Today's decisions produce impacts affecting tomorrow's society. Trade-offs must be made to ensure responsible growth without incurring prohibitive implementation costs. This full-day workshop provided insight and information regarding alternative techniques for implementing growth that go beyond the limitations of conventional zoning regulations. These techniques enable communities and planning commissioners to deal with fiscal constraints, to expand the scope of the planning process, and to assist in the resolution of conflicting citizen demands. All of these subjects were touched upon in this one-day workshop.
Transportation planning is the process of anticipating and providing for future transport needs.
The workshop emphasized transportation planning as it is practiced in California today, and will engage participants in real-world projects. It requires state and local agencies to consider and disclose the social and natural environmental impacts of their actions. It further requires agencies, when feasible, to avoid or reduce the significant environmental impacts of their decisions. This full-day workshop disseminated information to citizens, planning commissioners, city council members, county supervisors, and planners concerning their roles and responsibilities in this process. Participants will also benefit from coverage of new ideas and techniques in the state of California regarding environmental review.