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Committee divides transportation work: public transit, EVs, fleets and active travel assigned to subgroups
Summary
The Climate Action Committee assigned members to research sections of the transportation chapter of the climate action plan, coordinated attendance at a March 13 Transportation Advisory Committee meeting, and scheduled a follow-up subgroup call for early March to align priorities.
The Concord Climate Action Committee moved to divide responsibility for the transportation section of the town’s Climate Action Plan into discrete subgroups covering public transit and mass transit connections, electric vehicles (EVs), electrification of municipal and school vehicle fleets, and active modes such as bicycling and walking.
Members discussed leveraging the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) to gather technical input and agreed to try to attend or observe the TAC meeting set for March 13 at 9:30 a.m.; members were reminded that participation as committee members requires caution about quorums and that individual members may attend as the public if a committee quorum is not present. "If you don't have a quorum, you're just members of the public," one member said, summarizing the legal distinction.
Committee members assigned volunteers to the six implementation steps listed under the mobility blueprint and planned a subgroup working call in the weeks before the TAC meeting. One member suggested meeting on Monday, March 3 in the evening to convene assigned volunteers and coordinate what to ask TAC; several members proposed a 7 p.m. start time for that call. Members also invited representatives from Mothers Out Front and offered to have local committee volunteers present their pedestrian and bike-safety audit at a future meeting.
Committee volunteers will survey what has already been done on transit, EV charging and municipal fleet electrification and prepare short reports for the next committee meeting. Members emphasized the need to identify technical contacts (for example at CMLP or DPW) and to avoid duplicating existing studies or TAC work.
