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Ideally, decisions about transportation infrastructure would reflect this "green transportation hierarchy" which recognizes that pedestrians are the foundation of our transportation system. However, current allocations of road space and project funding invert this hierarchy by prioritizing funding for the least energy and least space efficient mode of travel--the single occupancy vehicle. This leaves little money for pedestrian and bicycle accomodation.

In fact, in the 2008 federal transportation funding cycle for Connecticut, pedestrian and bicycle projects represented only 3.2% of the total allocation*. Much work needs to be done to develop a new focus.

Sustainable Transportation encompasses and overlaps many disciplines, as categorized below. Developing a new focus will require fluency in all of these areas. This page is meant to be a living document where emerging data can be shared.

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How do you measure sustainable transportation? Click here for details