Governor Signs Plan to Spend $1.5B in Cap-and-Trade Dollars

Clean Transportation Receives $900 Million from Cap-and-Trade Revenue California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two bills that outline a plan to spend $1.5 billion on environmental initiatives using money from the state’s recently renewed cap and trade program. The bills were signed…

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Posted: Sep 17 2017

Cap and Trade Resource Center Launches! Website + Infographic + Brochure (with a side of Podcast)

Multi-Media Transportation Policy This month, Policy in Motion is pleased to announce two exciting communications projects that will help local governments and interested stakeholders better understand the basics of transportation planning and new grant funding opportunities under California’s new Greenhouse…

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Posted: Apr 19 2015
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Transportation Coalition for Livable Communities Cap and Trade Investment Proposal for CARB Workshops

Today the California Air Resources Board will be kicking off its first of three workshops on the development of the AB 32 Cap and Trade Investment Plan. On February 25th in Sacramento the Transportation Coalition for Livable Communities – which…

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Posted: Feb 19 2013
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Transportation Funding: Past, Present, Future

Funding Beautiful Communities The nature of transportation funding is a cycle of birth and death. Despite clear state policy goals to address the transportation sector’s 38% contribution to California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory, funding for needed sustainable community investments…

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Posted: Jul 22 2012
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Caltrans Report Released Today with California Interregional Blueprint Summit :: Joined by BT&H, HSR, CTC, CARB, MPO Leaders

With today’s release of the California Interregional Blueprint Draft Interim Report (CIB), hundreds of participants from across the state gathered to hear two of Governor Brown’s most recent appointees as well as other regional and state transportation leaders – echoing…

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Posted: May 23 2012
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SACOG: On Target for GHG Reduction with Adopted 2035 Sustainable Communities Strategies

LOCAL LEADERS APPROVE $35 BILLION REGIONAL PLAN Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy for 2035 Click here to view the MTP/SCS The Sacramento Area Council of Governments unanimously approved the Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy for 2035 (MTP/SCS) last week, after…

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Posted: Apr 26 2012
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US DOT Releases TIGER Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability

This morning the Department of Transportation will announce the availability of funds for the next round of the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant program. The Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) can be found here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01-31/pdf/2012-1996.pdf. As you will…

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Posted: Jan 31 2012
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SGC Planning Grant Workshop Schedule for Prop 84 Round 2 Program

Strategic Growth Council Notice to Potential Applicants to Round 2 of the SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PLANNING GRANT AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM: INVITATION TO ATTEND ROUND 2 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS Important reminders: Applications must be must submitted online by 5:00 PM, Wednesday, February 15,…

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Posted: Dec 20 2011
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Dec 8th Webinar: 2012 Federal Sustainability Policy and Funding Outlook

Applied Solutions Webinar: 2012 Federal Sustainability Policy and Funding Outlook Date: December 8, 2011 Time: 9am Pacific/Noon Eastern In 2011, local governments have seen concerted efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives to slash and cut important federal sustainability programs…

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Posted: Nov 30 2011
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Senate EPW Committee approves MAP-21 Transportation Reauthorization Bill by 18-0 vote‎

The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) yesterday reported out S.1813 “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21), a bill to reauthorize the nation’s transportation programs for two years at current funding levels. According to the committee, its…

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Posted: Nov 10 2011
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