OPINION: Unless Americans change the way they get around, the climate crisis will only worsen. The U.S. needs to reduce how much Americans drive, electrify vehicles and decarbonize the power grid, Michael E. Mann and Matt Casale write.
As Americans receive vaccines and people feel safer leaving home, an unwelcome feature of pre-COVID life, headache-inducing traffic, is coming back in full force. More than an inconvenience, this rising tide of cars and trucks returning to U.S. roads is again contributing to the threat of climate change.
The U.S. needs to encourage Americans to not drive. Providing good, clean and frequent public transit can do this. Expanding ridership can immediately reduce U.S. energy use and fossil fuel emissions Now, Americans have an opportunity to change that. After a number of false starts over the past several years, infrastructure is finally on the table in Washington. Between Biden’s American Jobs Plan and the reauthorization of the long-term transportation spending plan, which is due for renewal this fall, the U.S. has a chance to reshape federal policy to support cleaner, more efficient public transportation.
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