Transportation For America

Our policy manager, Corrigan Salerno, spoke with C-SPAN today to shed light on where IIJA funds have been allocated, and what we're hoping to see in the future when it comes to transportation investments. https://lnkd.in/eSNCMC94

Join us for our upcoming webinar on our Fueling the Crisis report December 5, 2024 at 2 p.m. EST. Link to register: https://lnkd.in/eD4jrsiE We'll cover went wrong with the current infrastructure bill, which states are continuing to invest in the wrong things, and what our recommendations are for a transportation system that works for everyone.

"For over 30 years, promises about what our transportation system can deliver have fallen short, failing Americans. Too many people are dying on our roads, commutes are longer, choices are meager, congestion is worse, and the system continues to harm communities and public health. While Sean Duffy has little experience in transportation, that could mean he will bring a fresh perspective to the status quo — or he may struggle to pull the appropriate levers to drive much-needed change." Beth Osborne, director of Transportation for America, in a statement to Streetsblog USA. Check out the full article ? https://lnkd.in/e_nFjSMT

“When we think about highway expansion, it’s not just the highway that you’re building,” Corrigan Salerno said.?“What you’re doing is accommodating a car-centric way of life.”

Hear from the author of Fueling the Crisis, Corrigan Salerno, during our upcoming public webinar about the report?on December 5, 2024 at 2 p.m. EST. Link to register: https://lnkd.in/eD4jrsiE

After careful consideration, we're sad to announce that we have decided to pause TransportationCamp DC this coming January. For years, we’ve enjoyed hosting the event and bringing together transportation leaders and advocates to share ideas, shape the future of mobility, and tackle pressing challenges like emissions reduction and street safety. This was a difficult decision, and we know this news may be disappointing. We're hopeful this is an opportunity for us to reimagine how we can sustain the “unconference” in Washington, DC going forward. You can read our full statement about this decision here ? https://lnkd.in/eMQWAhiD

There are a limited amount of carbon emissions the American transportation sector can emit before the most extreme effects of climate change take hold. Our new tool illustrates that a business-as-usual approach will have drastic climate consequences ?? https://lnkd.in/e9ZuZsqD

The IIJA just turned three — since it’s passage, states have had immense opportunities to transform our transportation system to be more equitable, efficient, and accessible to everyone by all modes. In our new Fueling the Crisis report (https://lnkd.in/eaRzWAau) I authored at Transportation For America, we individually evaluated over 64,000 infrastructure law projects to see what states have really done with the bill. Our dataset, totalling over $150 billion in investments across dozens of programs with data sorted down to the county level and categorized to help determine the IIJA’s true climate impact. So far, states are on track to spend the bill in ways that increase GHG emissions over pre-IIJA baseline projections. We find that if spent as it has been under the IIJA so far, every million dollars invested in the National Highway Performance Program could induce an additional 672 tonnes of CO2 over baseline transportation levels. If both fiscal and environmental sustainability priorities are going to matter in the next reauthorization, the largest programs need guardrails so we don’t leave deficits and the planet worse than we found them.

What a great conversation today between transportation and built environment advocates as well as Congressional staffers to talk legislative #priorities and ideas to rethink #transportation and enhance the #builtenvironment at Smart Growth America / Transportation For America offices today. Start of many more conversations on thinking about healthy, resilient communities and a safe, invigorated, and invested multimodal transportation system.