Comment Log Display

The Scoping Update comment process will benefit from staff response
to each comment with a tracking mechanism. Otherwise, it is
de-motivating to submit comments that appear to get lost in
Sacramento.  

Transport comment 1: Residents will pay for relief from the agony
of Bay Area and Los Angeles driving (the nation’s first and second
worst traffic congestion). In the state’s long-term GHG modeling,
pricing is the game changer that shifts mode. Please prepare an
analysis of congestion pricing policy options. Please rank policy
efficacy on: GHG reduction, congestion reduction,
cost-effectiveness, social justice, and ease of implementation.
Policies to be considered could include {trip caps, workplace
parking feebate, pay as you drive auto insurance, employer TDM,
carbon fee & dividend applied to transport fuel, gas tax increase,
workplace parking charge, parking cashout, tolling general purpose
freeway lanes while increasing HOV lane occupancy requirement, road
user charge / VMT fee, ramp metering, and cordon charging}.
Details: http://bit.ly/1MYZ7NZ 

Transport comment 2: The CTP2040 vision for 20M ZEVs by 2050 via
the 2013 ZEV Action Plan and more ZEV incentives is not
sufficiently thorough or believable. Please provide an analysis of
a) a year by year forecast of product evolution that will make ZEVs
more enticing to consumers (longer battery range, price reductions,
etc), b) specific policies to accelerate ZEV market adoption, such
as a revenue-neutral ICE to ZEV feebate. For example: Details:
http://bit.ly/1C0m2W0 

Transport comment 3: “Induced demand” impacts of autonomous
vehicles on freeways are conceptually understood by many transport
planners. The Scoping Update should comprehend the expected VMT/GHG
increase from autonomous vehicles. Without this, the Scoping Update
understates VMT. An appropriate research project might be:
http://bit.ly/1FSngFM 

Land Use comment 4: The update to SB375 Sustainable Communities
Strategy targets should pursue smarter smart growth innovations
that can provide a larger impact, for example 
A) a High to Low VMT New Home Revenue-Neutral Feebate: Details:
http://bit.ly/1FOQXHj  B) accelerate Low-Impact, Low-Commute
Microunit Housing. Details: http://bit.ly/1GDYbMT 

Energy comment 5: There appears to be a large policy gap that is
not being filled by our siloed institutions. The state should
research how to Transform Utility Region to 75% Local Renewable. A
policy plan and analysis that systemically/holistically transforms
energy ecosystems in major metropolitan regions (with 5M or more
customers) to reduce carbon footprint. Address issues of governance
(institutional design), funding, new asset ownership, disposal of
stranded assets/contracts, storage, reliability, grid technology,
phasing, placement and permitting of renewables, cost optimization,
demand reduction, pace of electrification of transportation,
financial incentives, social justice, and ongoing implementation
performance monitoring. Details: http://bit.ly/1GE1NOY