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  • Implementing SB 375 at the Local Level • Part 1

    Posted by admin on May 7th, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | No Comments »

    The American Planning Association and San Jose State University’s Urban Planning Coalition hosted three panelists to discuss how regional Sustainable Communities Strategies, local general plans and housing elements, and streamlined CEQA processes can work together to promote SB 375 objectives.

    PANELISTS

    Laurel Prevetti, Assistant Planning Director, City of San José
    Steve Ross, Planner III, County of Santa Clara
    Hing Wong, Senior Regional Planner, ABAG

    EVENT ORGANIZERS

    Justin Meek
    Dana Gregg

    Duration : 0:7:34

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    Stuart Cohen Introduces Keynote at TransForm Summit

    Posted by admin on April 27th, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | No Comments »

    Duration : 0:3:17

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    Creating New Jobs by Investing in High-Speed Rail

    Posted by admin on April 10th, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | 25 Comments »

    President Obama, joined by Vice President Biden, announces $8 billion in Recovery Act funding for high-speed rail projects that will provide faster, more energy-efficient travel between cities and create new jobs for American workers. The announcement came during a Town Hall meeting in Tampa, FL. January 28, 2010.

    Duration : 1:21:25

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    NARP – Putting America Back On Track

    Posted by admin on March 13th, 2010 and filed under smart growth network | 18 Comments »

    An introduction to the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP), the fight for fast, safe, green mobility for all Americans, and how you can be a part of it.

    Duration : 0:4:10

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    SB 375: Insights from the Experts–Part 4 (Housing Supply and Affordability)

    Posted by admin on March 8th, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | No Comments »

    From the Spring 2009 colloquium on land use planning and SB 375 at sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, the Center for a Sustainable California produced a video highlighting the speakers and challenges from these lectures.

    This video was produced by:
    Gary Binger
    Ashley Tindall
    Troy Reinhalter
    Christian Eggleton

    Contact: ceggleton@berkeley.edu
    http://sustainablecalifornia.berkeley.edu

    Duration : 0:1:54

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    TriMet Service Meltdown

    Posted by admin on March 5th, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | 2 Comments »

    On Thursday, April 16, 2009, TriMet’s afternoon 12 Barbur Blvd. bus suffers a door interlock malfunction, and the following bus was operating at crush load. This resulted in poor service to TriMet’s riders and an up-to-45 minute wait for potential riders downline.

    Duration : 0:7:40

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    SB 375: Insights from the Experts–Part 2 (Critical Issues Facing Implementation)

    Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | No Comments »

    From the Spring 2009 colloquium on land use planning and SB 375 at sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, the Center for a Sustainable California produced a video highlighting the speakers and challenges from these lectures.

    This video was produced by:
    Gary Binger
    Ashley Tindall
    Troy Reinhalter
    Christian Eggleton

    Contact: ceggleton@berkeley.edu

    Duration : 0:5:22

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    SB 375: Insights from the Experts–Part 6 (Local and Regional Planning Challenges)

    Posted by admin on February 24th, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | No Comments »

    From the Spring 2009 colloquium on land use planning and SB 375 at sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, the Center for a Sustainable California produced a video highlighting the speakers and challenges from these lectures.

    This video was produced by:
    Gary Binger
    Ashley Tindall
    Troy Reinhalter
    Christian Eggleton

    Contact: ceggleton@berkeley.edu
    http://sustainablecalifornia.berkeley.edu

    Duration : 0:6:16

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    Scott’s interview on attending the 9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference

    Posted by admin on February 21st, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    Scott recently attended the 9th Annaual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Seattle, WA and took a few minutes to reflect on his experience with the conference and the City of Seattle.

    Duration : 0:4:23

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    How States Can Continue to Guide Federal Climate, Energy and Transportation Policy

    Posted by admin on February 21st, 2010 and filed under urban smart growth | No Comments »

    12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
    Luncheon
    Welcome: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
    Remarks: Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
    Panel 1: New Approaches to Transportation and Land Use Planning
    Will Schroeer, Policy Director, Smart Growth America
    Brian Taylor, Professor and Chair of Urban Planning and Director of Institute of Transportation Studies, UCLA
    Brandon Hofmeister, Special Counsel for Energy and Climate Policy, Office of Governor Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.)
    Moderator: Peter Byrne, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

    2:45 – 4:15 p.m.
    Panel 2: Innovative Technologies: Electricity/Renewables/Efficiency
    Henry Durrwachter, President, Utility Wind Integration Group
    Malcolm Woolf, Director, Maryland Energy Administration
    Deborah Erwin, Renewable Energy Adviser, Wisconsin Public Service Commission
    Moderator: Ann Carlson, Professor, UCLA School of Law

    4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
    Closing Remarks

    This workshop is sponsored by the Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center and the UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment.

    Duration : 4:5:9

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