Regional Transportation Plan - approval anticipated (unfortunately?)

More than 4,000 people commented on San Diego’s Regional Transportation Plan. It is designed to help the region absorb more than a million new residents by 2050, while cutting greenhouse gases.

Counties around the state are watching: San Diego is the first in California to complete its plan.

Steve Padilla heads a coalition of community groups and neighborhood initiatives. He says - in spite of public input - the plan favors widening roads rather than expanding public transit.

“The transit component of this plan, most of those investments are back loaded,” he said. "They are a second priority. They come years, sometimes decades, down the line and the front loading of the plan is all about road improvements. I think our fundamental objection is that thinking is backwards.”

State Attorney General Kamala Harris also calls the plan a missed opportunity.

It is expected to be approved on Friday.

The executive summary of the plan can be found here.

Source: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/oct/24/regional-transportation-plan-approval/