| First Name | Sherman |
|---|---|
| Last Name | Lewis |
| Email Address | sherman@csuhayward.us |
| Affiliation | Hayward Area Planning Association |
| Subject | Comment on Scoping Plan 2030 |
| Comment | lquattro@arb.ca.gov sent me an email with http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/scopingplan.htm, which had a lot more links than the scoping plan and also many links under the plan heading. As a member of the partially informed public, it would have helped to have a more obvious single link and a cleaner layout for the rest. In an age of remarkable progress for public comment, there are still challenges for visual ergonomics. I will make a guess: the web page was not field tested with citizen users or focus groups. Being interested in modeling, I clicked on "modeling Information," which instead took me to meetings, to https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/meetings/meetings.htm. That did not go well; it took me to a new page on AB 32 Scoping Plan Events with a new set of links to the plan--with eight modeling links. I tried https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/scopingplan/pathways_2.4.0_19jan2017.zip which took me to C:UsersshermAppDataLocalTemppathways_2.4.0_19jan2017-2.zip, and a PATHWAYS file with the extension .ana, which I could not open. The next link down took me to the California PATHWAYS Model Framework and Methods PDF. Good stuff. On to look for model inputs relating to systemic urban issues of suburban dispersion /auto dependency and walkable density / non-auto modes, and pricing and subsidies. Darn. Out of luck. Policy can't deal with what policy does not look at. On to transportation, 2.4.1 MODEL SUMMARY. I see population as an undifferentiated input to Transportation Service Demand. That can't be right. Maybe population is differentiated; I just need to look further. Yes! a search finds Table 18 with rows for high density and low density scenarios. Maybe that's a small start. Oops! It about water. One last chance. I know that ARB and SGC work together to model project emissions from proposed projects in the AHSC program. Maybe that makes it into the Scoping Plan. Foiled again. Land use is not modeled. Pricing is not modeled. Neighborhood systems are not modeled. The Scoping Plan is impressive. It just does not seem to model some of the most important issues relating to GHG. |
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| Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2017-03-05 09:34:35 |
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