D3. Motor Vehicles

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Platform - Green Party US
  Section III. Ecological Sustainability
        D. Transportation
              D3. Motor Vehicles

• Place a moratorium on highway widening, appropriating funds instead for mass transit and facilities for pedestrians and bicyclists.
• Mandate HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lanes on freeways, and lower tolls for carpools.
• Discourage unnecessary auto use by eliminating free parking in non-residential areas well served by mass transit, and establish preferential parking rates for HOV.
• Regularly increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to levels which truly challenge automakers to improve the state of the art, using the fuel economy performance of vehicles worldwide for reference.
  
  Eliminate the distinction between cars and light trucks, the footprint loophole, the E85 loophole and the 8500-pound exemption.
  
  Eliminate the perverse incentives for alternative fuels that increase the nation's petroleum consumption.
  
  Enact a Fee & Dividend system on the carbon content of gasoline, Diesel fuel and E85.
• Enact a fuel-economy-based Federal sales tax that creates a significant incentive for people to select more efficient vehicles, and for automakers to make them available in the United States.
• Lead by example, using government procurement to put more high-efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles into service.
• Electrify truck stops, freight terminals and loading docks. Enact and enforce anti-idling regulations. Idling engines consume nearly a billion gallons of gasoline and Diesel fuel and emit ten million tons of carbon dioxide annually (2007 data).
• Encourage carpooling programs, telecommuting, and other creative solutions to reduce commuter traffic congestion.
• Remove the most-polluting vehicles from the road by requiring every vehicle to comply with the emission standards in effect when it was manufactured before issuing or renewing its license.