The Green New Deal: What it would mean for transportation

The Green New Deal is long on vision but skimpy on details. It calls for a sweeping overhaul of America's transportation system and the replacement of fossil fuels with zero-emission energy, but doesn't say much about what such a system would look like. Or how we could pay for it. But maybe the vagueness is by design. It's simply a target we're going to have to reach, advocates say, given climate change imperatives. The key transportation winners in the legislation, as introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., are "zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing," "clean, affordable and accessible public transit" and "high-speed rail." Not much is said about supporting ridesharing, bike lanes, carpooling or telecommuting, all seen as ways to take cars off the road.

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