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” The court further articulated that the City re-reviewed its list of projects and methodologies prior to publication of the DEIR to verify the reasonable alternatives. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 10:59 am by Abbott & Kindermann
The proposed amendments recognize that there land use decisions which can reduce VMT (potentially having a less than significant impact) while others may induce increased VMT by increasing roadway capacity. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 5:01 am by James Edward Maule
Because it’s unlikely that lower mileage vehicles will transition to a VMT fee anytime soon, the SUV will remain on the gas tax and continue to pay 22 cents for every mile driven—nearly triple what the Prius pays, providing plenty of monetary incentive to buy a fuel efficient vehicle.Although the mileage-based road fee can be adjusted so that fuel-efficient vehicles get a discount, Anthony Gregory claims that doing so would be a consumption tax and a “new invasion of… [read post]
10 Oct 2023, 8:40 am by Arthur F. Coon
  The Court also summarily rejected petitioners’ related argument that the EIR’s VMT analysis was inadequate for failing to analyze alleged indirect impacts on VMT from transit delay, finding the argument speculative and contrary to substantial record evidence supporting the opposite conclusion. [read post]
Additionally, CDFW also questioned the success of restoration planting for the two species, and a previous study noted that most of the attempts to re-establish the plants had failed. [read post]
18 Apr 2018, 12:40 pm by Bryant Walker Smith
Tesla faults NTSB for this outcome: “It’s been clear in our conversations with the NTSB that they’re more concerned with press headlines than actually promoting safety. [read post]
” The County found the impacts to be less-than-significant, as a result of the various temporary evacuation routes that could be employed under different scenarios and testimony from the County Sheriff’s Emergency Services Office and the County’s Fire Protection District, which had concluded that the available evacuation options, including a potential temporary emergency access easement that would bypass the bridge construction and re-connect Newtown Road, were sufficient… [read post]
” The County found the impacts to be less-than-significant, as a result of the various temporary evacuation routes that could be employed under different scenarios and testimony from the County Sheriff’s Emergency Services Office and the County’s Fire Protection District, which had concluded that the available evacuation options, including a potential temporary emergency access easement that would bypass the bridge construction and re-connect Newtown Road, were sufficient… [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 4:54 pm by Arthur F. Coon
On August 11, 2015, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) released a 145-page “Preliminary Discussion Draft” of “Proposed Updates to the CEQA Guidelines” (the “Discussion Draft”). [read post]
2 Jan 2023, 1:59 pm by Arthur F. Coon
In a published opinion filed December 6, 2022, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part the trial court’s judgment denying writ petitions in consolidated actions challenging the EIR for a major state government project affecting the Historic State Capitol Building and Annex in Sacramento. [read post]
23 May 2022, 10:16 am by Arthur F. Coon
On May 12, 2022, the First District Court of Appeal filed a 108-page published opinion affirming a judgment denying a CEQA writ petition that challenged Marin County’s approval of a 43-lot single-family residential subdivision on a 110-acre parcel atop a mountain overlooking the Town of Tiburon and San Francisco Bay. [read post]