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Comment 41 for Comments on regional targets for SB 375 (sb375-targets-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Art
Last Name: Unger
Email Address: artunger@att.net
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Subject: We must reduce vehicle miles traveled
Comment:
We must reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT)by the increasing
population of California. To do this we must greatly reduce each
driver's VMT. It is necessary to reduce VMT in order to reduce air
pollution and green house gas (GHG)emission.

If we achieve the carbon dioxide reductions of AB 32 and also
reduce carbon dioxide levels 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, we will
achieve carbon dioxide concentration of 450 parts per million.
James Hansen and others have found that 350 parts per million is
the highest concentration the planet can tolerate without profound
impacts from climate change. 

For these two reasons, VMT must be reduced much more than proposed.


Ways to decrease VMT include:
1 avoiding sprawl and walls around blocks of houses, so people can
walk to stores 
2 bike paths separated from cars by curbing
3 buses and light rail
4 avoiding free parking

Perhaps in the not so distant future we will have electric cars
powered by electricity not generated by burning fossil fuels.

Thanks,  Art

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2010-08-06 21:58:48



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