Platform - Green Party US
Section III. Ecological Sustainability
A. Climate Change
Declare a Climate Emergency
The key policies and programs in this program should include the following:
Electrified Transportation
Socialize the railroad and automotive industries into a public transportation system to rapidly electrify transportation powered by clean energy sources.
The public transportation system should be governed from the bottom up by a decentralized federation of elected local/regional public transportation districts that in turn elect state and federal boards for state and federal coordination.
Intra-city mass transit and inter-city freight rails and high-speed passenger rails should move energy- and resource-inefficient personal vehicles and freight trucking on roads onto electrified passenger and freight rails.
Urban planning should encourage walkable and bikeable neighborhoods through pedestrian and bike lanes on roads and rezoning single-family residence zones into mixed use zones.