Bus, bike, walk, roll, charge. 
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​2023. Missoulians play a crucial role in making our community climate smart. Together we can create a low-carbon transportation future that focuses development 'inward' and emphasizes multi-modal transportation options, transit-oriented development, and pedestrian scale design. Let's work together and accelerate efforts to travel sustainably (bus, bike, walk, roll, charge), advocate for proper investment into sustainable transportation infrastructure, and support groups working to make our city healthier, more equitable, and easier to get around. 

The Inflation Reduction Act offers new tax credits for EVs - both new and used.  Exciting! The IRA expands tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs) by providing a new tax credit of $4,000 for the sale of used electric cars and expanded tax credits of up to $7,500 for purchasers of certain new EVs. Here are the details from the Electrification Coalition!

City and Community transportation planning:
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• Higgins Avenue - Brooks to Broadway - an ongoing planning effort
• Midtown Missoula (Brooks St. Corridor) - and ongoing planning effort.
• Missoula Long Range Transportation Plan - our 30 year plan.
  • ​Missoula Connect, completed in June 2021 is an amazing document of all things transportation in our community. Read the whole thing HERE.
    

Check out our  transportation pages!

Electric Buses

Electric Vehicles

Bikes and E-Bikes

Smart Growth

2023 - Cool articles or pods:

• Volts: Decarbonizing US transportation with an eye toward global justice
• Getting electric school buses in the hands of school districts

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bus. Mountain Line and UM's UDASH work together to provide free public transit to our community. They're electrifying their fleets to reduce emissions and keep our air clean! Learn more on our e-bus page.

​bike. Biking is a fun and active way to get around town. Missoula has 62 miles of bike lanes, trails, and cycle tracks to take advantage of. Get out there! Want to go further, faster? Try an electric bike.

walk. Missoula is increasingly emphasizing Smart Growth principles in development projects that will make our city an even better place you'll want to walk around. See our Smart Growth page for ways to get involved.

​roll. Here's to skate boards. Here's to scooters! Here's to roller blades. 

​​charge. Still need to drive? Go electric! A number of car dealers in town are selling electric vehicles that can reduce your carbon emissions from driving by more than half. Learn more on our EV page.

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Community Emissions by Sector (2019 data):

Did you know transportation is one of the largest portion of Missoula's greenhouse gas emissions, making up 35% of our overall carbon footprint? On Road Gasoline (think cars & trucks) makes up ​~72% of our total transportation emissions - it's a top priority!
(Note - this data is from 2019 via an updated community emissions inventory from early 2022)