Colorado’s Bold New Approach to Highways — Not Building Them
www.nytimes.com
The state has made it harder to widen highways, and transportation officials are turning their eyes to transit.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16028585

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10092805

In Colorado, that new vision was catalyzed by climate change. In 2019, Gov. Jared Polis signed a law that required the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent within 30 years. As the state tried to figure out how it would get there, it zeroed in on drivers. Transportation is the largest single contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for about 30 percent of the total; 60 percent of that comes from cars and trucks. To reduce emissions, Coloradans would have to drive less.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    11·
    5 months ago

    Last week, on two different days, I drove one hour each way for my boss to tell me that the meeting room is full so just go home and he’ll email out the meeting minutes after.

    Mind you, I knew how many people were going, and I messaged him the night before, twice, that I should probably skip out so our guests don’t feel too packed together, and he never answered.

    Killing the environment because people suck. I hope he felt like a big man.