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Perspective

Apr. 23, 2010

SB 375: Breakthrough or Stall?

Diane DeFelice of Brownstein Hyatt and Charles Pomeroy of McKenna Long discuss the implementation of SB 375's goal to decrease motor vehicle travel and encourge less energy-intensive modes of transportation.

By Diane C. DeFelice and Charles H. Pomeroy

It sounds like a deceptively simple solution to gridlock. Have more people live near mass transit and, voila, less cars on the road. But as the economic climate has changed, implementation may not be so simple.

At its core, the objective of SB 375 was to promote land use, transportation and lifestyle changes that decrease motor vehicle travel and encourage less energy-intensive modes of transportat...

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