Hey Dan, what do you think of transportation decarbonization? (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)“We have the opportunity to complete big projects that help to reduce carbon from our two largest sources of emissions – transportation and housing.”– Carmen Rubio, city commisisonerDespite its outsized contribution to local and statewide greenhouse gas emissions, the transportation sector has never been a key area of focus for the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF). The PCEF is comprised of revenue the city collects from large retailers and doles out via grants to nonprofit organizations for projects intended to reduce Portlanders’ reliance on fossil fuels.The grants distributed through the PCEF so far have been a mixed bag for clean transportation advocates: while the first round of funding awarded in 2021 neglected transportation projects almost entirely, bikes and non-car…
Revamped Clean Energy Fund would give $100 million to transportation projects
