transit and climate
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April 25, 2025
We Can’t Delay in Driving Down Emissions: Defending Essential Climate Solutions at the State Capitol
Just two years ago, Minnesota made national headlines, passing a groundbreaking transportation bill that included transformative investments in public transit and urgently needed policies to protect our climate from transportation pollution. Now, some lawmakers are trying to destroy this hard-won progress with a bad transportation bill that would delay our Driving Down Emissions law, prioritizing highway expansion over the health of our climate and communities.
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March 25, 2025
New Policy Analysis Shows State Transportation Departments are Key to Climate Progress and Consumer Savings
With Move Minnesota and our local and national allies, an unprecedented network emerges from behind the scenes to keep momentum going on transportation reform in Minnesota.
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March 4, 2025
Advocates and Elected Champions Celebrate Progress, Commit to Defend Essential State Investments in Public Transit
More than 75 transit riders and elected champions came together in community to celebrate our nation-leading state funding and policy wins for public transit—and to gear up to defend those investments during the 2025 legislative session.
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February 19, 2025
As New Legislative Session Begins, So Do Bipartisan Attacks on Transit Funding
As Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session gets underway, state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing unacceptable anti-transit proposals. It’s frustrating to watch. But as long-time advocates who have seen this playbook before, we are ready for defense.
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January 24, 2025
2025 Legislative Priorities: Continuing the fight for a transportation system that puts people first
In 2025, protecting and expanding the critical transit and climate progress we've made for Minnesota families is more important than ever. This legislative session, we're fighting for new resources and policies to improve transit access, make our communities more affordable and connected, and create a better future for all.
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August 21, 2024
Charging Up Investments in Cleaner Transit
Taking public transit is always more sustainable than driving alone, but using electric, zero-emissions buses does even more to reduce air pollution and advance health equity. Thanks to federal funding and advocacy from a broad coalition of organizations, Metro Transit has an additional $20 million to grow its fleet of electric buses.
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June 28, 2024
Applying our new Driving Down Emissions Law to Rethinking I-94
Our new climate policy win is reshaping the future of transportation in Minnesota. Here's what the Driving Down Emissions law means for highway projects like Rethinking I-94.
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June 28, 2024
How Move Minnesota is Leading the Nation to Curb Climate Pollution from Transportation
For the second year in a row, Minnesota has set a new standard for climate action in the transportation sector. After making headlines across the country in 2023, Minnesota made history again this legislative session by expanding a nation-leading law to curb greenhouse gas emissions from highway projects and setting a clear course to put the policy into action.
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May 20, 2024
Our New Wins for Transit and Climate at the State Capitol
Move Minnesota and Move Minnesota Action worked with advocates and elected allies to expand our nation-leading policy wins and put our climate and communities first this session.