by Transportation for America
Transportation accounts for the largest share of carbon emissions in the U.S. Any transportation climate strategy that focuses solely on electric vehicles will fail to achieve our ambitious targets, while also continuing to fail the millions of Americans who are already poorly served by our transportation system, like those who don’t drive or cannot afford a new vehicle. The heart of our transportation climate strategy needs to hinge on making it easier, safer, and more convenient to take shorter routine trips and meet daily needs without a car, whether those vehicles are electric or not. We will never achieve our ambitious climate targets in time—or create more livable and equitable communities—if we don’t.
In honor of President Biden's Leaders' Summit on Climate and US Climate Action Week, this webinar will draw from Smart Growth America's 2020 report, Driving Down Emissions, and highlight new research and state action to reduce emissions from the transportation sector. Speakers will discuss why it is so critical to reduce the need to drive in the U.S., how policy changes can get us there, and what steps California and Minnesota, two leading states, are taking to make it happen.