Mayors nationwide and in Massachusetts are all in the Race to Zero.

The United Nations (UN) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) coined the phrases: Race to Zero and Cities Race to Zero, also known as The Great Reset.  Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive director of the World Economic Forum, wrote:

“Every country, from the United States to China, must participate, and every industry, from oil and gas to tech, must be transformed. In short, we need a ‘Great Reset’ of capitalism.”[1]

Notice the “must participate”?

This demand hits closer to home, as mayors across the state are members of two organizations campaigning for a climate change agenda that mirrors Schwab’s Great Reset: the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA), an organization that is running a Cities Race to Zero climate campaign, and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), that is also running a Net Zero campaign. To learn more about these two entities, see the links below.

Among the demands of the Net Zero, Race to Zero, and Cities Race to Zero are sustainable land use, protection of natural resources, efficient and affordable transportation, a diverse housing stock, healthy food access, and so on. The main goal of these campaigns is to cut emissions in half by 2030 and to have net zero emissions by 2050.

MAPC stated:

“When gas prices and gas taxes are low, and use of the roadway is essentially free, then drivers are less likely to opt for public transit even when it is available.”

So, they did a transportation study of the Boston metro area with three different pricing scenarios of vehicle miles traveled. The one they favored most was the following Smart Growth scenario.[4]

TRANSPORTATION PRICING SCENARIOS

“Smart Growth”
Description	DVMT 2030	% change from 2010
$0.42 gas tax	52,933,000	18.8
$0.75 gas tax	52,380,000	17.5
$0.75 gas tax + freeway congestion fees	46,864,000	5.2
$0.75 gas tax + $0.25 VMT fee	45,827,000	2.8
$0.75 gas tax + $0.10 VMT fee + freeway congestion fees	42,881,000	-3.8
$0.75 gas tax + $0.25 VMT fee + freeway congestion fees	35,789,000	-19.7

MAPC Recommendation: Reduce vehicle miles traveled and the need for single-occupant vehicle travel through increased development in transit-oriented areas and walkable centers.[5]

The Massachusetts gasoline tax is $0.24/gallon, and the federal fuel tax is $0.18.4/gallon.[6]

Are we looking at a higher gas tax, VMT fee, and a freeway congestion fee in our near future?

by Citizens for Truth Contributor

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Sources:

[1] https://freedomlibrary.hillsdale.edu/programs/cca-ii-the-great-reset/what-is-the-great-reset

[2] https://www.mma.org/mass-communities-join-cities-race-to-zero-climate-campaign/

[2a] https://www.mma.org/about-mma/mma-history-and-mission/

[3] https://www.mapc.org/about-mapc/work-plans-strategic-plan/

[3a] https://www.mapc.org/aboutus/

[4] https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/vehicle-miles-traveled-emissions/

[5] https://metrocommon.mapc.org/announcements/recommendations/2

[6] https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/massachusetts/gasoline-fuel