Take Action on the MI Healthy Climate Plan
In September 2020, the state of Michigan announced a goal to become carbon-neutral by 2050, and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2025 along the way. Toward that goal, the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is developing the MI Healthy Climate Plan. The draft plan was released Jan. 14, and is currently open for public comment until March 14, 2022.
The draft plan is pretty good. But it could be better. It needs stronger, more concrete commitments to clean transportation, with safer infrastructure for people who bike and walk. That's where you come in.
We've made it easy for you to send in comments on strengthening the MI Healthy Climate Plan for people who bike. Take a look at the template letter, add your own story, and send it by March 14 to have an impact on the draft Plan.
Here's what the template letter says:
To Whom It May Concern,
I'm writing to you as a bicyclist, as an advocate for safer streets that serve everyone, and as someone who cares deeply about our state's natural beauty and its availability for future generations. Please do all you can to strengthen the MI Healthy Climate Plan, especially its provisions for safe active transportation.
Climate change threatens our future ability to enjoy Michigan's beauty on the back of a bicycle. We have to act.
[[Add your own story here! You might start with, "My favorite places and reasons to ride include:"]]
I'd like to ask for two additions to the MI Healthy Climate Plan:
1) To reduce transportation climate emissions to the level needed, we must reduce the amount Michiganders drive. The plan should require transportation agencies to include greenhouse gas emissions in their decision making and urgently provide Michiganders with more transportation options by ensuring safe places to bike and walk, committing to a zero deaths vision and a Safe System approach, and funding major expansion of public transit.
2) We must also make it easier for people of all income levels to choose affordable and efficient forms of transportation. The plan should balance rebates and incentives for electric cars and trucks by including incentives for the purchase of electric bicycles, especially for lower-income households.
Thank you very much for your time and attention.
Take Action on the MI Healthy Climate Plan
In September 2020, the state of Michigan announced a goal to become carbon-neutral by 2050, and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2025 along the way. Toward that goal, the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is developing the MI Healthy Climate Plan. The draft plan was released Jan. 14, and is currently open for public comment until March 14, 2022.
The draft plan is pretty good. But it could be better. It needs stronger, more concrete commitments to clean transportation, with safer infrastructure for people who bike and walk. That's where you come in.
We've made it easy for you to send in comments on strengthening the MI Healthy Climate Plan for people who bike. Take a look at the template letter, add your own story, and send it by March 14 to have an impact on the draft Plan.
Here's what the template letter says:
To Whom It May Concern,
I'm writing to you as a bicyclist, as an advocate for safer streets that serve everyone, and as someone who cares deeply about our state's natural beauty and its availability for future generations. Please do all you can to strengthen the MI Healthy Climate Plan, especially its provisions for safe active transportation.
Climate change threatens our future ability to enjoy Michigan's beauty on the back of a bicycle. We have to act.
[[Add your own story here! You might start with, "My favorite places and reasons to ride include:"]]
I'd like to ask for two additions to the MI Healthy Climate Plan:
1) To reduce transportation climate emissions to the level needed, we must reduce the amount Michiganders drive. The plan should require transportation agencies to include greenhouse gas emissions in their decision making and urgently provide Michiganders with more transportation options by ensuring safe places to bike and walk, committing to a zero deaths vision and a Safe System approach, and funding major expansion of public transit.
2) We must also make it easier for people of all income levels to choose affordable and efficient forms of transportation. The plan should balance rebates and incentives for electric cars and trucks by including incentives for the purchase of electric bicycles, especially for lower-income households.
Thank you very much for your time and attention.