Good News in Draft Regional Transportation Plan
February 5, 2009 – 11:27 amThe Metropolitan Transportation Commission has released the draft Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). It’s called Transportation 2035.
I have only skimmed Chapter 1, Overview - Change in Motion, and I’m happy to see a determined focus not just on transportation solutions alone, but also on reducing climate change through appropriate land use planning.
Translation: Put homes near jobs, provide lower-carbon transportation choices between the two, and make sure plenty of the homes are affordable to the workforce in the jobs!
See page 11 in particular:
The anchors of the Transportation 2035 vision are the Three E principles of sustainability — a prosperous and globally competitive economy, a healthy and safe environment, and equity wherein all Bay Area residents share in the benefits of a well-maintained, efficient, and connected regional transportation system. These Three E principles frame the following eight individual goals for this plan.
- Maintenance and Safety
- Reliability
- Efficient Freight Travel
- Security and Emergency Management
- Clean Air
- Climate Protection
- Equitable Access
- Livable Communities
If the rest of the plan is like that, that’s good news for housing advocates. You can download a 15-MB PDF of the plan or single chapters from the MTC’s web Transportation 2035 webpage at http://mtc.ca.gov/planning/2035_plan/.
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