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T VkLk <br /> \ • : ! • \ <br /> Transportation is the largest source of emissions within Orange County,with 43% <br /> of all community emissions coming from vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and 30% 4 (� <br /> of County operations emissions coming from employee commutes; therefore, <br /> reducing fossil fuel vehicle travel is imperative. By increasing active transit like <br /> walking and biking and helping create a walkable and bikeable county, public <br /> health and social connectivity will be increased. The strategies and actions in <br /> this section are designed to make alternatives to single-occupant,fossil fuel trips <br /> easy, convenient, and attractive to residents and visitors. <br /> One of the Top 10 Things the County should do is to transition all community-wide <br /> vehicles away from fossil fuel. This follows North Carolina's Executive Order 246 <br /> which calls for an increase in registered zero-emission vehicles to at Ieast1,250,000 <br /> a. <br /> by 2030 and for 50%of sales of new vehicles in North Carolina to be zero-emission j <br /> by 2030. The County expects this guidance to continue its trajectory of 100% ofr <br /> sales of new vehicles by 2050. To support this, the County will need to ramp up <br /> education and charging infrastructure to support this transition. <br /> CO-BENEFITS KEY00 @Go <br /> GHG COST COMMUNITY EFFECTS ON ALIGNMENT WITH EQUITY& <br /> REDUCTION EFFECTIVENESS BENEFITS THE ECONOMY STATE/LOCAL CLIMATE JUSTICE <br /> POLICIES <br /> 36 2023 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />