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RTA board approves participation in WRCOG VMT mitigation program to generate credits for development offsets
Summary
The Riverside Transit Agency board voted unanimously to join the Western Riverside Council of Governments’ voluntary VMT mitigation program as a credit generator, enabling the agency to submit service and amenity projects for potential funding to offset vehicle‑miles‑traveled impacts under CEQA.
The Riverside Transit Agency board voted unanimously June 26 to participate in the Western Riverside Council of Governments’ voluntary vehicle miles traveled mitigation program and to authorize the CEO or designee to enter a credit generator participation agreement with WRCOG.
Jennifer Nguyen, the agency’s director of planning, told the board that Senate Bill 743, implemented July 1, 2020, requires development projects to use vehicle miles traveled (VMT) rather than level of service to assess transportation impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act. “Projects are then required to mitigate their impact by reducing VMTs…
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