[EQAB-list] Public Input: Air Quality and Transportation - with color dot voting

[Ellen Smith]

For the record, one of the reasons why I copied this into a Word file
and eliminated spurious line breaks is that I recalled that the flip
chart page had showed the 4-vote item "Join causes for public
transportation: Elderly/economic/efficiency needs joined to the need for
air quality" as one item, not two separate items. 

Did you receive the Word version of this that I sent on Saturday, or did
it get lost in the ether? (I know that it would have been auto-discarded
by the EQAB-list mailing list server, but I thought it should have gone
to Fred and Athanasia.)

Ellen

On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 19:58 -0500, Fred L Stephens wrote:
> Public input on Air Quality and Transportation
> 1/17/2009
> City of Oak Ridge
> Scribe: Fred Stephens, re-edit on 1/19/09
> 
> (re-organized under topics, color dot voting is indicated by asterisks)
> 
> [Education]
> Community education for understanding CO2 emissions and global warming.
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> [Burning]
> No burning
> Open burning seasons (times of year to burn/not burn)
> Reduce emissions from burning (land clearing 
> waste, fireplaces, and home heaters)
> 
> [Neighborhoods]
> Retrofit existing buildings for mult-use: residential/retail/office
> * Comprehensive plan for community work/live urban planning values
> Neighborhood retail
> Live where you work/ work where you live
> Complete streets 
> (<file:///http://www.completestreets.org/>www.completestreets.org)
> Streets with context sensitive design  (www.livablestreets.com)
> Commercial zones friendly to pedestrians and bikers.
> 
> [Food]
> Local food production initiative to reduce 
> vehicle miles involved in transporting food and 
> increasing food/economic security.
> Buy local campaign
> * Community gardens in new developments
> 
> [Schools]
>   * Neighborhood schools
> Encourage kids to walk to school
> More utilization of school buses by kids
> Seat belts in buses to encourage school bus use
> Integrate public and school transportation.
> More efficient school buses
> Community integrated schools (more mix use of school buildings)
> 
> [Government vehicles]
> * * Retrofit existing vehicles (government/schools) for use of natural gas
> Energy efficient city vehicles
> Alternative fuels for government vehicles
> 
> [Vehicle pollution]
> Reduce vehicle idling (traffic light adjustments, 
> reduce school pickup idling, reduce government. 
> vehicle idling, drive-throughs, roundabouts)
> Vehicle emissions testing and enforcement
> Engineer friendly for electric vehicles: slower 
> traffic/re-charge meters/time-of-day meters
> Traffic engineering for energy savings, bike 
> friendliness, and pedestrian friendliness.
> Strategic planning with a target of reducing mile traveled.
> Smart traffic control
> Traffic calming, roundabouts
> Eliminate heavy duty trucks short cuts through city
> 
> [Telecommuting]
> Encourage telecommuting
> Reduce vehicle idling via flex-time jobs
> City broadband Internet and Wifi Internet to support telecommuting
> 
> [Ride-sharing]
> Car clubs – zip cars (www.zipcar.com)
> Jitney service for the elderly
> Share taxi. (A mode of transport that falls 
> between private transport and conventional bus 
> transport, often with a fixed or semi-fixed 
> route, but with the added convenience of stopping 
> anywhere to pick or drop passengers and not 
> having fixed time schedules. The vehicles used 
> range from standard 4 seater cars up to minibuses)
> Car-pooling, vans, etc.
> Incentives for micro buses
> * Computer networking for car pooling: i.e. Use 
> expertise of computer networking  designers 
> (packets) to participate with traffic engineers in considering options
> Smart options on debris removal for development (related to burning/chipping)
> 
> [Public transportation]
> Regional public transportation
> More public transportation
> * * * * Join causes for public transportation. 
> Elderly/economic/efficiency needs joined to the need for air quality.
> * Arterial shuttles
> Light rail
> Zero-pollution transportation (Smart technology choices)
> 
> [Parking]
> Day Parking lots to support use of public transportation
> Parking lots on edge of town connected to bike lanes and public transportation.
> Green parking lots: lots that are environmental friendly
> Parking lots with plug-in vehicle meters for recharging.
> Incorporate parking into parks and recreations plans of walking and biking
> 
> [Bikes/walking/pedestrians]
> * More bike lanes and bike boxes (Bike boxes: Google “Portland bike boxes”)
> Strategic planning for bike paths: connecting
> Strategic planning for walking pathways/sidewalks – again connecting sections
> Make bikeways and off-street walkways for new developments a requirement
> Slope friendly boardwalks as opposed to sidewalks 
> because high slope sidewalks are unusable.
>   * More sidewalks
> More green belts for encouraging walking/biking
> Bike racks
> Community bicycles
> * Pedestrian bridge over turnpike
> 
> [Trees/vegetation]
> Tree planting education (appropriate trees by growth, side)
> City forester
> Using vegetation (trees/shrubbery) to cool air and protect bldg from winds/heat
> Underground utilities to save overheard trees from pruning
> Control tree cutting more
>   * Control invasive plants
> More native plant utilization
> Less grass to mow
> 
> [Other]
> Capitalize locally on local recycling
> Solar attic fans
> Encourage photovoltaic use
> Light pollution control
> Grants for green money
> More pollution controls on all power generation.
> Emissions containment
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> Fred L Stephens
> email: freds7 at dancingcreek.com   
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