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STA hears introductory countywide VMT strategy briefing under SB 743; board asks staff for follow-ups
Summary
At an informational session, consultants and staff outlined SB 743 implementation challenges and options for countywide vehicle-miles-traveled mitigation — including impact fees, exchanges and mitigation banks — and the board asked staff for additional workshops, a comparison of pilot programs, and coordination with city and county agencies.
The Sacramento Transportation Authority received an introductory presentation on developing a countywide vehicle miles traveled (VMT) strategy under SB 743 at its June 12 meeting. Presenters described VMT's role in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analyses, explained mitigation approaches now being explored statewide, and said a countywide program could streamline mitigation and direct funds to high-priority transit and active-transportation projects.
Consultants and staff framed VMT as a metric that multiplies the number of vehicle trips by the length of those trips and noted that, while simple in definition, the metric is applied in different ways for greenhouse gases, localized air pollution, safety, and land-use planning. Ron Milam (identified in the presentation) and other presenters described a menu of mitigation approaches: on-system mitigation built into projects, off-system mitigation in other…
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