Hi Gary:
So far CARB has taken a hands-off position regarding the behavior
of the transportation funding and implementation agencies. If this
attitude persists it will leave a hole in
AB 32 large enough for a fleet of diesel 18-wheelers.
MTC's enormous ($222 billion over the next 25 years) capital
program is dominated by highway-expanding projects and unproductive
transit boondoggles. CARB says this is a SB 375 matter over which
it professes to have no jurisdiction. Unfortunaty SB 375 exempts
virtually the entire MTC program (Section 4 (b)(2)(K)).
That leaves AB 32....and CARB. CARB needs to step up to the plate
and make a serious effort to reduce transportation's contribution
to the GHG problem.
Jerry Cauthen
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