Toward a Sustainable Transportation Network in the Northeast Corridor
Toward A Sustainable Transportation Network in the Northeast Corridor Paul Haven, EESI Transportation & Energy Policy Fellow Maryland Planning Association 4/28/2016 Overview • Transportation network • Sustainable transportation • Rail • High-speed passenger rail • Northeast Corridor • NEC FUTURE • Q & A • Bipartisan Congressional caucus founded an independent non-profit in ‘84 ($0) • Non-partisan information for policymakers • Focused on win-win solutions to climate change in the energy, buildings, sustainable biomass, and transportation sectors • Climate change: one of the most serious problems facing civilization today ― impacts infrastructure, water, food, health, ecosystems, … • EESI Approach: • Non-partisan • Holistic & Interconnected • Solutions Oriented, Problem-Solving • Coalition & Consensus Building, Education • Benefits: • Environment, Health, Economy, Development, Justice • Policy is Crucial Transportation Network • Maps: Freight rail, intercity passenger rail, interstate highway system, inland waterways • Airports: 540 Commercial Service & 2,764 General Aviation • Inland Waterways: 12,000 miles of commercially navigable, 240 locks in 38 states; moved 604 million tons of cargo worth $232B, 14% of intercity freight, 60% of grain exports • Walking, bicycling, airplane, bus, rail transit, commuter rail • American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 Report Card – U.S. infrastructure D+ (B=state of good repair) • Intermodal connections? • “The return on investment in transportation … is not just measured in how many people physically
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