Biofuel Readers (sorry - I replied to last email and did not change the heading) Are they ways to influence U.S. local cities to adopt alternative transporation and "smart growth"?
Yes, via the General Plan. In the United States each city is required to adopt a General Plan. By state law, the General Plan should contain "elements". The General Plan requires public participation and is an avenue for you to influence public policy to include biofuels and clean fuels via the "Circlation Element"and the "Conservation Element", - cities may not have the same elements. > For a general background on the General Plan, please > refer to see below weblinks: > > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/genplans.html#intro > > "What is a general plan? General plans have many > synonyms, among them comprehensive plan, development > plan, land-use plan, master plan, and urban plan. > Simply stated, a general plan is "the official > statement of a municipal legislative body which sets > forth its major policies concerning desirable future > physical development..." (Kent, The Urban general > plan, 1964). As further elaborated in Planning made easy (Toner, et al., 1994), a general plan is: --A public guide to community decision making --An assessment of the community's needs --A statement of community values, goals,& objectives --A blueprint for the community's physical development --A public document adopted by the government --Continuously updated as conditions change Note that California state law requires that each city general plan contain the following seven (7) elements: > 1)circulation (transportation)! > 2)conservation! > 3)housing > 4)land use > 5)noise > 6)open-space > 7)safety " > Have a Prosperous New Year. > > Phillip Wolfe > Certificate in Urban & Regional Planning > BA-BioScience/Environment > MBA-Planning > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
