Regional Planning
By 2035, California’s San Francisco Bay Area will become home to 1.7 million more people. Today, we have an opportunity to fundamentally shift the way the region is growing.
In Greenbelt Alliance’s vision, Grow Smart Bay Area, Bay Area cities and towns have room for enough new homes and jobs for everyone. We can direct new development away from natural areas and working farms, and reinvest in existing cities. We can build great neighborhoods, with a variety of homes that all residents can afford, close to parks, transportation, shopping and jobs.
By working together, we can protect what we love about the Bay Area and make it an even better place to live, work, and play.
Regional Planning News
One Bay Area Grants reward sustainable and equitable growth
This past fall, each Bay Area county’s congestion management agency (CMA) started developing criteria for how it would distribute its share of the One Bay Area Grant funds to transit projects in different cities. Here’s how things played out in Santa Clara and Alameda County. Continue reading
UPDATE: Partial victory recouped from MTC’s $20 million mistake
Those of you following the Plan Bay Area process at home will recall our disappointment regarding the October vote at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to take $20 million in funding that had been designated for grants to local governments and redirect it to go to county Congestion Management Agencies. Here’s what’s happened since: Continue reading
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s $20 million mistake
On October 24, MTC voted to take $20 million in funds, which had been designated for grants to local governments with the purpose of engaging in community planning processes around transit stations, and redirect them to county Congestion Management Agencies. This decision threatens the implementation of Plan Bay Area and raises serious concerns about public process. Continue reading
