The Biden administration released a plan on Tuesday aimed at zero emissions in the transportation sector by 2050, which relies partly on creating more incentives for walking and biking.
President Biden's administration wants people to bike and walk more in order to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.
This new kind of urban planning would"increase convenience by supporting community design and land-use planning at the local and regional levels that ensure that job centers, shopping, schools, entertainment, and essential services are strategically located near where people live to reduce commute burdens, improve walkability and bikeability, and improve quality of life...
One problem with today’s communities, the report said, is that"homes, workplaces, and services are often located far apart from one another." It said the"spatial mismatch" between jobs, housing and services is"especially pronounced in disadvantaged communities."transportation infrastructure To fix those problems, the report called for what it called"equitable transit-oriented development ." This mode of development involves making walking and biking"more viable.""ETOD supports a walkable, mixed use development and transit lifestyle and meets the needs of existing businesses and consumers, while avoiding displacement of local residents and ensuring an adequate mix of affordable and market rate housing," it said.
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