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Comment 8 for Land Use Comments for the GHG Scoping Plan (sp-landuse-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Jacqueline
Last Name: Arsivaud-Benjamin
Email Address: simshona@aol.com
Affiliation: Friends Of The Creek
Subject: Reducing sprawl to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Comment:
Transportation sources account for the largest share of green house gas emissions, at nearly 40% of 1990 levels, and sprawl is causing the amount of vehicle miles traveled per capita to skyrocket. Yet the Scoping Plan has an extremely low target for emission reductions in the land use sector (only 2 million tons out of nearly 170 million). This is a missed opportunity in an area where public policy has a chance to make a real difference in greenhouse gas emission. A more realistic and aggressive target will create incentives for local jurisdictions and developers to reduce long distance commuting. The plan must add critical measures that discourage growth in remote areas which can only be serviced by car, and that encourage compact development close to jobs and transit. This would also dovetail with another public policy imperative, which is to reduce the impact of wildfires by not encouraging more development in the wildland/urban interface. The more homes we have in remote areas, the more gas we will force their habitants to consume, and the more we risk devastating losses if wildfires continue to increase in frequency and strength as the climate comntinues to change. A specific recommendation would be to have the state direct infrastructure dollars to projects where local government land use plans meet greenhouse gas reduction targets.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-07-07 17:43:42
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