[EQAB-list] Public Input: Air Quality and Transportation -
with color dot voting
Robert G Kennedy III, PE
robot at ultimax.com
Tue Jan 20 23:13:54 EST 2009
Sure, I will help with this.
Boy, are my feet sore.
Hope you all had a good party down there.
Robert
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Robert G Kennedy III, PE
www.ultimax.com
Quoting Pat Imperato <psimperato at aol.com>:
> Ellen, I did get and opened your Word file on Sat.
>
> I do understand the need to work out a protocol for posting the
> result of the public forum input and to provide a way for the public
> to respond.. Once Robert returns from DC, can Fred, Robert and
> Athanasia and whoever operates the city's website get together to
> discuss the best way to do this and bring a recommendation to our
> next meeting. Thanks
>
> Pat
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> Pat Imperato
> 131 Whippoorwill Dr.
> Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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> 865-272-3451 h
> 610-888-0456 c
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ellen Smith <smithellen at comcast.net>
> To: Fred L Stephens <freds7 at dancingcreek.com>
> Cc: eqab-list at discoveret.org
> Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 8:44 pm
> Subject: Re: [EQAB-list] Public Input: Air Quality and
> Transportation - with color dot voting
>
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>
> For the record, one of the reasons why I copied this into a Word file
> nd eliminated spurious line breaks is that I recalled that the flip
> hart page had showed the 4-vote item "Join causes for public
> ransportation: Elderly/economic/efficiency needs joined to the need for
> ir quality" as one item, not two separate items.
> Did you receive the Word version of this that I sent on Saturday, or did
> t get lost in the ether? (I know that it would have been auto-discarded
> y the EQAB-list mailing list server, but I thought it should have gone
> o 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=2
> 01/19/09
>
> (re-organized under topics, color dot voting is indicated by asterisks)
>
> [Education]
> Community education for understanding CO2 emissions and global warming.
>
> [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 idlin
> g, 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 ne
> ed 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
> ransportation.
> 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
> inds/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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