San Diego region adopts Sustainable Communities plan

Land use, transpo, housing

David Crossley, Nov 16, 11.

After more than two years of public outreach, input and comment, the San Diego Association of Governments approved the first Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) in California to contain a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS), according to a story from the Partnership for Sustainable Communities:

Under Senate Bill 375, California’s anti-sprawl law, the Sustainable Communities Strategy is a mandatory component of the RTP. Each region in California will adopt and implement a Sustainable Communities Strategy, but San Diego is the first.

The Sustainable Communities Strategy is meant to change the way decision-makers make land use and transportation decisions, by connecting land use, transportation and housing decisions to meet state-mandated greenhouse gas emission reductions.

San Diego’s 2050 RTP lays out a plan for investing an estimated $214 billion in local, state, and federal transportation funds expected to come into the region over the next 40 years.

“This RTP takes a balanced approach,” SANDAG Board Chair and Encinitas Deputy Mayor Jerome Stocks said. “It provides more transportation choices with an integrated system, it protects our environment, and it responsibly invests taxpayer funds.” MORE

The plan