PV1
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I'm sure by now that most members here are familiar with the comments made about our fearless leader being elected by citizens of Pittsburgh and not Paris. I'm not interested in political talk, but rather the fallout from this particular comment.
Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh, has just released an executive order setting the following objectives for 2030:
1. 100% renewable electricity for city operations (this alone is a big deal, given heavy gas operations surrounding the city).
2. Zero waste citywide.
3. Reduce citywide energy consumption by 50%.
4. Reduce transportation emissions, citywide, by 50%.
If anyone has traveled through Pittsburgh, then you ought to know that the city has no decent beltway, resulting in a lot of highway traffic being forced through downtown. This makes the Parkways (divided highway Interstate connectors) rolling parking lots for at least 5 hours each day. This order can potentially cause drastic improvements in air quality and ease traffic. Mayor Peduto has already installed protected bike lanes along several high-traffic routes, and casual observation notes more bike traffic than car traffic :mrgreen: . Despite the "bike lash" from suburban commuters, automobile traffic has been courteous for the most part, at least for the month or so that I've started riding through Downtown.
Has anyone else's town/city/county started any initiatives in response to the US leaving the Paris Agreement?
(As a moderator, I know this is treading dangerously close to politics, but please limit this conversation to environmental initiatives and not political preferences. Thanks.)
Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh, has just released an executive order setting the following objectives for 2030:
1. 100% renewable electricity for city operations (this alone is a big deal, given heavy gas operations surrounding the city).
2. Zero waste citywide.
3. Reduce citywide energy consumption by 50%.
4. Reduce transportation emissions, citywide, by 50%.
If anyone has traveled through Pittsburgh, then you ought to know that the city has no decent beltway, resulting in a lot of highway traffic being forced through downtown. This makes the Parkways (divided highway Interstate connectors) rolling parking lots for at least 5 hours each day. This order can potentially cause drastic improvements in air quality and ease traffic. Mayor Peduto has already installed protected bike lanes along several high-traffic routes, and casual observation notes more bike traffic than car traffic :mrgreen: . Despite the "bike lash" from suburban commuters, automobile traffic has been courteous for the most part, at least for the month or so that I've started riding through Downtown.
Has anyone else's town/city/county started any initiatives in response to the US leaving the Paris Agreement?
(As a moderator, I know this is treading dangerously close to politics, but please limit this conversation to environmental initiatives and not political preferences. Thanks.)