Sacramento adopted its Sustainable Communities Strategy in April 2012, and ClimatePlan is now monitoring its implementation.
Find out more about Sacramento’s SCS and Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP).
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About the Region
The six-county Sacramento region is currently home to more than 2 million residents, and is expected to grow to more than 3.3 million by 2035.
It’s estimated that Sacramento motorists spend 36 hours a year sitting in traffic, but if the Sustainable Communities Strategy is implemented, residents will have more choices such as safe walking and biking and efficient and convenient transit.
The SB 375 greenhouse-gas emissions reduction targets are 7% per capita reduction for 2020 and 16% per capita reduction for 2035.
Regional Resources
Final Metropolitan Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy
Adopted by SACOG, April 19, 2012
Link to download the plan and its EIR
ClimatePlan Sign-on Comment Letter on MTP/SCS
January 9, 2012
Download the letter
Vision California: Sacramento Regional Results
By Calthorpe Associates
This analysis assesses the economic, energy, health, and land impacts of different ways to accommodate Sacramento’s expected growth. Scenarios were developed to reflect a range of land use choices, from a business-as-usual future based on past trends to more compact options, including those represented by the regional Blueprint plan.
Download the Regional Results Summary
SACOG’s Blueprint Project
This site provides detail on the Blueprint Project, which was completed in 2008, a great step towards achieving the goals of SB 375.
Link to Blueprint website
SACOG’s Rural-Urban Connections Strategy
In the same way that Blueprint Project is an economic development strategy for urban areas, the RUCS project is an economic and environmental sustainability strategy for the Sacramento region’s rural areas.
Link to RUCS website
Sacramento County’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory
June 2009
This GHG inventory provides an important base of knowledge for regional planning and developing strategies for GHG reduction.
Download the inventory presentation
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Quick Fact
SACOG estimates that the Sacramento region’s taxpayers will save at least $16 billion on infrastructure costs by implementing the Blueprint and focusing most new growth in existing communities. (source: Sacramento Area Council of Governments)
Partners in the Region
American Lung Association in California
California League of Conservation Voters
Coalition on Regional Equity (CORE)
Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS)
Housing CA
Local Government Commission
Planning and Conservation League
Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA)
Sacramento Housing Alliance
TransForm
WALKSacramento