Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about OPR

Instead of measuring delay to cars, under new CEQA rules infill projects will estimate the number of vehicle miles traveled they produce. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog

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At Last, New Rules Are Final: Car Delay Is (Sometimes) NOT an Environmental Impact

By Melanie Curry | Jan 4, 2019 | 4 Comments

After more than five years of discussion and delay—and long after the construction of the stadium it was attached to—S.B. 743's rules on measuring environmental impacts from transportation have been adopted

We're not even sure yet what autonomous vehicles will look like--but it's a good time to start planning for them. Image: Boston Metropolitan Planning Council

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State Releases Guidelines for Autonomous Vehicles

By Melanie Curry | Nov 27, 2018 | 2 Comments

California Governor's Office of Planning and Research wrote a set of principles to guide government agencies thinking about a future full of autonomous vehicles

Sierra Bonita Housing in West Hollywood. Image courtesy of Patrick Tighe Architecture

Legislative Update: Bills Supporting More, Fairer, and Infill Housing

By Melanie Curry | Sep 7, 2018 | 6 Comments

Bills that make changes to the way regions set and enforce housing allocations, that expand exemptions from the California Environmental quality Act, and that affirm fair housing rules.

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California Releases Grim Climate Change Assessment

By Melanie Curry | Aug 28, 2018 | 3 Comments

Average temperatures in California will continue to rise, sea levels will go up, and snowpack will shrink, affecting the availability of water for all uses.

SoCal Government Coalition Wants to Keep Planning for Cars

By Melanie Curry | Mar 14, 2016 | 19 Comments

SCAG sent a last-minute letter attempting to delay progressive updates to California’s outdated environmental standards. In the letter [PDF], Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)—the regional transportation planning organization for much of southern California—requested exemptions for highway expansion projects and freight corridors from proposed state rules that could show their true environmental impact in a […]

OPR to Host Webinars on Transportation Impacts Under Environmental Law

By Melanie Curry | Jan 27, 2016

The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) recently issued long-anticipated changes to a provision in California law that currently ranks traffic congestion as an environmental impact. For more details, see recent Streetsblog coverage here. The new guidelines are under a 45-day review period, with public comment being accepted until February 29. To help educate […]

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