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Comment 69 for Provides the public and stakeholders opportunities to provide "informal" public comments as part of ARB's 2013 Scoping Plan Update Workshop Series (2013-sp-update-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Lauren
Last Name: Michele
Email Address: lauren.michele@policyinmotion.com
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Subject: TRANSPORTATION COALITION FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES COMMENTS AND PROPOSAL
Comment:
August 5, 2013

Mary Nichols, Chairperson			 
California Air Resources Board			
1001 I Street					 
Sacramento, CA  95814				


Re: Transportation Coalition Comments on AB 32 Scoping Plan Update

Dear Chairperson Nichols:

The Transportation Coalition for Livable Communities is a diverse
coalition of agencies and institutions responsible for operating,
maintaining, and advancing a sustainable transportation system in
California. Our primary interest in this Scoping Plan Update is to
ensure that transportation-related strategies contribute to
significant and long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Building off key elements of the 2009 Scoping Plan, we strongly
encourage the Board to consider the use of cap and trade revenues
for regional transportation projects and programs that are
coordinated with land use policies in order to achieve regional
greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and to meet the state’s
2035 and 2050 goals. 

Transportation is a key emitter of greenhouse gases, but no single
strategy in this sector will achieve AB 32 goals. To reach the
long-term goals of this Scoping Plan Update, the state will need to
implement projects that improve the efficiency and connectivity of
regional transportation systems. The best research indicates that
investments in transportation infrastructure lead to greater
emission reductions when coordinated with surrounding land use
policies and services.

SB 375 has already created the framework from which we can work. 
Regional agencies have developed Sustainable Community Strategies
to leverage coordinated transportation and land use strategies and
meet long-term GHG reduction goals.  Thus, investing auction
revenues in regional strategies that link land use to improved
transportation infrastructure will generate the long-term GHG
reductions critical to meeting the Scoping Plan goals.  By linking
costs likely to be imposed on the motoring public to improvements
in the transportation system, our proposal aligns with broad public
sentiment: the Public Policy Institute of California’s July 2013
annual survey on the environment reports that over 70% of voters
favor spending cap and trade revenues on public transit, repaving
roads, and encouraging local governments to change land use and
transportation planning so that people could drive less.      

This approach is supported by members of the Transportation
Coalition for Livable Communities, which includes the California
Transit Association, League of California Cities, California State
Association of Counties, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
Management District, CALCOG, and major Metropolitan Planning
Organizations including SACOG, MTC, SCAG, SANDAG and San Joaquin
Valley Policy Council, as well as the Natural Resources Defense
Council, California Alliance for Jobs, and Transportation
California.  

Our uniting principle is that auction revenues derived from vehicle
fuels should be used to fund emission reductions from the
transportation sector. This should include integrated
transportation investments that implement the AB 32 regulatory
program and build on the framework of SB 375 and other GHG
reduction strategies. The approach incentivizes combinations of
transportation investments, including transit service and operating
costs, road and bridge maintenance, retrofits for complete streets
and urban greening, and clean technology infrastructure – all
integrated with land use changes to achieve the maximum greenhouse
gas emission reductions from the transportation sector.

We believe an integrated strategy most equitably and effectively
meets the transportation and greenhouse gas emission reduction
goals of the state and local communities. Furthermore, this
approach achieves the most cost-effective results and supports a
range of community benefits including public health, resource
protection, affordable housing, equity, air quality, safe routes to
schools, and other community services.  

In this Scoping Plan Update, we strongly support your consideration
of cap and trade revenues as a key greenhouse gas emission
reduction strategy for the transportation sector.  Implementing
strategies that integrate transportation and land use investments
will be key in both meeting the state’s 2050 goals and creating
efficient and well-maintained transportation networks statewide. 
We urge you to consider the Transportation Coalition’s proposal
(attached) that was developed for the Investment Plan as part of
your update to the Scoping Plan.  


Sincerely,


TRANSPORTATION COALITION FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
•	California Alliance for Jobs 
•	California Transit Association  
•	California State Association of Counties  
•	League of California Cities 
•	California Association of Councils of Governments  

COALITION SUPPORT LIST
•	Natural Resources Defense Council
•	Sacramento Area Council of Governments  
•	Southern California Association of Governments  
•	Metropolitan Transportation Commission  
•	San Diego Association of Governments
•	San Joaquin Valley Regional Policy Council  
•	Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District  
•	Environmental Defense Fund
•	Transportation California 
•	Self-Help Counties Coalition  
•	American Lung Association in California
•	American Planning Association - California Chapter
•	American Council of Engineering Companies of California
•	Alameda County Transportation Commission
•	Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
•	Bay Area Council
•	California Center for Sustainable Energy
•	California Urban Forests Council
•	Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority
•	Central Coast Coalition
•	City of Davis
•	City of Sacramento 
•	Cobblestone Placemaking
•	Council of San Benito County Governments
•	County of Marin
•	County of Monterey 
•	County of Napa
•	County of Sacramento 
•	County of San Bernardino 
•	County of Santa Clara
•	County of Stanislaus
•	El Dorado County Transportation Commission 
•	Humboldt County Association of Governments
•	Kern Council of Governments
•	Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority
•	Local Government Commission
•	Madera County Transportation Commission
•	Marlon Boarnet, Director of Graduate Programs in Planning and
Development, USC
•	Merced County Association of Governments
•	Met Sacramento High School 
•	Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency
•	Napa Valley Transportation Authority
•	OmniTrans - San Bernardino Valley
•	Placer County Transportation Planning Agency
•	Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate
Protection Authority 
•	Richmond SPOKES
•	Sacramento 350
•	Sacramento Tree Foundation
•	San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
•	San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority
•	San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
•	San Mateo County Transit District
•	Santa Barbara County Association of Governments
•	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
•	Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission
•	Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
•	Santa Monica Big Blue Bus
•	Shasta Regional Transportation Agency
•	Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition 
•	Sustainable Napa County
•	Teichert
•	Transportation Agency for Monterey County
•	United Contractors 
•	Urban Counties Caucus
•	Victor Valley Transit Authority
•	WALKSacramento
•	Western Riverside Council of Governments

ELECTED OFFICIALS SUPPORT
•	Steve Cohn, Councilmember, City of Sacramento
•	Don Saylor, Supervisor, County of Yolo
•	Joe Krovoza, Mayor, City of Davis 

Attachment: www.arb.ca.gov/lists/com-attach/76-2013-sp-update-ws-WjtWIgRmVm0KZQRy.zip

Original File Name: Archive.zip

Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2013-08-05 16:13:46



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