Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG)
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Metropolitan Planning Organization for Stanislaus County
Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG), the federally-designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the county of Stanislaus, is located in the San Joaquin Valley. StanCOG adopted its first Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) in 2014.
The transportation and land use policies identified in the 2014 RTP/SCS are intended to reduce the distance that residents will need to drive to their jobs and amenities. Calling for a greater proportion of multi-family housing, and more mixed-use and infill development, StanCOG’s SCS would result in consumption of less farmland, higher residential densities, and more jobs and houses located near transit than historical trends. The plan allocates more than twice as much funding for transit as compared to the previous RTP. Projects funded in the 2014 RTP/SCS are designed to increase transit service frequencies and provide better connections to transit services. In addition, the region has allocated funds to begin planning a bus rapid transit service between the region’s largest cities, Modesto and Ceres. The regional plan also allocates an increased amount of funding for active transportation projects compared to the previous RTP.
2018 RTP/SCS
- CARB staff's technical evaluation of the Stanislaus Council of Governments' (StanCOG) Final Sustainable Communities Strategy (September 2020)
- CARB Executive Order accepting StanCOG's determination that the Final SCS would meet the region's GHG emissions reduction targets (September 2020)
- 2018 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, adopted August 15, 2018
2014 RTP/SCS
- CARB staff's technical evaluation of the Stanislaus Council of Governments' (StanCOG) Final Sustainable Communities Strategy (June 2015)
- CARB Resolution accepting StanCOG's determination that the Final SCS would meet the region's GHG emissions reduction targets (June 2015)
- 2014 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, adopted June 18, 2014