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Airport Area of Influence
information
is available on the
ALUC page.
2009
Transit Resource Guide
SBCAG
has just released the
2009 Transit Resource Guide
for Santa Barbara County.
The guide provides
information about the
(mainly public)
transportation services
available in Santa Barbara
County. The guide provides
contact information,
contains maps, and
information about schedules
and fares. The report also
contains a “How Do I Get
from Here to There?” guide
that shows what services to
use to travel between the
cities of Santa Barbara
County. The guide answers
frequently asked questions
about tickets and passes,
transfers, bicycles on
buses, and ADA and
paratransit services.
La Guía de Recursos del
Tránsito está
disponible en español.
The FlexWorkSB Phase 1
Final Report is now
available on our
publications
page. Read about
the goals of this pilot
program and how it was
implemented at local
employers.
SBCAG's office, Casa
Nueva, has received
the prestigious "Savings By
Design" award. The
award is given annually to
the building in California
that best incorporates the
principles of energy
efficiency into the
structure's design.
Read more about the
award or learn more about
the
green building features
of Casa Nueva.
Please
write,
email, or use our
online form to
submit your comments.
Amendment to the 2008
Regional Transportation Plan
EIR
As lead agency,
the Santa
Barbara County
Association of
Governments (SBCAG)
has made
available for
public review
and comment a
draft Amendment
to the 2008
Regional
Transportation
Plan EIR.
Environmental
issues evaluated
in this Draft
Amendment to the
EIR include
Induced Travel
and Energy. The
project is not
anticipated to
result in
significant
environmental
effects with
respect to
either of these
issue areas.
The
2008 Santa
Barbara County
Regional
Transportation
Plan (RTP)
provides for a
comprehensive
transportation
system of
facilities and
services that
meets the
public’s needs
for the movement
of people and
goods that is
consistent with
the region’s
social,
economic,
environmental
goals and
policies. The
RTP covers state
highways, county
roads and
locally owned
streets, airport
property,
transit district
property and
public utility
lands within the
cities of Santa
Barbara,
Carpinteria,
Goleta, Lompoc,
Buellton, Santa
Maria, Solvang,
and Guadalupe as
well as the
unincorporated
communities of
Santa Barbara
County. The RTP
also contains
all the projects
from the Measure
A 2008
Investment
Plan.
A copy of the
draft Amendment
to the RTP EIR
is available for
review at the
Santa Barbara
County
Association of
Governments
located at 260
North San
Antonio Road,
Suite B, Santa
Barbara, CA
93110.
The
Public Review
and comment
period for the
Draft Amendment
to the EIR is
from July 21,
2009 – September
4, 2009. All
comments should
be addressed in
writing to SBCAG.
The SBCAG Board
will consider
certification of
the
EIR
(EIR
appendicies)
and adoption of
the 2008
Regional
Transportation
Plan at a future
public meeting.
A public hearing
on the Draft
Amendment to the
EIR is scheduled
for Thursday,
August 20, 2009,
during the SBCAG
Board meeting.
The meeting will
be held at the
Board of
Supervisors
Hearing Room,
105 E. Anapamu
St., 4th
Floor, Santa
Barbara, CA,
beginning at
8:30 AM.
2009 Park and
Ride Survey
Please tell us
what you think!
The Santa
Barbara County
Association of
Governments is
soliciting your
input as we
prepare a Park
and Ride Plan
for Santa
Barbara County.
The Plan will
inventory
existing park
and ride (P&R)
facilities in
Santa Barbara
County and its
commutershed,
which includes
southern San
Luis Obispo
County and
western Ventura
County. The
Plan will also
evaluate the
existing P&R
facilities in
Santa Barbara
County and
analyze
potential sites
for new
facilities in
the County,
recommending
priorities for
capital
improvements and
new
development.
Please complete
the
2009 Park and
Ride Survey
by September
3, 2009. If
you have any
questions,
please contact SBCAG at
805-961-8900 or
info@sbcag.org
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