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Sustainable Communities Strategy: Initial Vision Scenario announced

Mar 16, 2011

The latest update on the Sustainable Communities Strategy here in the Bay Area has been announced:

Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) staff have unveiled an Initial Vision Scenario for the Sustainable Communities Strategy mandated by the 2008 passage of state Senate Bill 375. The scenario was launched at a joint meeting of the... read the whole note.

A Sustainable Communities Strategy primer

Jan 18, 2011

Earlier this week, I participated in a meeting of advocates to discuss the Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS), which seeks to align transportation, land use, and housing policies to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals set forth by California's S.B. 375. The Bay Area's GHG reduction goals are seven percent per capita by 2020 and 15 percent per capita by 2035.

The SCS... read the whole note.