At the beginning of December, Sustain Charlotte joined eight local organizations in signing a letter organized by the Southern Environmental Law Center urging North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and state Department of Transportation leadership to prioritize transportation investments that reduce single-occupancy driving rather than building and expanding highways. 

The purpose of the letter was to offer thanks for all the work Cooper’s administration is doing to reduce climate-changing emissions from the
the transportation sector in North Carolina and to suggest some additional discrete items the administration should pursue to further this work.

Read the full letter. 

*Photo credit: Gov. Roy Cooper/Twitter

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