Clean Transportation

Clean Transportation

Clean Transportation

Transportation is a major source of air pollution and has the largest, fastest-growing climate emissions in the US. We can tackle the climate crisis and clean up our air by shifting to pollution-free vehicles, accessible public transit, and making our communities more walkable, bikeable, and transit-friendly. No matter their zip code, race, income level, age, or any other factor people should be able to rely on clean and safe transportation. Join the Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All campaign in making that vision a reality!


Clean Transportation For All

The Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation For All (CTFA) campaign reduces the harmful environmental and public health impacts of transporting people and goods while expanding equitable transportation options.

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Electric Vehicles

In order to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and improve public health, we must transition our nation's cars, trucks, and buses to 100 percent electric. Electric vehicles are much cleaner than gas-powered vehicles today, even accounting for the emissions from electricity sources.

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Clean Cars & Trucks

Where people will continue to need to drive, we must electrify cars as soon as possible. Dirty diesel emissions from freight transportation are also poisoning communities, particularly communities of color. We're advocating for ambitious federal & state regulations to electrify passenger cars, electric school buses, & large trucks, while holding manufacturers accountable for the transition to clean transportation!

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Public Transit

A clean and just transportation future must expand access to reliable, affordable, and pollution-free public transportation choices so riders in urban and rural communities alike can arrive on time. It's also critical to ensure that transit workers have access to family-sustaining, union jobs.

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Clean Vehicle Programs: State Tracker

Momentum is building! Several states across the country are moving forward with programs to deliver cleaner air to their residents and clean up polluting cars and trucks, including large pickup trucks, delivery trucks, and semi-trucks. 

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Compact mixed-use communities promote riding transit, biking, walking, scooting, and carpooling.

Land Use & Walking/Biking

Sierra Club chapters nationwide are working with cities, regions, states, and transit agencies to increase investment in biking, pedestrian, and public transit programs. Together, we can pass transportation policies that encourage smart growth and discourage sprawl to allow people to sustainably access jobs, housing, education, healthcare, nature, and community.

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December 19, 2018

Harrisburg, PA -- Yesterday Pennsylvania, along with a bipartisan group of governors from eight other states and the Mayor of Washington DC, announced a plan to design a regional policy to limit climate disrupting carbon pollution from the…

December 14, 2018

SACRAMENTO -- The California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted a rule today that will phase in clean buses statewide, taking a giant step towards tackling health-threatening transportation pollution. The Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Rule will…

December 14, 2018

BOSTON -- Today Governor Baker announced the release of a long-awaited report on the Future of Transportation in the Commonwealth. This report lays out the administration’s comprehensive vision for improvements to the Massachusetts transportation…

December 4, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC -- Yesterday, POLITICO reported that the Trump Administration plans to pare down the safety assumptions underlying the proposed rollback of the Obama era clean car standards.

November 20, 2018

SANTA BARBARA, CA - The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) Board of Directors voted unanimously today to set a goal of 100% clean, quiet zero emission buses by 2030. The District decided to join Los Angeles Metro - with one…