January 25(TH) – January 26(F), 2024 – Modesto and via Webinar
Stanislaus County Administration Building
Supervisors Chambers
1010 10th Street
Modesto, CA 95354
More info at https://catc.ca.gov/meetings-events/commission-meetings-2023
January 25(TH) – January 26(F), 2024 – Modesto and via Webinar
Stanislaus County Administration Building
Supervisors Chambers
1010 10th Street
Modesto, CA 95354
More info at https://catc.ca.gov/meetings-events/commission-meetings-2023
The Sacramento region could lose about $1 billion in state transportation funds in the coming years if it fails to develop a housing/transportation plan that reduces sprawl and increases housing within communities. Yet Sacramento County does not seem to care as it reflexively pushes for more sprawl.
Click here to read the article: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article281716338.html#storylink=cpy
With pivotal votes coming in the next few months, the developers of a companion commercial project to Metro Air Park believe they can start construction in about a year.
An October opinion piece in the Bee states the Sacramento region has already approved more suburban projects than the region will need for the next generation.
“It is time for supervisors to think far more strategically about growth. They must acknowledge that there can only be so much growth and what growth is approved must happen in a way that minimizes congestion and maximizes affordable housing and transit opportunities. Otherwise, it simply doesn’t make sense for the Sacramento County of today. . .
According to the latest SACOG population projections, the entire six-county region is expected to grow by approximately 278,000 between now and 2050. But Sacramento County’s transportation staff is suggesting that nearly half of the region’s entire growth is about to happen in Supervisor Phil Serna’s district.”
Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article280893568.html#storylink=cpy
Click here to read the article: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article280893568.html
By Stephen M. Wheeler and Barbara Leary, Special to the Bee | October 17, 2023 | The Sacramento Bee
If we want to know why our state’s transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions have risen since the early 2010s, a good place to look is Caltrans. The agency has long been fixated on widening roads and creating “induced demand” which has led to more driving. Currently, this cycle continues through the agency’s questionable efforts to create additional lanes on the I-80 Yolo Bypass causeway leading into Sacramento. And recently, a high-level administrator was demoted after attempting to stop such actions.
Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article280482349.html#storylink=cpy
Monica Stark, The Davis Enterprise, October 15, 2023
“‘It’s been pretty obvious to me just from observing the ‘rehabilitation’ project that it was doing the sort of deep roadbed work needed for widening,’ Stephen Wheeler, UC Davis professor of human ecology, said…”