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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2008
Author: Quirk (D)
Amended: 5/7/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/17/14
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso,
Lara, Liu, Pavley, Roth, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 68-0, 5/19/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Transit village plans: goods movement
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill allows cities and counties to include, as
one of the required public benefits of a transit village
development plan, dedicated loading and unloading facilities for
commercial space.
ANALYSIS : The Transit Village Development Planning Act of
1994 (AB 3152, Bates, Chapter 780, Statutes of 1994) allows a
city or county to prepare a transit village plan (TVP) for a
transit village development district (TVDD) that increases
transit usage by addressing the following characteristics:
1. A neighborhood centered around a transit station that allows
residents, workers, shoppers, and others to find it
convenient and attractive to patronize transit.
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2. A mix of housing types, including apartments, within mile
of a transit station.
3. Retail districts and civic uses, including libraries and day
care centers.
4. Pedestrian and bike access to a transit station.
5. A transit system that encourages multi-modal service and
access other than single-occupant vehicles.
6. Dense, compact development.
In addition to the required elements of a TVP described above,
TVPs must also demonstrate public benefits beyond an increase in
transit usage, including any five of the following criteria:
1. Relief of traffic congestion.
2. Improved air quality.
3. Increased transit revenue yields.
4. Increased stock of affordable housing.
5. Redevelopment of depressed and marginal inner-city
neighborhoods.
6. Live-travel options for transit-needy groups.
7. Promotion of infill development and preservation of natural
resources.
8. Promotion of a pedestrian-friendly environment around transit
stations.
9. Reduced need for added travel by providing retail shops at
transit stations
10.Promotion of job opportunities.
11.Improved cost-effectiveness through the use of the existing
infrastructure.
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12.Increased sales and property tax revenue.
13.Reduction in energy consumption.
This bill adds the provision of dedicated loading and unloading
space as a 14th demonstrable public benefit to the existing list
of 13, and changes from five to six the number of public
benefits that must be chosen from among the list of 14, required
as part of a TVP.
Background
The state's encouragement of high-density infill development has
the desirable effect of bringing residential and commercial
areas closer together to reduce travel requirements, but,
according to the author's office, a negative side effect is
increased traffic congestion and safety hazards associated with
delivery vehicles that must idle, circle blocks, and double-park
to deliver goods. This bill reduces these negative aspects of
transit villages by including an option for dedicated loading
and unloading facilities in commercial spaces in
transit-oriented developments, as part of a TVP.
Urban freight impacts . According to a recent World Bank study,
urban freight delivery represents between 10% and 15% of vehicle
miles traveled on city streets worldwide, and, in an example
cited from Dijon, France, amounted to 26% of total petroleum
consumption and between 20% and 60% of criteria pollutant
emissions. Safety hazards of urban freight movement are also
significant: In European cities, 5% to 10% of traffic
fatalities involve light commercial trucks and 10% to 15% of
fatalities involve heavy commercial trucks. Reducing the number
of miles driven by delivery trucks and double parking will have
environmental, congestion, and safety benefits.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/20/14)
Breathe California
Regional Asthma Management and Prevention Program
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 68-0, 5/19/14
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AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla,
Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez,
Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger
Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue,
Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Olsen,
Pan, Perea, John A. P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk,
Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Bigelow, Donnelly, Beth Gaines,
Harkey, Jones, Mansoor, Melendez, Nazarian, Nestande,
Patterson, Vacancy
JA:d 6/16/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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