Summary of Planning and Policymaking for Transit-Oriented Development, Transit, and Active Transport in California Cities Webinar

On March 26, University of California, Davis hosted a webinar for the National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST) on “Planning and Policymaking for Transit-Oriented Development, Transit, and Active Transport in California Cities.” NCST is one of seven national centers funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program, and the only national center focused on the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act research priority of preserving the environment. UC Davis leads the NCST consortium, with partner centers at CSU Long Beach, UC Riverside, USC, Georgia Tech, and the University of Vermont.

Caltrans funded a two-year research project through NCST to determine motivations, perceived obstacles, major polices, plans and programs adopted by California cities to support Transit Oriented Development (TOD), transit and Active Transport (AT). Policies that support TOD, transit, and AT are: AB 32, SB 32 framework, SB 375, California Climate Investments programs, and SB 743.