Democrats declared war on your car years ago.
They're just getting more brazen about admitting it.
And Massachusetts Democrats unveiled one terrifying plan to control drivers.
Blue state bill makes controlling your driving official policy
Massachusetts lawmakers just passed a bill that makes reducing how much you drive an official state policy goal.
They're calling it the "Freedom to Move Act."
That's like calling a prison the "Freedom to Stay Act."
State Senator Cynthia Creem's bill directs transportation officials to set targets for cutting total vehicle miles traveled starting in 2030.
It passed committee 4-1 and heads to the full Senate next.
Democrats swear this won't limit how much you can drive.
"It does not in any way limit people's choices," Senator Creem claimed.
Right — and the Patriot Act was about patriotism.
The bill creates a 15-member council to slash vehicle miles traveled and requires every transportation decision to factor in these reduction targets.
Government made reducing your driving an official goal.
Your freedom to move just became something they manage.
Colorado already canceled a $1.5 billion highway to cut driving
Senator Creem admits the bill copies "laws and regulations in Colorado and Minnesota."
Colorado's 2021 version immediately killed a $1.5 billion highway expansion because it would increase driving by 70 million miles per year.
They scrapped an entire interstate project through central Denver.
Neighborhoods that needed better roads got bike lanes instead.
Minnesota's 2023 law requires highway projects to "align with vehicle miles traveled reduction goals" or they don't get built.
Colorado's own numbers admit they're cutting the average driver's mileage by 850 miles per year.
Twenty-four states plus Washington, D.C. now have similar rules targeting how much people drive.
Blue states test the framework, swear it's voluntary, then tighten restrictions.
Federal government already spent $125 million building mileage tracking
The 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill included $125 million for pilot programs testing a national vehicle miles traveled tax.
Buried on page 508 of that 2,702-page disaster was language requiring then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to test "a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee."
The program uses GPS devices and smartphone apps to track every mile you drive.
Government has the technology to track your driving.
That means government has everything needed to limit it.
Oregon's been running its OReGO mileage tax program for years.
Utah has the same system.
The tracking infrastructure exists in multiple states.
Massachusetts setting mileage targets is the next step — you can't enforce targets without tracking compliance.
Obama's energy secretary admitted the plan in 2008
Obama's Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the quiet part out loud in September 2008.
"Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe," Chu told the Wall Street Journal.
Gas in Europe was $8 to $9 per gallon.
Republicans grilled him in Congress four years later with gas prices spiking.
Chu refused to take it back.
Only after getting hammered politically did he finally claim he "no longer" held that view.
Making driving so expensive or restricted that you have no choice but public transportation — that's been the goal all along.
Massachusetts lawmakers admit transportation accounts for 40% of the state's emissions.
Their solution is forcing people onto buses whether it works for their lives or not.
Rural drivers will get crushed while Boston gets a pass
"It's completely out of touch with reality," said Paul Craney of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance. "There are so many people in Massachusetts who have to drive because it's a way of life."
The bill's supporters claim it allows "regional flexibility."
That sounds great until you realize Boston has the T running everywhere while Cape Cod doesn't.
Once Massachusetts sets statewide mileage targets, guess who hits them easily?
The people with subway access.
Guess who gets stuck making up the difference?
Everyone else.
Colorado admitted its policies hit rural drivers hardest because they drive the most miles.
Massachusetts will follow the exact same playbook.
People in Western Mass who have zero transit options will be punished for not living near a subway stop.
The tracking and caps come next
Massachusetts Democrats carefully avoid mentioning fines, penalties, or taxes in this bill.
Those come later.
This bill establishes the framework and makes cutting your driving official policy.
First comes voluntary mileage tracking like Oregon, then per-mile fees to "replace" gas taxes, then congestion pricing in cities, then mileage caps enforced through vehicle inspections.
Colorado showed how fast "goals" become canceled highways.
Minnesota proved "mitigation requirements" kill road projects.
The federal government built the tracking technology.
Massachusetts just became the latest state following the blueprint to control how much you can drive.
California, New York, and Illinois will copy this within a year.
Democrats stopped pretending they support your freedom to drive.
Sources:
- Stephen Rivers, "New Bill Wants To Reduce How Many Miles You Drive In MA, But Swears It Won't Limit You," Carscoops, January 12, 2026.
- Drew Karedes, "Massachusetts bill would cut down on people's driving miles," Yahoo News, January 9, 2026.
- Lauren Fix, "Massachusetts on track to set mileage limits for drivers," Blaze Media, February 1, 2026.
- "Why states are quietly moving to restrict how much you drive," CBT News, August 15, 2025.
- "Colorado updates transportation plans to comply with new climate rules," Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, August 21, 2023.
- "Strengthen Minnesota's New Climate Rule for Highway Projects," Our Streets, July 17, 2025.
- "Heads Up: Infrastructure Bill Paves the Way for a Miles-Traveled Tax," Americans for Tax Reform, March 2, 2023.
- "WATCH: Sec. Chu refuses to retract statement that the goal is to boost price of gas to levels in Europe," U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, March 2012.
