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Beyond oil issuecommpresentation
This document discusses moving beyond oil dependency in Wisconsin's transportation sector. It notes that transportation accounts for 1/3 of carbon emissions and outlines goals to increase funding for clean transportation like public transit, biking and walking. This would reduce oil consumption, greenhouse gases, and health and environmental impacts while creating jobs. It discusses lobbying state legislators to restore and increase transit funding from the transportation budget and allow local transit authorities to raise dedicated funds.
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Beyond oil issuecommpresentation
- 1. Moving Beyond Oilto Clean Transportation in Wisconsin photos: Sierra Club, Darrell Clarke 2013 Priority Issue Team Training February 9, 2013, Madison Shahla Werner, Director, Sierra Club – John Muir Chapter 222 South Hamilton St, #1, Madison, WI 53703 (608) 256-0565, shahla.werner@sierraclub.org http://wisconsin.sierraclub.org
- 2. Michael Brune Sierra ClubExecutive Director
- 3. Oil 28,000 42-gallon barrelsof oil are consumed in the United States every 2 minutes, 19.6 million barrels / day, 25% of the world’s total.
- 4. Transportation- mostly cars-consume the majority of oil in the U.S. MBPD (million barrels per day)
- 5. Beyond Oil: EnvironmentalGoal Oil spills like the 1989 Exxon-Valdez and the 2010 BP disaster cause devastating environmental damage and wreak havoc on coastal economies Because the transportation sector contributes 1/3 of all U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, it is a prime target for greenhouse gas reductions. Transportation choices that include walking, biking, and public transit as well as cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks can break our addiction to oil.
- 6. Our Addiction toOil Threatens Our Environment Transit helps clean up our air, and it reduces the need for offshore drilling and tar sands extraction
- 7. Our Addiction toOil Threatens Public Health Promoting transit, walkable neighborhoods, bicycle and pedestrian paths can reduce rates of asthma & childhood obesity. Potential Allies: Physicians for Social Responsibility, Bike Federation of WI, nurses, respiratory specialists & parents.
- 8. Addiction to OilThreatens National Security and Our Quality of LIfe drivelesslivemore.com
- 9. Transit Improves Mobilityfor Seniors, Disabled, Low Income Groups By 2025, over 27% of Wisconsin residents in 17 counties will be 65 or older. Transit allows them to avoid assisted living. Allies: Coalition of WI Aging Groups, Citizen Action, WISDOM, Disability Rights Advocates, ACLU
- 10. Clean Transportation Creates Jobs! Wisconsin’s bicycling industry provides over 13,000 jobs and contributes $1.5 billion annually to our economy. It brings in $535 million in tourism from out of state visitors alone. The Milwaukee County Transit Systems serves over 18,000 employers According to a WisDOT, for every $1 invested transit, there is a $3.44 return from better connections to retail, healthcare, education, and recreational services.
- 11. The 2011-13 WITransportation Budget The 2011-13 WI State budget provided $221.7 million for tiered Mass Transit (a 10% decrease), vs. $3.26 Billion for Highways Sierra Club helped restore collective bargaining for transit workers, saving $46 million in federal aid, and blocked attempts to take transit out of the transportation fund in 2011.
- 12. 2013 Clean TransportationGoals Keep Transit in the Transportation Fund Restore & Increase Transit funding, reduce runaway highway spending Allow local communities to form Regional Transit Authorities to raise dedicated transit funds Urge WisDOT to use MAP-21 Transportation Alternatives funds for bicycle and walking paths
- 13. Environmental & Transit Organizational Allies WISPIRG One Thousand Friends of Wisconsin Wisconsin Urban & Rural Transit Association (WURTA) Wisconsin Counties Association Madison Metro, Valley Transit, Milwaukee Co. Transit System, Shoreline Metro (Sheboygan), Maritime Metro Transit (Manitowoc)
- 14. Key Decision-makers forTransit Funding Governor Walker, state budget released Feb., legislators to pass by June The Joint Finance Committee The Senate Transportation Committee (Chair = Sen. Petrowski, Leibham, Cowles, Carpenter, Hansen). The Assembly Transportation Committee (Chair = Rep. Ripp, Vice Chair = Thiesfeldt, Stone, A. Ott)
- 15. Key Grasstops, orPowerful Allies who Can Influence Transit Funding Targets Mayors (Hanna, Dickert) Transit Managers Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups Large Businesses / Employers (SC Johnson, Kohler, Aurora Medical Center, Miller, State of Wisconsin) Transportation Finance Commission
- 16. Wisconsin’s Transportation Finance Commission Released Report, Keep Wisconsin Moving Jan. 23. Wisconsinites are driving 3% less than in 2004, yet report recommends increasing highway spending Supports increasing transit funding, allowing Regional Transit Authorities, raising gas tax, and charging vehicle registration based on annual miles traveled. http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/about/tfp/docs/keep-wi-moving-report.pdf http://www.wicounties.org/blog/wisconsin-transportation-and-finance-policy- commission-release-final-report/
- 17. How Can TransitCompete with Highways in the Next Budget? Draft a sign-on statement for mayors, businesses, transit managers, and organizations. Deliver to legislators and media by April. Organize in-district meetings with JFC members also on Transportation Committee Work with allies on the 10-10-10 solution to increase funds for transit and local roads by cutting highways by 10%; highlights imbalance
- 18. Stop Governor Walker’s Highway Robbery The WI state budget robs schools, transit and local roads to fund bloated highway budget. There was some media coverage of this issue, but the FB page never took off, possibly due to “new FB page fatigue.” We worked with teachers unions as main messengers.
- 19. Environmental Justice &Transit: Zoo Interchange Lawsuit ACLU & MEA filed suits against WisDOT & the US Dept. of Transportation in 2012 for the way they designed the $1.7 billion zoo interchange project. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope and the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin. It contends that the EIS failed to incorporate transit, increased segregation, or barriers to work & medical appointments for non-drivers caused by the project. An injunction to halt construction was sought in Feb. 2013.
- 20. Grassroots Transit Tactics ActionAlerts to SC members, mentioning link between oil addiction and climate change, tar sands, & offshore drilling pollution. Phone bank to members in key districts. “Cash Cow” Rallies with Disability Rights, Labor, Citizen Action, ACLU designed for negative attention on runaway highway spending at transit’s expense Highlight $2.4 billion in Big Oil tax deductions (subsidies) that Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell & Conoco Phillips get each year, even as they rake in record profits & cause devastating pollution.
- 21. Transportation Alternatives Funding MAP-21,or Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, is the federal transportation bill authorizes $105 billion in spending through Sep. 2014. MAP-21 includes the Transportation Alternatives Program which funds Safe Routes to School (SRTS); Transportation Enhancements (TE); and The Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Program (BPFP). WisDOT can opt out of using 50% of funding. Gov. Walker announced $3.4 million in funding for 17 SRTS projects in Dec. 2012. Decisionmakers: WisDOT Sec. Gottlieb, Wisconsin’s 14 Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)
- 22. Other Beyond OilActivities Protesting the proposed Keystone XL Tar Sands pipeline Participating in Hands Across the Sand events Tracking expansion plans for Enbridge pipelines and Murphy Oil refinery. A pipeline ruptured in July 2012 in Grand Marsh, WI. Expand Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles. Utilities can increase availability, sell more electrons. Companies can improve public image. Promoting Passenger Trains. MKE – MSN service would reduce traffic, create over 3,000 jobs, take 500,000 cars of WI roads and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 190,000 metric tons per year.
- 23. Moving Beyond Oilby Protesting Keystone XL Tar Sands oil extraction causes 3x the GHG of conventional oil, destroys boreal forests, threatens public health, and jeopardizes Lake Athabasca The Keystone XL would transport tar sands oil from Alberta to Texas. A pipeline leak would contaminate the Nebraska Sandhills & the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to millions. The Sierra Club will join 350.org and the Hip Hop Caucus in Washington DC on February 17 to protest the Keystone XL pipeline and demand climate action
- 24. Questions? Shahla Werner, Director Sierra Club – John Muir Chapter 222 South Hamilton St, #11, Madison, WI 53703 (608) 256-0565 shahla.werner@sierraclub.org