With public entity support, wonderful participants, and a professional staff, the final ingredient for success is community participation. All collaborative meetings will be open to the public. Please keep abreast of this collaborative and use the avenues that will be provided to give your input. One of the key duties of each collaborative participant is to maintain a constant dialogue between the collaborative and the community. Success will not come easily.
Great challenges lie ahead.
But perhaps we can all breathe a little easier, and maybe even commute a little easier, knowing that our region is not passively awaiting whatever will come, but is taking a firm grasp of our future. Our region is a wonderful place to live, work and raise families. For good and bad, hundreds of thousands of other people will discover this truth over the next two decades. Let us prepare. Kerri Howell chairs the Sacramento Transportation Authority.