[RTC List] Telecom & County Planning Commission Meeting Thursday 1/17

[Aaron Antrim]

Tina-

Thank you for your post about the General Plan Update process.  I  
agree a telecom element would be a good stop towards improving  
infrastructure on the North Coast.  I would look forward to seeing  
comments you or any other RTC members have on the existing parts of  
the General Plan draft that relate to telecom.

I think one area where telecom could be better addressed is in the  
Circulation Element (that's planese for transportation element).

Currently, traffic flow conditions are rated by criteria called Level  
of Service (LoS for short).  The General Plan states that LoS should  
be maintained at a C or better for roads in the county.  Green Wheels  
would like to see specific language added to the General Plan that  
specifies mobility management or transportation demand management  
programs costs and benefits should be considered and weighed against  
road construction projects as a way of improving or maintaining LoS on  
county roads.

These transportation demand or mobility management programs are, in  
the words of a Nelson/Nygaard consultant, "trip-reducing programs,  
policies, and investments (such as expanded pedestrian and bicycle  
infrastructure, requiring new development to unbundled parking costs  
provide free transit passes to residents and/or employees, and  
carsharing programs)."

I'd like to add that telecommuting programs can be considered as  
transportation demand management as well, and I'd like to encourage  
RTC members to take this opportunity to communicate the benefits of  
information infrastructure as a basis for traffic congestion  
reduction, and sustainable and balanced transportation.

You can see more Green Wheels comments on the General Plan here:
www.green-wheels.org/generalplan

-Aaron

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Aaron Antrim
Principal Information Architect, Transit Information Solutions
www.transitinfosolutions.com
Outreach Director, Green Wheels
www.green-wheels.org
707.633.4464
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