AMBAG Planner Linda Meckel will speak at our next breakfast Friday, Aug 20 in Salinas (click here for more info or to register).
Here are some details on her topic, AMBAG's 2035 Regional Blueprint:
Over the next 25 years, the Monterey Bay Area's population will increase by 20% and age considerably. Under current growth patterns, the population will become more geographically disparate. With future housing located further from where the jobs will be, commuters will be ever more dependent on driving, usually alone, to work. Congestion will worsen, and taking alternative ways of travel-bus, bike or walking-will be more difficult and dangerous, and more expensive, for all of us as drivers and as taxpayers. Greenhouse gas emissions will increase and there will be unsustainable demands on limited water resources.
