Circulate sent a letter requesting the governor's signature on SB 922. The bill would give extend statutory exemptions to CEQA for clean transportation projects. The bill cuts through red tape to allow new bus rapid transit, bus, or light rail services on public rail or highway rights-of-way; transit prioritization projects; projects that improve customer information and wayfinding for transit riders, bicyclists, or pedestrians; projects to construct or maintain infrastructure to charge or refuel zero-emission buses; projects carried out by a city or county to reduce minimum parking requirements; and projects for pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Read the full letter here.
