{"id":281733,"date":"2023-10-03T19:38:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281733"},"modified":"2023-10-03T19:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:38:15","slug":"all-cars-are-bad-pete-buttigiegs-equity-advisers-want-you-to-stop-driving-vehicles-have-wreaked-havoc-on-the-environment-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281733","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ALL CARS ARE BAD\u2019: Pete Buttigieg\u2019s Equity Advisers Want You To Stop Driving \u2013 \u2018Vehicles have wreaked havoc on the environment & communities\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Free Beacon:<\/strong><\/a>Buttigieg, in August 2023, appointed<\/a> 24 new members to his Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity, an Obama-era body that Buttigieg is reviving after the Trump administration scrapped it. Included on the committee is Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, a “spatial policy scholar” who says<\/a> “ALL CARS ARE BAD” given that they cause “a myriad of environmental issues and conditions.” Another Buttigieg appointee, self-described<\/a> “transportation nerd” Veronica Davis, argued<\/a> in an August essay that cars perpetuate “systemic racism” and are therefore “the problem” in America’s transportation system.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marpillero-Colomina told the Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that she is not “advocating for a complete erasure” of cars but intends to push Buttigieg to move America away from its reliance on private motor vehicles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My interest in being on the [equity committee] is to raise the question and push the Department of Transportation to really think about: What are some equitable, environmentally sustainable, economically beneficial, and feasible alternatives to policy that is car-centric?” she said in an interview. “How can we reimagine streets to prioritize people instead of cars? How can we create streets that are inclusive of modes other than cars?”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If we just replace all the gas-powered cars with EVs, we’re going to have many of the same problems that we have with gas-powered cars,” equity committee member Marpillero-Colomina, told the\u00a0Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Marc Morano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘ALL CARS ARE BAD’: Pete Buttigieg’s Equity Advisers Want You To Stop Driving<\/a><\/blockquote>