SCH Number 2025040852

Project Info

Title

2026 Regional Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy

Description

The proposed project is the StanCOG 2026 RTP/SCS. StanCOG’s previous RTP/SCS was adopted in August 2022 and amended in September 2024. The 2026 RTP/SCS is the culmination of a multi-year effort that aims to improve access and mobility and facilitate the movement of people and goods efficiently. Furthermore, the SCS will seek to balance land use and transportation systems to reduce emissions from cars and light trucks. StanCOG is required by federal law to develop an RTP/SCS that meets national ambient air quality standards and determines the needs of the transportation system and prioritizes proposed transportation projects. The RTP/SCS is also necessary to obtain and allocate federal funding for regional transportation projects. StanCOG is in the process of updating the RTP/SCS, which will cover the planning period through the year 2049. The EIR for the 2026 RTP/SCS is intended to comply with CEQA. It will also require coordination with or reference to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Title 23 CFR Parts 450 and 500) (FAST Act), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (as applicable), the Federal Clean Air Act, the California Clean Air Act, California SB 375, California SB 743, California Assembly Bill 32, and California SB 32. The EIR will consider the 2026 RTP programmed projects and preferred SCS scenario, a No Project alternative, and up to 2 alternative land use scenarios, and any alternatives to address identified significant impacts. The EIR will evaluate the potential impacts of implementing the policies and programs in the RTP/SCS in accordance with CEQA and will concentrate on the long-term environmental impacts of the RTP/SCS that extend to the 2049 planning horizon.

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