2024 Impact Review
Posted on December 31, 2024 • 3 minutes • 488 words
Miguel is a national thought leader on transportation topics including VMT reduction strategies, state fiscal policy, federal funding solutions, and clean transport co-benefits.
Miguel and analysis from his Smarter MODES Calculator were referenced 28 times in earned media in 2024.
Quotes
- 1/22 Heatmap - Transit Agencies Are Climate Agencies, Too
- 1/22 Yahoo Finance - Transit Agencies Are Climate Agencies, Too
- 2/8 Greater Greater Washington - A law to get climate and transportation on the same page in Maryland
- 2/12 The Baltimore Banner - Maryland transportation officials have ambitious climate goals - can they get there?
- 2/15 Planetizen - Calculating Vehicle Travel Reduction Benefits
- 2/16 Clean Technica - States Can Quantify the Benefits of Climate-Friendly Transportation Options With RMI’s Smarter MODES Calculator
- 2/22 Streetsblog NY - Bill to Cut Vehicle Miles in New York Would Also Reduce Traffic Deaths, Costs and Pollution
- 2/29 Minnesota Reformer - Cutting vehicle miles would yield major health, economic benefits, study finds
- 2/29 News From the States - Cutting vehicle miles would yield major health, economic benefits, study finds
- 3/11 Streetsblog USA Find Out How Much Your State Would Benefit From Cutting Car Travel
- 3/20 Augusta Free Press - Climate and Energy News Roundup: March 2024
- 4/8 Energy News Network - A sticking point on climate in North Carolina: reducing auto dependence in the ‘Good Roads State’
- 6/6 Streetsblog USA - Maryland Vows to Reduce Driving to Save the Climate — And It’s Not Alone
- 6/18 Boston Globe - If even the secretary of transportation won’t take the train, who will?
- 6/29 Star Tribune - Do we really need that highway? Law seeks to change Minnesotans’ relationship with cars in the wake of a climate crisis.
- 7/15 New York Focus - New York Idles on Green Transportation Plan
- 8/15 Talking Headways - Podcast: Reducing Emissions on Highway Projects
- 12/3 BikeOregon - This small shift could save Oregonians $1,500 and prevent 67 traffic deaths per year
- 12/10 Active Towns - Podcast: Induced Demand and More
Presentations
- 5/23 Transit Choices Maryland - A Maryland Bill to Align Transportation Spending with Climate Goals
- 6/21 Regional Transportation Authority Illinois - Transportation Tuesday: Transit’s operating funding crisis
- 10/28 Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Mobilizing Climate-Aligned and Community Led Capital
Elected Official Citations
- 1/25 US Senator Ed Markey - Transitioning transit in Mass. to a cleaner, healthier future
- 2/21 NY State Senator Andrew Gournades - Transportation Equity Bill Would Drastically Slash Emissions, Household Costs, and Traffic Deaths, New Research Finds
Advocacy Fact Sheets & Reports
- 3/1 Sierra Club MD - Transportation and Climate Alignment Act
- 3/5 National Caucus of Environmental Legislators Ensuring Climate-Smart Transportation Planning
- 4/1 ICJC IL - Support the Clean and Equitable Transportation Act
- 4/18 Transit Justice - EARTH DAY: It’s Time to Make Better Transportation Decisions
- 4/24 Transportation for America - Congressional briefing emphasizes electrification and public transit to meet climate goals
- 5/1 RMI - Spring Impact Report
- 10/23 UCS - Freedom to Move