This month is 8 years since Seattle passed its last major climate action plan. That plan calls for a 20% reduction in the number of vehicle miles travelled in the city by 2030. We have achieved the opposite, VMT is higher now than it was then.
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If we aren't prepared to do the popular things like open Lake Washington Boulevard during the summer, wow wow wow does it not look good for the unpopular things.
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Thank you for doing your part in recognizing that the last “plan” was not a plan.
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I wonder what the number was for 2020? I'd hope it would be below the target. But 2020 was an anomaly.
I not longer have any faith in long term plans. Mayoral candidates: tell me what you will do immediately upon taking office.
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I would attribute this to the rapid increase in wealthier households. Wealthy people drive more.
