Clean RIDES Network Challenges State DOTs to Adopt Better Policies – StreetsBlog USA
By Kea Wilson
A powerful coalition of advocacy organizations is pushing state departments of transportation to ratchet down the harm being unleashed by President Trump's Department of Transportation.
More than 100 powerful national and state transportation reform organizations in the country recently announced that they're joining forces as the Clean RIDES (Responsible Investments to Decrease Emissions in States) Network, launching a full-court press to challenge state DOTs across America to adopt better policies.
The initiative will start with seven states — California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania — that the group believes are best positioned to make big changes to their way of doing business, with state-level groups in each of those communities leading the charge on the ground.
