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Adriane Carr
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We are missing our goals. We are not getting to the reductions that we need
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Emergency Action Plan on Climate Change
"Our 2050 objective being net zero in terms of GHGs. ...we need very focused action ... around... active transportation, land use like walkable neighborhoods... However, we are missing our goals... in my mind...one has to have a clear plan with actual real measurable"
Envisioning a future with reduced reliance on cars and much greater transit, walking, cycling
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Rezoning 6081-6083 Collingwood Place for a five-story rental building
"...how you would consider designing a street like this or even any part of the city in the context of climate change ... where there is a reduced use and reliance on cars and much greater alternative transportation methods...."
In the context of climate change, it's important to increase use of alternative methods of tranportation like transit, cycling and walking
Meeting Date:
Rezoning 6081-6083 Collingwood Place for a five-story rental building
".. I've been to lots of your cities where the streets are pretty narrow but they are car-light and cars travel extremely slowly. They're mostly pedestrian and cycling and transit-oriented. So I'm wondering, are you suggesting that we continue to think about the use of that street as a car-heavy street and be concerned about that kind of traffic? Or should we be thinking about a very different kind of city as we move forward?."