DC Green Initiative Could Have Big Impact on Commuters
The DC mayor wants to reduce commuter trips by 50 percent as part of making the capital the nation's "healthiest, greenest and most livable city."
Mayor Vincent Gray seeks to make Washington, DC, the nation’s “healthiest, greenest and most livable city” by 2032, according to a plan cited in a recent Washington Post article. The “Sustainable D.C.” plan details a number of policies that would improve the way that residents, commuters and visitors experience and travel across the city. The plan would focus on buildings and transportation primarily, requiring new buildings to generate energy equivalent to their usage, government offices would receive their power from wind farms, and would reduce vehicular traffic dramatically - ultimately having 50 percent of commuter trips by public transportation and 25 percent by bicycle or foot. Additionally, the plan would encourage citizens to grow…
