A new report by the Ohio Environmental Council estimates that the climate crisis will cost Ohio cities $6 billion dollars annually by 2050. Keeping cool, repairing roads, and recovering from storms will just be three of the many impacts of climate change on cities. Harvey Miller was quoted in an article from NBC 4 to share his thoughts on what this will mean. 

Miller noted that transportation is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. He also noted that our car-dominated transportation system is brittle and does not handle shocks and disturbances well. “If something goes wrong with our roads or highways – a flooding, infrastructure failure – there’s no other choice: Mobility just freezes.” He also noted that our current urban infrastructure was designed based on a climate history that no longer exists. He called on city leaders in Ohio to step up to these challenges: “We have the wealth to do it; we have the technology. What we need is the leadership and the political will to make major wholesale changes in how we operate our cities.” 

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