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Gainesville Sun Guest Column: See, touch, learn about electric vehicles at Nov. 19 event at GRU Administration Building

Attendees surround the Rivian R1T owned by a local resident.

Submitted by Alachua County in September 2022.

News

The League of Women Voters of Alachua County, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and National Drive Electric Week invite you to join us for an electric vehicle demonstration (showroom only, no driving) event on Saturday, Nov. 19! We will have private and fleet vehicles on display at the public parking lot located immediately west of the GRU Administration Building and immediately north of the Rosa Parks Transfer Station (southwest corner of Southeast Fourth Avenue and Southeast Fourth Street).

Photo credit: MACOG
Attendees at Goshen First Fridays surround the Rivian R1T owned by a local resident (published in www.drivelectricweek.org)

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VIDEO of AUGUST 13, 2022 - LWVNCA Workshop on Regional Transportation

LWV of National Capital Area Logo-red,blue

Submitted by The National Capital Area in August 2022.

Blog Post

Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10:00 am to 11:30 am

LWVNCA VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON TRANSPORTATION VIDEO 

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Roadmap to Electric Transportation

electric car on road lined with palm trees

Submitted by Alachua County in April 2022.

News

On April 7, 2022, Dory Larsen of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) and their Electrify the South program presented “Roadmap to Electric Transportation: How Your League is Making a Difference” to the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Alachua County. LWVFL and SACE are partners in their Electrify the South program. Below is a summary of her presentation with a link to Dory's slides as well as other relevant resources.

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Roadmap to Electric Transportation: How Your League is Making a Difference

LWVAC and SACE presentation announcement with photo of speaker

Submitted by Alachua County in March 2022.

Event Date: 
04/07/2022 - 12:00pm

The LWVAC is partnering with Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's Electrify the South program to host a webinar on ways to engage and transform our transportation systems to electric.

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SMART: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit

SMART train in station

The LWVBA observer reports for the SMART meetings are posted here as they become available. Note that they are posted in reverse chronological order, with the most recent posted at the top.

 

July 2022

SMART Transit Report

 

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Marin Transit Board: San Rafael Transit Hub EIR

Marin Bus at San Rafael Transit Center

Submitted by The Bay Area in October 2021.

Event Date: 
11/01/2021 - 10:00am
Event location: 

virtual (Zoom)

The San Rafael Transit Center is the 2nd busiest transit center in the Bay Area with 860 stops per day. The staff recommendation is to approve Option 4 or the Whistlestop option.

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Why Don't We Build Electric Airplanes?

Photo by Ross Parmly on Unsplash

Submitted by Southwest Santa Clara Valley in October 2021.

Blog Post

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City Council Meeting 8/24/2021 - Item 3D Public Comment

Submitted by Santa Monica in August 2021.

Public Statement

The League of Women Voters of Santa Monica submitted the following public comments regarding 

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Resilient Highway SR37

Board displaying plans for highway changes

The reports from the LWVBA observer about the Resilient Highway SR37 project are posted here as they become available. Please not that they are posted in reverse chronological order, most recent first.

June 2021

June 2021, including meetings in April and May

I have attended 4 presentations on the Resiliency SR37 project over the last 3 months. Resilient SR37 sponsored 3 meetings and the 4th presentation was at the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) Commission meeting. 

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Metropolitan Transportation Commission

freeway traffic

The LWVBA observer reports for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission are posted here as they become available. Note that they are posted in reverse chronological order, with the most recent posted at the top.

July 12, 2021 - Bay Area Transportation Authority/Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority

BATA and BAIFA Observer Report, July 12, 2021 

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