Document Archive: Plan Bay Area 2013

Plan Bay Area

ABAG Spring 2010 General Assembly and Summit

April 2010. The Bay Area’s regional agencies launched One Bay Area at this Earth Day summit, bringing together 350 city and county elected officials, regional leaders and community stakeholders. The resulting initiative and framework kicked off the Bay Area’s efforts to meet SB 375’s requirements to develop strategies for combating climate change and promoting sustainable communities.

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DRAFT Plan Bay Area

Plan Bay Area charts a course for accommodating needed housing growth within our nine counties while at the same time decreasing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. By laying out the Bay Area’s first-ever Sustainable Communities Strategy, Plan Bay Area seeks to meet these challenges without compromising local control of land-use decisions.

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DRAFT Plan Bay Area Summary of Comments and Preliminary Recommendations

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DRAFT Supplementary Reports

Below is the list of supplementary reports and additional resources that comprise Appendix 1 of the Draft Plan Bay Area.

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DRAFT Environmental Impact Report

ABAG and MTC are required to analyze the environmental impacts of the land use scenarios and transportation investments that will be considered for Plan Bay Area. The process began with a series of five meetings to gather public input.

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Preferred Land Use and Transportation Investment Policy (PDF)

May 17, 2012. The Preferred Land Use and Transportation Investment Strategy is a key milestone in the development of Plan Bay Area. It combines the Jobs-Housing Connection Strategy with the Transportation Investment Strategy. It will comprise the Plan Bay Area project alternative to be evaluated as part of the Environmental Impact Report required by the California Environmental Quality Act.

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Jobs-Housing Connection Strategy

Final (Revised May 16, 2012). The Jobs-Housing Connection Strategy serves as the land-use element of the Draft Preferred Scenario for Plan Bay Area. It integrates regional priorities across housing, economic development, transportation and land conservation. The background materials consist of reports and presentations developed by several outside consultants.

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Draft Transportation Investment Strategy

April 6, 2012. The Transportation Investment Strategy serves as the transportation element of the Draft Preferred Scenario for Plan Bay Area. When paired with the land-use element (called the “Jobs-Housing Connection Strategy”), it is intended to fully achieve our GHG emission reduction targets and make progress toward the other performance targets adopted by ABAG and MTC.

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Transportation Project Performance Assessment

Revised Results - January 24, 2012. Since the November release of draft project performance assessment results, MTC staff received feedback from commissioners, county congestion management agencies, project sponsors and other stakeholders. The revised results reflect additional information received for specific projects, as well as refinements to the assessment methodology for selected targets.

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Winter 2012 Public Engagement

Winter 2012. The following documents summarize the second round of public outreach conducted by MTC and ABAG for Plan Bay Area. The outreach consisted of public workshops, focus groups, a virtual workshop and telephone survey.

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Alternative Scenarios Analysis and Results

December 2011. Agency staff presented results of the analysis performed on the five alternative Plan Bay Area land-use and transportation scenarios that were approved for study in June 2011.

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List of Significant Uncommitted Projects

November 23, 2011.

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Transportation Project Performance Assessment

Draft Results -November 4, 2011. MTC conducted the draft project performance assessment to help inform the discussion of trade-offs in developing a draft program of transportation investments for Plan Bay Area in early 2012.

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Alternative Land Use Scenarios: Core Concentration, Focused Growth, and Outer Bay Area Growth

August 30, 2011. This report assesses economic growth, financial feasibility and planning strategies for 3 of the 5 alternative land-use scenarios that were approved for study in June 2011.

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Draft List of Projects

June 15, 2011.

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Alternative Scenarios Chosen for Study

June 2011. In June 2011, MTC and ABAG approved five alternative Plan Bay Area land-use and transportation scenarios for evaluation and testing to demonstrate how the region might achieve a set of performance targets for the environment, the economy and social equity.

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Technical Summary of Predicted Traveler Responses to First Round Scenarios

March 22, 2011.

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Spring 2011 Public Engagement

Spring 2011. MTC and ABAG conducted 10 workshops to solicit public comment on priorities for future land development, housing growth, transportation investment options and potential policy initiatives to be considered as part of Plan Bay Area. We also conducted a telephone survey and contracted with 14 community-based organizations in low-income communities and communities of color to involve residents in those communities in the Plan Bay Area dialogue.

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Initial Vision Scenario

March 11, 2011. The Initial Vision Scenario was the starting point for development of Plan Bay Area. It proposed an "unconstrained" development pattern that depends upon a strong economy, sufficient funding for affordable housing and supportive public infrastructure and transportation investments. Public input on the Initial Vision Scenario informed development of more detailed planning scenarios.

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ABAG Focus Forum - Transit Sustainability Project

March 2011.

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Land Use Data

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Regional Prosperity Plan

San Francisco Bay Area Regional Prosperity Plan

June 2012. The San Francisco Bay Area Regional Prosperity Plan is a detailed blueprint for executing the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development. It aims to increase access to regional prosperity for workers who cannot make ends meet, by creating middle-income jobs and developing and preserving affordable housing in transit-served communities.

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