{"id":1942,"date":"2020-09-10T21:32:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2020-09-10T21:32:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:32:33","slug":"covid-recovery-legislation-fast-track-projects-bypass-environmental-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/covid-recovery-legislation-fast-track-projects-bypass-environmental-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Recovery Legislation: Fast Track Projects. Bypass Environmental Reviews."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where: California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What? California Legislature passed a COVID Reform bill, <a href=\"http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB288\">SB 288 (2020 | CA) <\/a>that allows ENVIRONMENTAL reviews to be skipped. Adieu preconceived notions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the goal of SB 288? To promote projects that could cut down driving &amp;  reduce carbon emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What did the bill&#8217;s author say? &#8220;SB 288 will help get our economy back on track, create jobs, and improve our sustainable transportation infrastructure.\u201d&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically what type of transit projects would get to skip environmental review?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bus lines<\/li><li>transit stations<\/li><li>biking and walking projects<\/li><li>facility repairs<\/li><li>electric-vehicle charging stations<\/li><li>Construction projects not meeting minimum parking requirements<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How long will the project fast track last? 2 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/next\/California-Legislature-Approves-Speedy-Sustainability-Bill.html?utm_term=California%20Legislature%20Approves%20Speedy%20Sustainability%20Bill&amp;utm_campaign=The%20Case%20for%20Making%20Virtual%20Public%20Meetings%20Permanent&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On+Software&amp;utm_medium=email\">an Francisco Chronicle via Governing | California Legislature Approves Speedy Sustainability Bill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where: California What? California Legislature passed a COVID Reform bill, SB 288 (2020 | CA) that allows ENVIRONMENTAL reviews to be skipped. Adieu preconceived notions. What is the goal of SB 288? To promote projects that could cut down driving &amp; reduce carbon emissions What did the bill&#8217;s author say? &#8220;SB 288 will help get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1943,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions\/1943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}