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Comment 33 for Land Use Comments for the GHG Scoping Plan (sp-landuse-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Bill
Last Name: kortum
Email Address: blkortum@sbcglobal.net
Affiliation: Sonoma Co. Transp/Land Use Coalition
Subject: Land Use & Local Government - Vehicle Miles Traveled
Comment:
Local governments have a major role in California's determination to reduce GHG. Without local governments complete emersion in the GHG reduction campaign, the State will increasingly be required to mandate actions that generate public resistance to have their lifestyle altered. Local government decisions are heavily influenced by the promise of incentive rewards for accomplishing goals, one of which is the continuous reduction of VMT. Five years ago councilperson Jane Hamilton in Petaluma found roughly 35 times in a year of council meetings where decisions were made that could affect VMT reduction.. If State transportation funds were rewarded on the basis of VMT reduction by a community, the Petaluma Council would have considered VMT reduction in each of those 35 land use and parking decisions. ARB deliberations should include incentives: 1. Make VMT and other indicators readily available to local government. 2. Establish indicators such as a VMT as benchmarks. 3. Reward local government with financial incentives from various state funding pools when progress toward benchmark indicators are accomplished.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-07-30 11:48:30
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