Team 3: Transportation
Support Transportation Justice!
To save lives 🚴🏿♂️🚴♀️🏃🏽♀️🙋🏾♀️👨👧👧and prioritize pedestrian & bicycle safety, ALL cities must push to implement @SANDAG’s new Vision Zero Resolution
Present an action plan for prioritizing pedestrian & bicycle safety, review crash histories of roads, plan & implement change!
Click here for more information in Electric School Buses (ESB)
Zero tailpipe emissions
Reduced environmental impact
Quieter ride — no engine running!
Improved student, driver and public health
Cost savings on maintenance and fuel
Better academic outcomes
Community resilience with Vehicle-to-Grid-enabled buses
The Katy Freeway in Houston was expanded to 26 lanes from 2008-2011 for $2.8 billion to reduce traffic. It is the widest freeway in North America.
When completed, travel times went up 30% in the morning and 55% in the evening.
Public Transportation is the Solution to Traffic…NOT more highways!
Bicycles
Bike San Diego: Reimagining streets that are safe for bikes
San Diego County Bike Coalition
Safe Routes To School (SRTS)
The goal of Safe Routes to School is to get more children bicycling and walking to schools safely every day
California PTA Safe Routes to School
US Dept of Transportation Safe Routes to School
Transportation Articles
Brief Introduction to Climate Change and Transportation
Carbon Pollution from Transportation
Electrifying Trucks Would Save Lives and Grow the Economy
Planet Can't Survive Our Transportation Habits
The Science Is Clear: More Highways Equals More Traffic. Why Are DOTs Still Ignoring It?
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*Air Pollution
*No Idling
*Stopping Smoking/Vaping
