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Communication from Mayor William Peduto submitting an Executive Order relative to the authorization of a low-speed electric scooter pilot in the City of Pittsburgh.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) is responsible for the transportation of people and goods throughout the City of Pittsburgh, and for managing the operation of and access to the public right-of-way (the sidewalks, curbs, streets, and bridges that make up our network); and,
WHEREAS, transportation mobility is the single largest factor in household economic mobility; and,
WHEREAS, the goals of the Department are to promote safe travel, increase access to goods, services and opportunity, reduce automobile use for very short distance trips, reduce household transportation costs, and ensure an orderly and equitable transportation system; and,
WHEREAS, one in five Pittsburgh households do not own an automobile; and,
WHEREAS, 52 percent of Pittsburgh residents live farther than one-quarter mile from frequent transit service (defined as transit service every fifteen minutes for fifteen hours of the day and every thirty minutes for an additional five hours of the day, seven days a week); and,
WHEREAS, one-quarter of motor vehicle trips driven in the City of Pittsburgh are less than one-mile in distance and 40 percent of motor vehicle trips are less than two miles in length; and,
WHEREAS, roughly 98% of the U.S. motor vehicle fleet have internal combustion engines releasing emissions associated with climate change and human health impacts; and, whereas communities of color and/or low-income residents bear a disproportionate share of these impacts; and,
WHEREAS, small electric- or human-powered devices such as bicycles and scooters have demonstrated utility in increasing access to high frequency transit, providing a cleaner alternative to short distance automobile trips, and expanding low-cost, low-emission, flexible, on-demand travel; and,
WHEREAS, the...
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