I really look forward to working with both of you on this because currently we have viewed our forests as a source of dimensional lumber.
Oregon has a tremendous amount, millions of acres, of second growth forest that is overgrown.
Public transportation creates 19 percent more jobs per dollar invested than road projects do.
We need to finally provide the Federal Transit Administration with the resources it needs to meet local demand.
Pursuing strategies to increase fuel efficiency and cleaning our fuel mix alone will result in failure.
Total carbon emissions in Portland are below the 1990 levels.
The Texas Transportation Institute estimates Portland has 20 percent less congestion than it would otherwise.
We can't address our dependence on foreign oil without reducing oil consumption in the transportation sector.
Together, this substantial investment in transit coupled with transit-oriented development will lower vehicle miles traveled.
Public transit is a core climate solution, but it is also a core energy solution.
This bill, obviously, is going to be very important to Oregon as to the other 50 States.