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Ed Webber was the first Executive
Director, Soon Dwayne Hunn was moved from NBTMA's Board to
Executive Director. Almost from its inception, NBTMA engaged Cal
Trans in policy disputes. NBTMA agreed with Cal Trans that
corporate ride sharing program, flex time, etc. were usefull steps to
help reduce traffic congestion. But NBTMA's consistent verbal and
written reports to Cal Trans stressed that the way developers were
forced to use land determined how people were forced to create traffic
congestion. Until people, planners, politicians and Cal Trans
understood the connection between land use and traffic production,
traffic would continue to worsen and housing costs would continue to
soar.
As one of its closing acts NBTMA organized what was then perhaps the
largest regional land use and transit conference in the North Bay's
history. NBTMA Land Use and Traffic Reduction Conference
was dedicated to educating people on the need to integrate pedestrian
friendly and mixed-use land uses with transit hubs, such as rail lines
and freeways.
Some of the coverage and ideas of participants in that conference are
shown on the left column. Unfortunately, many of the answers
proposed at the conference remained unimplemented today.
Consequently, the concerns expressed back then today exist on an
exacerbated level.
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Architect's
Plan for new Marin
Marin official rejects cluster housing
Time running out for local government
Taking a more careful look at growth
Traffic and development on the corridor
Time to face the traffic realities
Future grim for region's traffic
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