The Urbanist@UrbanistOrg·Jan 12, 2021Our editorial board 💚's #EvergreenPlan: "We must divest from highway expansion & invest in safety, accessibility, & transit to curb transpo emissions & bring about mobility justice. @SenSaldana has gotten us a lot closer to that goal." #ClimateActiontheurbanist.orgSaldaña’s Evergreen Plan Advances Climate Action and Mobility JusticeIn Washington state, our leaders like to talk about environmental protection and climate action. And then it comes time to pass a transportation funding package and those values go out the window. …178
The Urbanist@UrbanistOrgSen. Mark Mullet (DINO-Issquah) is the opposite: “I 100% feel congestion relief has got to be the No. 1 priority in a transportation bill,” Mullet told the pro-driving Eastside Transportation Association, @MikeLindblom reported. #CarCultureseattletimes.comnullState lawmakers will make another try at gas or carbon taxes in 2021 as debt rises, highways crumble and the atmosphere warms. They've been somewhere around 15 cents per gallon in the past, and new...2:27 AM · Jan 12, 20211 Like
Jac@jacalata·Jan 12, 2021Congestion charges and massive car tabs will solve that for him. I bet he's not actually 100% behind it though.