SB 743: Reflections on LOS, transition to VMT, and the Potential for VMT Mitigation Banks
Friday, July 31 – Hosted by OPR & SACOG
Presenters: Ethan Elkind, Director of the Climate Change and Business Program, UC Berkeley/UCLA Schools of Law; Chris Ganson, Senior Planner, Governor's Office of Planning and Research; Tilly Chang, Executive Director, San Francisco County Transportation Authority; Wade Wietgrefe, AICP, Principal Planner and Transportation Team Manager, San Francisco Planning Department; Jenny Delumo, Senior Planner and Transportation Review Team Lead, San Francisco Planning Department
Watch out environmental reviewers! As of July 1st, there’s a new 3-letter acronym—VMT—on the streets, and it’s here to reduce miles traveled on those streets. In this session, we’ll first reflect on the LOS days to remind ourselves of the reasons we are transitioning to VMT, and then we’ll turn to the future. What can the next decade look like under this metric? How do we intentionally plan for equitable project development? Is there an opportunity to learn from programs meant to distribute community benefit such as through fee programs or mitigation banks? Join us for a conversation with Chris Ganson of OPR, Tilly Chang of SFCTA, and Ethan Elkind of UC Berkeley on why VMT matters, what local VMT implementation looks like, and the potential for VMT Mitigation Banks to structure future development around equity and accessibility.