Strengthening Transit Through Community PartnershipsApproaching the finish line last week, a record number of comments flooded in about the Federal Highway Administration’s proposal to measure congestion, and adopt new standards for tracking and ultimately reducing carbon pollution from transportation plans. About 5,000 of these opposed the set of congestion metrics included in the proposed rule, which would put a thumb on the scale in favor of cars as opposed to humans who drive them. And a whopping 80,000 were filed in support of the Administration moving forward with a carbon pollution standard in the final rule.
