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Tehama County Vehicle Miles Traveled and Carbon Reduction Planning Project Presentation - Jeff Schwein
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Informational presentation from Jeff Schwein, President/CEO of Green DOT Transportation Solutions, regarding the completed Tehama County Vehicle Miles Traveled and Carbon Reduction Planning Project deliverables, including the regional VMT screening and analysis tool
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Financial Impact:
The project was completed through existing grant-funded consultant agreements using Regional Early Action Planning and Carbon Reduction Program funds.
Background Information:
The Tehama County Transportation Commission retained Green DOT Transportation Solutions, with Fehr & Peers serving as a technical subconsultant, to develop regional resources supporting implementation of Senate Bill 743, Vehicle Miles Traveled analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act, and broader carbon-reduction and infrastructure-planning efforts.
The project produced a coordinated set of technical deliverables addressing:
* Existing Tehama County policies and current statewide VMT practices;
* Baseline VMT methodology and data;
* Potential VMT thresholds and recommendations;
* VMT screening criteria and considerations;
* VMT mitigation measures and programmatic implementation options;
* Regional public-asset conditions, emissions, and opportunity areas; and
* A web-based VMT screening and analysis tool intended to assist Tehama County and its local jurisdictions with preliminary project review and transportation-impact analysis.
The project materials were developed to recognize the unique conditions of a rural county, including limited transit service, dispersed development patterns, longer travel distances, and the limited availability of locally calibrated travel-demand modeling resources.
The completed deliverables provide technical information and implementation options that may be used by TCTC, Tehama County, and t...
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