The AOC Effect Comes to Travel, Whether You Like It or Not
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U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her Green New Deal have stirred up debate about the path toward a sustainable travel future. She's right on time — and hopefully not too late.
You are going to be hearing a lot more about the future of transportation, in particular that of rail, cars, cruise, and planes, over the next two years.
That's partially because U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in February introduced House Resolution 109, "recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal."
More of a wish list than an action plan, the Green New Deal calls on the federal government to rid the transportation sector of pollution, including greenhouse gas emissions, "as much as is technically feasible."
A former bartender, the New York Democrat burst on the scene as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, and with her 3.2 million Twitter followers and stereotypical New York moxie, Ocasio-Cortez has grabbed the national spotlight in standing up to right-wing bullying through her numerous on-the-mark social media comebacks.
For example, when Republican Senator John Barrasso of Wisconsin accused AOC, as she's known, of try
