Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG)
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Metropolitan Planning Organization for Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG), the federally-designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Santa Barbara County, is located along California’s Central Coast. SBCAG adopted its third Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) in 2021.
Connected 2050, SBCAG’s 2021 RTP/SCS, carries over many of land use and transportation strategies adopted in their previous 2017 SCS as well as adding several new strategies. The plan’s strategies are supporting jobs-housing balance and infill development around transit, new transit capital projects and bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, teleworking, new commuter and agricultural worker vanpools, and public charging for electric vehicles. Compared to the 2017 RTP, the 2021 RTP allocates a greater portion of its budget for transit and active transportation.
2021 RTP/SCS
- 2021 SCS CARB Executive Order accepting the SBCAG's determination that the Final SCS would meet the region's GHG emissions reduction targets (Jan. 2023)
- CARB staff's technical evaluation of the SBCAG's Final Sustainable Communities Strategy (Jan. 2023)
- CARB and SBCAG correspondence on the 2022 Regional Plan evaluation (Jan. 2023)
- 2021 Regional Plan, adopted Aug. 2021
- CARB staff's Comment Letter on the Draft 2021 Regional Transportation Plan/ Sustainable Communities Strategy (June 2021)
2017 RTP/SCS
- CARB staff's Technical Evaluation of the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments' (SBCAG) Final Sustainable Communities Strategy (Jan. 2018)
- CARB Executive Order accepting SBCAG's determination that the Final SCS would meet the region's GHG emissions reduction targets (Feb. 2018)
- 2040 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, adopted Aug. 2017
Past evaluations are available on request, please email sustainablecommunities@arb.ca.gov