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The California Air
Resources Board (CARB or the Board), in collaboration with partner State
agencies, invite you to participate in a virtual public workshop that aims
to continue advancing work to help build more sustainable and equitable
communities through State-level policy and planning work to affect
transportation, land use and housing options in California. This discussion
is intended to contribute to CARB’s work in a number of areas including,
the 2022 Report on the Implementation of the Sustainable Communities and
Climate Protection Act (2022 SB 150 Report), the 2022 Climate
Change Scoping Plan Update, as well as State interagency efforts.
The State’s strategy to
prevent the negative impacts of climate change calls for curbing the
overall number of drive-alone miles completed daily on California’s
roadways. As part of these efforts, CARB and partner State agencies are
exploring further strategies to reduce the amount of driving where
possible, increase accessibility to important destinations, and make travel
by clean transportation options such as public transit, carpooling,
walking, biking, and shared mobility services more viable and attractive
options for getting people where they need and want to go.
This initial public
workshop provides the public with an opportunity to learn more about and
share input on key questions related to future policies to reduce the
amount of driving.
Date:
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Time: 5:00
p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Call-In #: 1 (636) 651-3185
Passcode: 522431
After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about
how to access the workshop by computer or by telephone.
Background
Achieving emission
reductions from transportation is critical to meeting the State’s climate
and air quality goals. Transportation sector GHG emissions-reducing
measures include low carbon fuels, cleaner vehicles, and strategies to
promote sustainable communities and improved transportation choices that
result in curbing the growth in vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Under
the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection
Act or SB 375, regional metropolitan planning organizations
(MPOs) in California develop Sustainable Communities Strategies (SCS), or
long-range plans, which align transportation, housing, and land use
decisions toward achieving GHG emissions reduction targets set by CARB. The
development and implementation of SCSs are designed to reduce per capita
GHG emissions. This is partially accomplished through reductions in per
capita VMT.
In 2017, the Legislature
adopted Senate Bill 150, which requires that
CARB, in consultation with MPOs and affected stakeholders, submits to the
Legislature a progress report every four years on California’s Sustainable
Communities and Climate Protection Act that documents progress made by each
metropolitan planning organization in meeting the regional greenhouse gas
emission reduction targets set by the state board. The progress report
includes changes to greenhouse gas emissions in each region and
data-supported metrics for the strategies utilized to meet the targets. The
progress report also includes a discussion of best practices and the challenges
faced by the metropolitan planning organizations in meeting the targets.
The second progress report is due to the Legislature in September 2022.
To learn, more about the
about the progress to date and related programs, visit:
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