Finally, Someone's Writing about Highway Widening
11/24/09 Filed in: Climate
Change |
Transportation
Planning
MTC continues to make
ludicrous claims that their proposed HOT lanes
network will result in decreased GHG emissions,
despite the new lanes’ encouragement of a significant
increase in driving in the Bay Area. Given MTC’s
intention to go forward with this massively
counterproductive project, it is heartening that the
Sightline Institute has produced an important study
on the expected long-term increase in GHG emissions
that will result from highway widening. Finally,
someone in transportation is making sense! See
our Smart Growth
Resources page.
RTP Guidelines Revision Process
11/18/09 Filed in: Climate
Change |
Transportation
Planning
The California
Transportation Commission is conducting a thorough
process to revise the statewide Regional
Transportation Plan Guidelines, in response to all
the changes resulting from SB 375. That law requires
RTPs to contain a sustainable communities strategy,
which attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to
meet a target set by the State Air Resources Board.
Check out the CTC webpage.
Statewide CEQA Guidelines Revisions
11/15/09 Filed in: Climate
Change
In response to SB 97
and AB 32, the California Resources Agency has been
revising the Guidelines under which the California
Environmental Quality Act is implemented. These
revisions call for the analysis of greenhouse gas
emissions as part of standard environmental review
under CEQA, including the analysis of the impacts of
the emissions and their mitigation. Check out
their website.
Major new figure emerges in Bay Area Transportation Reporting
11/15/09 Filed in: MTC | Transportation
Planning
TRANSDEF
was exceedingly pleased to discover the blog of Guy
Span, available at Examiner.com. He wrote an in-depth
multi-part series on MTC decisionmaking that was, in
our opinion, the very best analysis we’ve seen. Check
out his List of Articles.