Sierra Club Picks 50 Best & Worst Projects Nationwide
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Transportation Issues Daily, The Sierra Club has selected 50 transportation projects they feel would do the most, or the least, to improve the environment and reduce oil dependence. And they've put a fairly self-explanatory map together to illustrate the report where you just click on the project to see what it is.
It doesn’t appear that any highway projects made the “Go” list, including here in Washington. Most of the “Go” projects are transit, rail and trail oriented. Conversely, it appears that every “Stop” project is a road project. But read it yourself, or view the map, and let us know what you think.
The map and report can be viewed here.
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