is to provide the transportation authority board feedback on transportation projects and communicate these projects to district six residents, businesses, community based oralers and businesses. initially, my objective is to strengthen capacity building with neighbors, seniors, and disabilities and other agencies and groups to improve citywide transportation. i know district six is a diverse place that includes the tenderloin, yerba buena. my goal is to reflect the diversity of the district. therefore, my objective is to reflect c.ta funding and communications are shared throughout the district and city. i look forward to the opportunity in bringing in my personal profession and passion and knowledge of transportation to the community advisory committee. thank you for considering me for this position and for your time. thank you. >> chairman: thank you, mr. rozell. i see commissioners ronen and haney in the queue. did you want to speak now or after the applicants? >> commissioner: i was going to speak about eric, but i can speak about after. >> commissioner: likewise. >> chairman: ok

and clean transportation programs. activities reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportationro sector and preserve the infrastructure we have and it needs help, support critical investments to improve reliability including 324 million to support electrification and we desperately need both to give reliable ferry service. legislators, if you have bigger ambitions or ideas transportation, in. am encouragd to some of you do, i am ready to engage and discuss and support your further efforts. my budget in place increased inclusion in the transportation sector by addressing disparities in hiring and recruiting a diverse workforce. the product transportation system remains our number one greenhouse gas that pollute our air and water. last session this legislation passed historical laws to reduce emissions including theor climae commitment act and we must not hesitate to take action this day to implement these laws and we need clean standards as well. these laws have to go in effect with our transportation budget and

under that law tsa is still in a mission to oversee transportation security and almost transportation. the net aviation or the nations service transportation system. mass transit and passenger rail, highway motor carrier, a pipeline as well as supporting maritime security with our united states coast guardpartners . as we recently assert tsa's 20th anniversary, we rededicated ourselves to our critical mission to protect our nation's transportation systems. my personal commitment to tsa's important mission to ferociously protect our homeland is fueled by my own personal experience on september 11, 2001 surviving the attack on the pentagon that fateful day when we all lost over 2977 friends, family members and colleagues . this is not a mission we can accomplish alone. our success is dependent on collaboration and strong relationships with our transportation stakeholders in our federal agency partners including several who are on this esteemed panel today. cyber security incidents affecting transportation are growing, evolving and can persistent threats across us critical infrastructure

we are here to focus on transportation. the transportation goals by 2030, trips are low carbon and we have 25% of the vehicles electric. by 2040, 100% of vehicles electric. we can mention that the interactions with transportation at the other sectors in the plan. now, i will take a deeper dive into the transportation and land use chapter of the climate action plan. in the land use and transportation section was really worked on cta, s.f.m.t.a. and planning department were the three departments that drove this chapter within climate action plan. given transportation and 47% emissions was one of the most challenging and strategic chapters within the plan. here the slide shows the different strategies and actions that are in the transportation and land use sector. i want to give some examples of the different types of strategies. it really focuses on building up our public transportation system, shifting away from driving to walking, biking and other low carbon modes. looking at increasing density and diversity of land uses to

transportation systems. mass transit and passenger rail, freight rail, highways, motor carriers, pipelines as well as supporting maritime security with our united states coast guard partners. as we recently observed, tsa's 20th anniversary we rededicated ourselves to our critical mission to protect our nations transportation systems. my personal commitment to tsa's important mission to ferociously protect our homeland is fueled by my own personal experience on september 11 2001. surviving the attack on the pentagon that fateful day when we all lost over 2977 friends, family members and colleagues. this is not a mission we can accomplish isalone . our success is highly dependent on close collaboration and strong relationships with our transportation district stakeholders and federal agency partners including several who are on this esteemed panel today. cyber security incidents affecting transportation are growing involving persistent threats.across us critical infrastructure, cyber actors have demonstrated t

we are here to focus on transportation. the transportation goals by 2030, trips are low carbon and we have 25% of the vehicles electric. by 2040, 100% of vehicles electric. we can mention that the interactions with transportation at the other sectors in the plan. now, i will take a deeper dive into the transportation and land use chapter of the climate action plan. in the land use and transportation section was really worked on cta, s.f.m.t.a. and planning department were the three departments that drove this chapter within climate action plan. given transportation and 47% emissions was one of the most challenging and strategic chapters within the plan. here the slide shows the different strategies and actions that are in the transportation and land use sector. i want to give some examples of the different types of strategies. it really focuses on building up our public transportation system, shifting away from driving to walking, biking and other low carbon modes. looking at increasing density and diversity of land uses to

and clean transportation programs. that will preserve the infrastructure we have and support critical investments to improve service and ride ability. this includes money to support electrification. we desperately need boats, cleaner boats to give washingtonians a reliable service. two legislators, if you have bigger ambitions or bolder ideas , i am encourages how you deal. i will engage and discuss efforts. also support inclusion in the chest rotation sector by addressing disparities in hiring a workforce. the broader transportation system remains our number one emitter of greenhouse gases. they pollute our air and water and drive climate change. last session we passed historic laws to reduce emissions, including the climate commitment act. you must not hesitate to take action on this day to implement these laws, we need a clean fuel standard as well. these laws have to go into effect in concert with our transportation budget. i look forward to working with legislators to do this. we have proposed necessary investment

the department of transportation. it is going to be a lot of interdepartmental decision-making. he has appointed mayor andrew to bring that together on the federal level. many governors have followed suit. in my state, my department of environmental quality and information technology, commerce, transportation, we are coordinating all of that and we know that when we are looking at transportation, we are looking at the environmental resiliency, high-speed internet access. with the discretionary investments being made, can you give me an idea of what you guys would be looking for most in states that are looking to merge funding sources together to make progress in this infrastructure arena? >> thank you, it is a great point and i think there are some great examples in your state. my travels with the vice president and i have seen it in so many places around the country. family budgets are not siloed. people pay for housing and transportation in the same month. the executive branch of the federal government does not refl

or watch >> next, transportation secretary pete buttigieg badge -- transportation secretary pete buttigieg at the annual winter meeting of the national governors association in washington, dc. he talks about the infrastructure bill and improving the nation's roads and bridges. this is about 45 minutes. >> can we get to stage mike's --mics on? >> they are on now. >> welcome everyone. i hope you had an enjoyable time. thank you for reconvening for session two of the national governors association. as you are all aware last november the house passed and the president signed into law the infrastructure investment and jobs act. this long-awaited package was the result of advocacy efforts by many governors and the work of the nga. i want to personally thank governor murphy even though he is still tending to his responsibilities in new jersey. i want to thank him for his partnership as vice chair helping to lead our effort to get the bill passed the finish line. this historic investment will help fund states and territories' core infrastructure priorities including $300 billion in funding or high

mclean transportation program. activities reduce greenhouse gas admission from the transformation transportation system. two legislatures, if you have bigger ambitions or bolder i guess in transportation, i encourage you to be ready to engage in this support and for the efforts. also increase diversity and inclusion in the transportation sector by addressing disparity including a diverse workforce. the transportationi system remains our number one greenhouse gas pollutes air and water and climate change. including the, and we must not hesitate to take action day to implement these lies and we need a clean standard as well. these have to goto in effect in constant with the transportation budget and i look forward to working with legislatures to do this. we propose necessary investment but also have to invest in financial stability to ensure financialit stability our plan would build to reserve back to pre-pandemic levels in four years from now budget 2.5 billion toward financialo resilience. better living for the ne

my opinion is the transportation sustainability fee is inadequate to fund the required transportation expansion need. so growth is not funding growth. the other issue is street trees. we never have a discussion on street trees. leave it to locate the concession as to whether you're going to plant the street trees. do you want street trees or do you want to fund muni to operate properly with that? we've had significant members of the community, such as the chamber of commerce, not attend the meetings. showed up once. they sent a replacement to stand by. the same thing with s.p.u.r., and now s.p.u.r. has now redesignated a person to attend. so i think i'm really kind of disappointed the way the epac has been functioning. we're doing the best we can, we're taking it on, but i think there should be allocation for transit expansion. it should be part of the transit expansion sustainability fee and the m.t.c.s plan 2050. and again, street trees -- >> thank you. your time is up. >> thank you, mr. mason. next speaker, please? >> operator: you have one question remaining. >> it's time for -- >

is to provide the transportation authority board feedback on transportation projects and communicate these projects to district six residents, businesses, community based oralers and businesses. initially, my objective is to strengthen capacity building with neighbors, seniors, and disabilities and other agencies and groups to improve citywide transportation. i know district six is a diverse place that includes the tenderloin, yerba buena. my goal is to reflect the diversity of the district. therefore, my objective is to reflect c.ta funding and communications are shared throughout the district and city. i look forward to the opportunity in bringing in my personal profession and passion and knowledge of transportation to the community advisory committee. thank you for considering me for this position and for your time. thank you. >> chairman: thank you, mr. rozell. i see commissioners ronen and haney in the queue. did you want to speak now or after the applicants? >> commissioner: i was going to speak about eric, but i can speak about after. >> commissioner: likewise. >> chairman: ok

but for to enter transport to set it up to be cheaper. the next thing is convenience, because tain really matters in the business. if you look at the details and i normally take him to take a telephone, bicycle, nairobi, it's about 12 hours. clean up a 6. all it is, it's a winning situation for the businesses. but the truckers aren't as of some don't even see an environmental benefit as yet. that's g. a hasn't helped in reducing pollution. what it has done is create unemployment regarding blood middle had to be or is an eminem, whether it's night or day emissions are the same that there after 20 years running buses far. ok. so here it is now struggling. we used to have about 34 boxes. i b. now we're just sending about 2 buses. aqua compared to bed transport sector. ah, yes, yes. yes, ending almost to those is can be numbered. at 1014 can be switched courses to 4 mode to 1000 passengers. and we are cutting almost 20 passengers, which is a big impact for us. the economy was the chief driver between the mombasa, no, robi as t i'll railway co

he's been such a key leader on transportation infrastructure as chairman of the transportation and communications committee, mayor, please come join us on stage. there you are. behind me. [applause] all right. after secretary buttigieg makes opening remarks, mayor hancock and i will engage in a conversation. please give a big round of applause to our former colleague and friend, transportation secretary mayor pete. [applause] >> thank you. pete: it feels so good to be back in a room full of america's mayors. i can't tell you how excited i am. the last time i was here, i think it was as a presidential candidate and mayor at the same time. i was flashing back to the first time i was here when i was going up and down those -- there's stairways out in the lobby there, and i could just see folks' eyes moving toward my name tag trying to figure out who i was interning for. and it's -- since then it's only become a more important organization to me and to the country. when i was a mayor, i was convinced the local government is the level that gets the most done that is closest to the people and is most c

department of transportation grant. finally, the adoption of the toll policy is needed to support our financing strategy which will present as part of item 5 together with this item to help make our schedule to start the timma ferry service east bay transit in mid 2024. the transit services are shown here and we are very glad to have been able to work with the operators over the last few years to day one that we can for the most cost-effective price. this means that we have included in our funding plan and planning for an all day ferry service to begin on day one to and from san francisco approximately every half hour. for the east bay transit we are working with ac transit and looking at options through the micro transit industry to provide a flexible fixed route or combination fixed route on demand service that would be able to respond to folks within 15 minutes and provide rides across the bay to downtown oakland. that would start on day one serving all of the islands. the on island shuttle would also begin at this t

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and clean transportation programs. and that we reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector that determines the infrastructure that we have and needs help to improve service reliability. this includes 324 million dollars to support electrification, that we desperately need both to give washingtonians reliable ferry service. now, to legislators. if you have big ambitions or bolder ideas in transportation and i'm encouraged that some of you do, i'm ready to engage and discuss and support your further efforts. and also support increased diversity, inclusion in the transportation sector in disparity and recruiting a diverse work force. the broader transportation system remains the number one emitter of greenhouse gases that pollute our air and water. last year, the legislation produced laws for the climate commitment act and we must not hesitate to take action this day to implement these laws and we need a clean fuel standard as well. these laws have to go in effect in concert with our transportation budg

i am happy about the state of transportation technology. nevada is at the cutting edge of transportation technology. it has the only statewide test site authorized by the faa, we participate in several autonomous and smart vehicle projects, and we are supporting several infrastructure deployments. with the home for the hyperloop testbed, and a self-driving delivery company broke around on a manufacturing facility in las vegas and will be building and for its vehicles. underlining all of our states contributions to transportation technology is a commitment to safety first and foremost, and working to produce technology to make a positive impact. dr. so, dr. cliff, can you share your thoughts about how under your leadership nhtsa will continue to meet its mission to save lives, prevent injuries, reduce economic cost due to road crashes while adapting rules to be increasingly innovative transportation sector on the use of autonomous vehicle technology with other forms of ai? and also i would say requires critical cybersecurity safeguards. and

my experience with transportation law has prepared me for this role p. prior to joining the administration i worked with the transportation environmental and energy attorney in denver colorado and washington dc. i've represented the state department of transportation, local governments and private entities nationwide on a range of airport and i we transit and other issues. most recently i served as the public health and environment. in my role as director i coordinated with other state departments and the roadmap for transportation projects. prosperity, greenhouse gas reduction and other programs. if i have the honor of being confirmed i vowed to work with you to s strengthen the department and achieve better results for the american people. i commit to an apartment that's responsible for congressional oversight and the transportationexpertise shared by you and your staff . i view these guiding principles as final to the achievement of our shared success. chair cantwell, ranking member wicker and members of this committee thank you for your consideration

how they're processed and transported. and what we know is that to build a battery counting everything upstream, we don't know precisely how much carbon dioxide emissions occur in the processes of mining and processing them but we know the range. people will say they know that it will what the exact emissions reductions are and the truth is i guess. a number somewhere between eight and 20 times the co2 to fabricate a battery for one car for a pickup truck it's even double that. and that's the lifetime commissions of carbon dioxide from driving a regular automobile. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the witness may provide an answer in writing. thank you. the gentlewoman from connecticut missed hayes who is also the chair of our subcommittee on nutrition oversight and department operations is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mister chairman and thank you for having this very important hearing today . outside of this committee i have worked tirelessly to expand access to electric vehicles . in my first year

now as our nation's 19th transportation secretary he will be overseeing a record level of transportation funds as part of the infrastructure package. secretary buttigieg, i know i speak for all of the governors when i say we are looking forward to working with you and is spending these funds wisely and accountable he. also, -- accountability. to lead the discussion will be governor hogan and governor whitmer with the secretary. last may we are thankful to each of you for testifying on behalf of the governors infrastructure priorities for the senate environment and public works committee. the law we have today reflects so many of those advocacy principles and we are grateful for your help shaping the legislation. governor hogan i know this was your initiative when you were chair of the nga and it is appropriate you kick this off. governor whitmer i know infrastructure is pretty important to you as well and you have been an advocate for it in michigan. with that, governor hogan come over to you. governor hogan: thank you, mr. chairman, thank you mr. secretary for joining us. the last time

he's been such a leader on the transportation infrastructure as the chair man of the chairman oe transportation and communications committee. please, come join us on stage. [applause] after he makes opening remarks, mayor hancock and i will engage our former colleague and a discussion of key issues pertaining to this massive transportation investment. with that, please put your hands together and give a big round of applause to the former colleague and friend,pl transportation secretary, mayor pete. [applause] ♪♪ thank you. it feels so good to be back in a room full of america's mayors. i can't tell you how excited i am. the last time i was here i think it was as a presidential candidate and a mayor at the same time. going back to the first time i was here when i was going up and down those stairways in the lobby and i could see folks eyes moving toward my name tag trying to figure out who i was interning for. [laughter] and since then it's only becoming more important organization to me and the country. when i was a mayor i was convinced of the local government is the one to get the most d

nations transportation systems. my personal commitment to tsa's important mission to ferociously protect our homeland is fueled by my own personal experience on september 11, 2001 surviving the attack on the pentagon on that fateful day when we all lost over 2900 77 friends, family members and colleagues . . this is not a mission we can accomplish alone. our success is dependent on close collaboration and strong collaboration with our industry stakeholders and federal agency partners including several who are on this esteemed panel today. cyber security incidents affecting transportation are rolling, evolving and persistent threats. across us s critical infrastructure cyber ththreat demonstrated their willingness and ability to conduct malicious fiber activities. targeting critical infrastructure by excluding the vulnerability of operational technology and information technology systems r. malicious directors continue to target us critical infrastructure for transportation systems. for instance, as mentioned earlier

transportation does represent 47% of greenhouse gas emissions, we want to stay focused on the transportation piece of the solution. 80% low carbon goal by 2030 and aims to increase electric private vehicle fleets to 100% by 2040. rta staff supported development of the land use chapter of the cap and this included a number of strategies that you are familiar with, prioritizing sustainable modes and increasing mixed use transit-oriented development and zero emission vehicles and public charging infrastructure. and pricing signals incentives as well to round out that package of strategies. we're happy to support that and we'll be coordinating with them to see if there might be a desire to see a presentation on the transportation strategies in the coming year. scccess study is moving forward. there's been the coordination event with the department of children, youth and families and so i want to appreciate those partners in conducting the school access study. there was an event in the past few weeks, several outreach events hosted to understand the transportation issues raised by caregivers rega

but for to add her to transport, to set up to be cheaper. the next thing is convenient because tiny really matters in business. if you look at the detailed and i normally took and took a trailer from a bicycle, nairobi it's around 12 hours clean, focusing solidly. and it's a winning situation for the businesses. but the truckers aren't as upbeat some don't even see an environmental benefit. there's yeah, that's g a hasn't helped in reducing pollution. what it has done is create unemployment in regarding blood middle, how to be, what is an m m m, whether it's night or day emissions are the same that they're after 20 years running buses far. ok, so here it is now struggling. we used to have about 34 boxes and now we're just sending about 2 buses. aqua compared to bed transport sector. ah, yes, yes. yes, ending almost to those as can be number packed in 14 can be switched courses to for mode to 1000 passengers. and we are cutting almost 30 passengers, which is a big impact for us. the economy was the chief driver between the mombasa. no, robi a

transportation does represent 47% of greenhouse gas emissions, we want to stay focused on the transportation piece of the solution. 80% low carbon goal by 2030 and aims to increase electric private vehicle fleets to 100% by 2040. rta staff supported development of the land use chapter of the cap and this included a number of strategies that you are familiar with, prioritizing sustainable modes and increasing mixed use transit-oriented development and zero emission vehicles and public charging infrastructure. and pricing signals incentives as well to round out that package of strategies. we're happy to support that and we'll be coordinating with them to see if there might be a desire to see a presentation on the transportation strategies in the coming year. school access study is moving forward. there's been the coordination event with the department of children, youth and families and so i want to appreciate those partners in conducting the school access study. there was an event in the past few weeks, several outreach events hosted to understand the transportation issues raised by caregiver

under that law tsa assumed the mission overseas transportation security and all modes of transportation, be that aviation or the nation's surface transportation system. mass transit, andit passenger rail, freight rail, highway, motor carriers, pipeline as thoughpi supporting maritime security without united states coast guard partners. as we recently observed tsa's 20th anniversary, we we dedicate ourselves to our critical mission to protect our nation's transportation systems. my personal commitment to tsa's important mission to ferociously protect our homeland is fueled by my own personal experience on september 11, 2001, surviving the attack on the pentagon on that fateful day when we all lost over 2977 friends, family members andnd colleagues. this is not a mission we can accomplish alone. our success is highly dependent on close collaboration and strong relationship with our transportation industry stakeholders and our federal agency partners including several who werene on this esteemed panel today. cybersecurity incidents affecting transportation are growing, involving and persis

we are not operating today— transport. we are not operating today at _ transport. we are not operating today at southern train because of staff shortages and trains there at christmas — staff shortages and trains there at christmas were unreduced timetables. ithink— christmas were unreduced timetables. i think that's the kind of thing that— i think that's the kind of thing that will— i think that's the kind of thing that will upset people. so we will see some — that will upset people. so we will see some people stepping in, or this testing _ see some people stepping in, or this testing focusing on transport workers _ testing focusing on transport workers. ., ,., workers. southern rail in the south and southeast _ workers. southern rail in the south and southeast of _ workers. southern rail in the south and southeast of england, - workers. southern rail in the south and southeast of england, the - workers. southern rail in the south. and southeast of england, the entire scottish rail network heavily affected, scottish rail reduced significantly the number

sidewalks are for pedestrian transportation. streets are for vehicular transportation. open the streets so that we have well defined boundaries for best safety operation of pedestrian transportation from vehicular transportation. remove slow streets barriers for better safety. streets are for transportation, san francisco is a destination for the whole bay area. open the streets so we have better transportation to world-class san francisco destination. open the streets for easy transportation to recreation. open the streets for a safer, pedestrian and vehicular transportation. open the streets for better transportation san francisco destination. >> chair borden: does that complete your comment? >> caller: yes, it does. thank you. >> chair borden: next speaker please. >> caller: hello. takes a few seconds for the computer to talk to me before it releases my mute button. i'm calling about the medallion situation. my name is brent johnson. i'm the holder of medallion 1557. i'm calling just to say, we're still calling, hoping that something can be done about the situation.

transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. accounting for nearly one-third of our nation's total emissions. thus, any started to achieve net-zero emissions by midcentury must include measures of rapidly decarbonized the transportation sector. we agreed that electric vehicles will be an important part of that strategy but given the time needed to transition light-duty vehicle fleet continued reliance on fossil fuels for electricity generation, the difficulty of electrifying medium and heavy-duty vehicles, and other barriers, electric fields alone will not get our transportation sector to net zero emission by 2050. today there there are more than 267 million light-duty vehicles in the u.s. just 2.3 million of those vehicles, that's less than 1%, our battery electric or plug-in hybrid evs. the other 99% run on liquid fuels. information -- four out of five new vehicles sold in 2050 l still be internal combustion engines requiring liquid fuels. so even with increased, electric vehicle sales and years ahead it would take decades to

things account for less than 20 percent of the transport industry. according to a study by the applicant development bank, passenger real mixed up an even smaller proportion. now kenya is one of the few african countries that has started to rethink trains. an acre africa went along for a ride on the new route between nairobi and mombasa. ah twice a day the mombasa nairobi standard gauge railway or s t r shuttle's passengers between kenya's indian ocean port of mombasa and the capitol. it's a 5 hour trip. a one way ticket costs logistics manager, peter morality, a 1000 canyon shillings equivalent of about 8 euros. a bus would be more expensive and take twice as long as it's organized. the be the earliest, the operator feels like a you are really challenging. no time it is about you. good to go, my daughter with this so much organism to suffer. the connection has been running for full years. it's kenya's only modern railing and still highly controversial. most african countries, including kenya rely primarily on roads for transportation. whether by aut

but for to adhere to transport, to set up to be cheaper. the next thing is, convenience, because time really much as a business. if you look at the details and i normally take him to take a trailer from a bicycle, nairobi it's around 12 hours. clean, focusing solidly and it's a winning situation for the businesses, but the truckers aren't as of some don't even see an environmental benefit there's yeah, that's g a hasn't helped in reducing pollution. what it has done is create an employment in regarding blood middle, how to be, what is an m m m, whether it's night or day emissions are the same that they're after 20 years running buses far. ok, so here it is now struggling. we used to have about 34 boxes and now we're just sending about 2 buses. aqua compared to bed transport sector. ah, yes, yes. yes. ending almost to those is can be doubled. packed in 14 can be switched courses to 4 mode to 1000 passengers. and we are cutting almost 30 passengers, which is a big impact for us. the economy was the chief driver between the mombasa, nairobi as

t on new concepts for speeding up container transportation. i could, i could hyperlink is not suitable for short distances. for middle or long distances . you know, that's, that's what we're considering is an in landrick crossing more than 300 kilometers, connecting to really big hubs. a root carrying very large quantities of containers over dependably long periods. oh, sure likely would make sense in that context? i've been the next step is to build proper longer test routes including bends, which are a challenge due to the speeds involved. hyper luke would then be able to prove its feasibility for long haul travel and keep up the pace and the height managing bench while i'm sure that was also a challenge back in 1835. when the 1st steam powered locomotive in germany, the other started chugging away at 30 kilometers per hour. now, fast forward 180 years and we're talking some serious increases in speed. with more than 300 kilometers per hour. bullet train start across the launch, connecting distant places quickly and conveniently, and they ca

providing our customers with reliable and private transportation. thank you for the opportunity to testify. >> thank you very much. now mr. walter e may begin. >> chairman scott, ranking member thompson and members of the community pray thank you for the opportunity to testify today. my name is trevor walter i am t the vice president. i am testifying today on behalf of the national association of convenience stores. the companies currently providene energy to motorists are well-positioned to play an important role in deep urbanizing the transportation sector to the sale of cleaner liquid fuels and alternative technologies such as electricity. we want to partner with congress to help achieve environmental goals and market oriented consumer friendly manner. we know one of the challenges to the development of the electrical vehicle market is consumer conceptions on chargers often referred to as range anxiety for these perceptions often do not match reality. by far the best way to address this problem is for more to be deployed. our industry's locations

transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions and nuÑez -- in the u.s.. any strategy to achieve zero by midcentury must include measures that rapidly carbonized the transportation sector. we agreed that electric vehicles will be part of that. given the time that it would take to -- the difficulty of electrifying medium and heavy duty vehicles and other barriers, electric vehicles alone will not get our transportation sector to net zero emissions by 2050. today there are more than 26 7 million light duty vehicles in the u.s.. less than 1% are battery electric or plug-in hybrid ev's. the other 99% run on liquid fuels. the energy administration admission projects that -- even with increased electric vehicle sales in the years ahead, it would take decades to turn over the fleet. that means hundreds of millions of gallons of liquid fuel will be continue to be burned for years and decades to come. given these realities, other complementary solutions will be needed to d carbonized transportation by midcentury. that is were agricultural comes in, through ethanol,

a couple of things, he should not be secretary of transportation. one of my affiliates on the radio show is from south bend and they said this guy was having traffic going the wrong direction, one time he had a town hall and they got yelled at eddie had to shut it down. today he promised to announce a plan to get 20 traffic deaths but i don't think there's any human being who can get us down to zero. if so, i can take off my seat belt and empty the dashboard. what is more valuable right now than having an expert dolomite expert and energy. does anybody think that he has any experience? did you look at the resume. what does john kerry know about climate? that qualifies him. i don't know if you heard, but we are in a pandemic. you saw the secretary of transportation wearing that mask alone on the stage, which i really recommend for everyone giving his speech. did you know that the hhs secretary health and human services, it would be nice to see him once in a while, but he has no experience and no interested of doing the job lick the vice president who

making sure other committee chairs like the senate, transportation committee, chair, transportation chair laura friedman are aware of the different benefits of the project to get to the finish line and the next steps. as you may be aware, last year the loggerhead came down to concerns in the assembly as to how high-speed rail funds would be used and that held up the entire package. we want be everyone to be aware of the work we are doing. it was a geographical battle between los angeles pushing harder for the funds and lined up to be a bit of caucus. they are asking for new program there are great barrier programs to help push. i want to acknowledge the staff for all great work with m.t.c., caltrain, many of you on ensuring they understand the regional benefit. we continue to work on this. we continue to push and advocate. it is a great team effort. next steps. this is our top four issues. we are flexible and things could pop-up. one, working on transportation budget. that is is top. two, working with the team on funding the tircp program and many others. three, new executive director exc

as 2050 for the transport sector. a given these figures that we're seeing, the figures in the study, actually they suggest that it's a harder road than jakarta on figures. is that right? yes, yes. so the way you put it now, i mean the study that we just saw, the figures from an independent think tank that created a model for how and he just could, you know, in theory, regents carbon neutral. and that's something that long sectors like transportation, power, generation, and so on, in indonesia itself, the government that's responsible for the transition of the electric grid. and it actually has much, much lower goals for the electrification of transportation. and with regards to 2 wheelers, i think it's only planted 13000000 versus 110000000 that you saw. so yes, there is a huge gap in perception and a vision when it comes to that. and it's just the, you know, a testament to how complex it is to shift an entire transportation systems, electric or i. so some of the other, the, the more realistic though at this point. ok

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