California’s aggressive new greenhouse gas reduction legislation will bring sweeping changes in how land use, transportation and environmental planning are used.
Titled “A New Environmental Paradigm,” this ACT conference will feature experts addressing the specifics of AB 32 and SB 375, and what they mean for companies, projects, agencies and communities. Topics will include traffic, transit, land use, and how shifting employee commute patterns with transportation demand management programs can reduce the environmental impact of single occupancy vehicles (SOV) in congested areas. Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter 101 Eighth Street, Oakland Speakers will include: Ted Drottboom, Regional Planning Program Director – Joint Policy Committee
Joint Policy Committee is consortium of Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)