First Name: | Steve |
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Last Name: | Raney |
Email Address: | steve_raney@cities21.org |
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Subject | Scoping Plan Update |
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The Scoping Update comment process will benefit from staff response to each comment with a tracking mechanism. Otherwise, it is de-motivating to submit comments that appear to get lost in Sacramento. Transport comment 1: Residents will pay for relief from the agony of Bay Area and Los Angeles driving (the nation’s first and second worst traffic congestion). In the state’s long-term GHG modeling, pricing is the game changer that shifts mode. Please prepare an analysis of congestion pricing policy options. Please rank policy efficacy on: GHG reduction, congestion reduction, cost-effectiveness, social justice, and ease of implementation. Policies to be considered could include {trip caps, workplace parking feebate, pay as you drive auto insurance, employer TDM, carbon fee & dividend applied to transport fuel, gas tax increase, workplace parking charge, parking cashout, tolling general purpose freeway lanes while increasing HOV lane occupancy requirement, road user charge / VMT fee, ramp metering, and cordon charging}. Details: http://bit.ly/1MYZ7NZ Transport comment 2: The CTP2040 vision for 20M ZEVs by 2050 via the 2013 ZEV Action Plan and more ZEV incentives is not sufficiently thorough or believable. Please provide an analysis of a) a year by year forecast of product evolution that will make ZEVs more enticing to consumers (longer battery range, price reductions, etc), b) specific policies to accelerate ZEV market adoption, such as a revenue-neutral ICE to ZEV feebate. For example: Details: http://bit.ly/1C0m2W0 Transport comment 3: “Induced demand” impacts of autonomous vehicles on freeways are conceptually understood by many transport planners. The Scoping Update should comprehend the expected VMT/GHG increase from autonomous vehicles. Without this, the Scoping Update understates VMT. An appropriate research project might be: http://bit.ly/1FSngFM Land Use comment 4: The update to SB375 Sustainable Communities Strategy targets should pursue smarter smart growth innovations that can provide a larger impact, for example A) a High to Low VMT New Home Revenue-Neutral Feebate: Details: http://bit.ly/1FOQXHj B) accelerate Low-Impact, Low-Commute Microunit Housing. Details: http://bit.ly/1GDYbMT Energy comment 5: There appears to be a large policy gap that is not being filled by our siloed institutions. The state should research how to Transform Utility Region to 75% Local Renewable. A policy plan and analysis that systemically/holistically transforms energy ecosystems in major metropolitan regions (with 5M or more customers) to reduce carbon footprint. Address issues of governance (institutional design), funding, new asset ownership, disposal of stranded assets/contracts, storage, reliability, grid technology, phasing, placement and permitting of renewables, cost optimization, demand reduction, pace of electrification of transportation, financial incentives, social justice, and ongoing implementation performance monitoring. Details: http://bit.ly/1GE1NOY |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-10-06 15:08:44 |
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