The majority of San Diegans prefer transit-friendly development!


Help Bring Transit to San Diego: GET INVOLVED

with the Cleveland National Forest Foundation's Transit Campaign


The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), which is the transportation planning entity for the entire County of San Diego, is creating a new vision for transit with its Urban Area Transit Strategy. This planning process is moving quickly and SANDAG is in the process of selecting a transit network.

Transforming San Diego with a dynamic community and regional transit system is vital to environmental sustainability, social equity, and economic progress -- creating a robust transit network that begins in the urban core of San Diego is the starting point. More information on the benefits of transit.

SANDAG's Urban Area Transit Strategy will be the basis for a regional transit network for the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, a plan that will guide ALL transportation growth in San Diego County through the year 2050.

The Cleveland National Forest Foundation (CNFF) needs YOUR help to ensure that SANDAG chooses the best transit network to include in the Urban Area Transit Strategy and in the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, and that transit receives its fair share of transportation funds.

Get involved right away! Take SANDAG's survey and let the region's leaders know how important transit is to you.


 
 

"The Urban Area Transit Strategy and the 2050 RTP must do something to the bigger picture of transportation planning in San Diego. Ideally, these plans will lead to the adoption of transportation networks that improve the overall transportation system, and in result improved GHG emissions, air pollution, energy consumption, quality of life, land use decisions, and many other regional issues." -- Duncan McFetridge, Executive Director of CNFF

 

Risking Our Future for Oil

In the pending drama of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and recent conflicts over natural resources, something to think about is how we value oil and what we are willing to risk for it.

The oil well BP was tapping into during the Deep Horizon oil spill contained an estimated 100 million barrels of oil. This amount of oil would last for approximately FIVE DAYS in the United States at our current level of consumption.

Many people, including military officials, have made the connection between the United States' addiction to oil and our involvement in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Recently, several retried military officials spoke in support of legislation that would reduce oil dependence. For more information please click here.

It has been well documented that extensive subsidies, infrastructure investments, and other publically funded components are required to get gasoline to American consumers. When considering these costs, it has been suggested that the real price of gasoline is much higher than what we pay at the pump. More information is available here. 

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