Transportation
The Indiana Green Party recognizes the unsustainable nature of our fossil fuel based transportation system, and therefore hold the following positions regarding transportation in our state.
1. We oppose the proposed new terrain Interstate 69 extension through southwestern Indiana for environmental, fiscal, political and social reasons.
2. We support the building of high-speed rail connections between Indiana cities instead of more roads for individual gas-powered vehicles. The Indiana Department of Transportation should put more effort and funding toward the development of such rail connections, and less toward road development.
3. We support public transportation within Indiana cities. All state offices should be built on local public transportation lines to be accessible to the greatest number of constituents, and the state government should encourage publicly funded municipal public transportation.
4. We support use of alternative fuels, which, if used in motorized vehicles, would be less damaging to the environment and more sustainable in the long run that gasoline. We support the use of ethanol, which is already available and has been studied and accepted by the scientific community as safe and reliable.