We are excited to announce Climate Change Town Hall # 2 on Saturday, May 11. Please join us as we meet from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m, this time at the Friends Meeting House, 1841 Sheridan in Port Townsend. Community members have spoken out on what must be done to reduce the 40% of carbon emissions resulting from our current transportation practices. Your voices have been heard, your views have been recorded. On May 11th we will build on the April 13th Climate Change Town Hall # 1.Our expected outcomes for this meeting are to
- Develop a focused, coherent, carbon reduction policy statement that will address significant community carbon reduction, is doable, and can be implemented reasonably quickly. This proposal will focus on the input we received from those who attended the April 13 Town Hall.
- Establish action steps to take the carbon reduction policy forward.
- Take initial steps to increase the local political will to make effective carbon reduction changes quickly.
The top from policy proposals from the April 13 meeting included the following (here taken verbatim from participants’ notes).
- Change parking requirement in building codes to “de-incentivize” cars
- Toll car traffic in downtown Port Townsend
- Subsidize public transportation to the point that it’s free. Limit parking and charge people downtown.
- Make Port Townsend a car-free city.
- Create connectivity on Port Townsend’s Uptown sidewalk network so it can be used for transportation by everyone. Think strollers, wheelchairs, walking, very young kids on bikes and trikes.
The rest of Town Hall #1 participant policy and action statements are here. Please email Dave Thiek or call him at 360-301-6005 with questions or issues you would like to discuss.
The Transportation Lab Action Group needs your voice! Please join us on May 11, along with your friends and associates. If you can’t personally attend, please consider sending someone as your proxy. Thank you for your energy, enthusiasm and commitment to positive action.
