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CA’s Regional Agencies Tout Increased Ped Safety Funding in Sacramento
The Peds Count! 2014 Summit kicked off in Sacramento with a panel of top-level executives from regional planning agencies celebrating their accomplishments in improving conditions for pedestrians.
May 15, 2014
Feds. Coming to Town to Talk SCAG, Regional Planning
Four years have passed since the last time the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration conducted a certification review and evaluation of the region’s transportation planning process carried out by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and its partners, and that means it's time for the process to begin again.
January 23, 2014
Judge Rules Transportation Plan in San Diego Violates State Enviro. Laws
When it was passed last March, the long-term transportation plan was hailed as "visionary" for its investment in transit, bicycling and pedestrian projects. The plan was the first regional plan passed under S.B. 375, a landmark piece of legislation that mandated that transportation plans be tied to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. And San Diego leadership was proud.
December 4, 2012
“This Plan Will Make Air Pollution a Relic of Our History”
Earlier today, the Southern California Association of Governments unanimously passed the 2015-2035 Long Range Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy to guide local transportation planning and investment in the six county region SCAG oversees. While past SCAG plans have focused on building out the highway network, this plan conforms to new state laws requiring that transportation planning leads to a reduction in greenhouse gas and focuses much more on transit expansion.
April 4, 2012
Send a Love Letter to Better Transportation & Land Use
Why you should comment on the draft SCAG 2012-2035 regional transportation plan/ sustainable communities strategy.
February 9, 2012
How Will A.G.’s Legal Stand Against SANDAG Impact Local Planning
(Last week, we covered the surprise announcement from Attorney General Kamala Harris to join a lawsuit against the San Diego Association of Governments' regional plan. If you haven't already done so, you can read that story, here.)
February 2, 2012
AG Joins Lawsuit Against Highway-Friendly “Transit Plan” in San Diego
When the San Diego Association of Governments passed its regional transportation plan, which will direct transportation spending in the region for decades, the agency hailed the plan as a national model. This was the first plan passed that followed the standards of SB 375, the California environmental law that set greenhouse gas reduction targets based on transportation and development planning.
January 27, 2012
Can Greater L.A. Ever Embrace Cleaner Transportation? Regional Plan Says, “Yes, We Will”
In 2008, the State of California passed SB 375, a landmark environmental law that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through better planning. The state mandated that each of the mega-regions come up with a plan to reduce emissions by completing transit projects, mandating more walkable and bikeable communities and by developing walkable mixed-use communities. At the time, critics complained that reaching these goals would be painful at best or just undoable at worst.
December 1, 2011