The SANDAG Board of Directors will hold a public meeting from 10 a.m. to noon March 12 to provide an overview of the implementation of Senate Bill 375. SANDAG is in the process of developing the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). This RTP is subject to new legislative mandates, which requires that Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) prepare a Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) as part of the RTP. The SCS must demonstrate how development patterns and the transportation network, policies, and programs can work together to achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for cars and light trucks that will be established by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), if there is a feasible way to do so.
The public is invited to provide input at these meetings. Other outreach activities are planned throughout the development of the 2050 RTP. The final 2050 RTP is scheduled to be considered by the Board in July 2011.
Join MoveSD in calling for a fast transit network required for a sustainable communities approach to planning. Ask them to establish strong emissions reduction targets to support smart growth and reduce regional climate change emissions.
Email comments to: ama@sandag.org, Andrew Martin, Associate Regional Planner
Meetings are held on the 9th floor of 401 B Street (SW corner of 4th & B, downtown).
"Transit stinks because nobody rides it and nobody rides it because transit stinks"
What is the future of mass transit in our community? Listen to IMPACT San Diego's KOGO interview with Move San Diego's Executive Director, Elyse Lowe. Get involved!
Did you know that 76,000 Americans have been hit by cars while walking or biking in their communities in the last 15 years?
Most of America's roads are designed for cars – and for cars only.
That doesn't make any sense in a country where one in three people doesn't have access to a car, and where half of all trips could be accomplished with a 20-minute bike ride.
A new bill was just introduced in Congress would jumpstart the process of transforming our transportation infrastructure to make it friendlier to bikers and walkers – the Active Community Transportation Act (H.R. 4722). It would create a federal grant program to fund local projects aimed at improving conditions for pedestrians and cyclists.
Please join us in asking our representatives in Congress to co-sponsor this bill.
