Transportation and Land Use (TLU) Strategies Group

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is leading this stakeholder process to develop and analyze additional policy recommendations for the transportation and land use (TLU) sector. This process will enhance existing policies to achieve long-term reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and emissions that impact the Chesapeake Bay, while also providing positive economic, job creation and health benefits for the State. For this particular effort, the TLU Strategies Group will include both private sector and public sector participants. MDE is working with the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) to conduct the stakeholder process and assist the TLU Strategies Group in identifying practical, effective strategies that will meet these goals.

This work will build on the policies developed by the State under the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of 2009 (GGRA), and will include consideration of California’s Senate Bill (SB) 375 and the Carbon Neutral Corridor effort led by the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). The process will begin where the State is now and is not intended to replace the TLU strategies currently in the State’s GGRA Plan. Its focus will be on strategies that have the potential to achieve longer-term (post-2020) climate and Bay benefits. The TLU Strategies Group includes stakeholders representing the business, local government, transportation, housing and environmental communities, as well as several State agencies. 

Members of the TLU Strategies Group

Meetings and Documents

All documents prepared for the TLU Strategies Group will be posted here, along with other documents of interest. Typically, the TLU Strategies Group meets in person. All TLU Strategies Group members are encouraged to attend each meeting in person.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the meetings in person at the location specified in the Meeting Notice and Agenda. Members of the public may also attend by conference call. Dial 1.800.704.9804 and use passcode 8275 6288#.

MDE, with support from CCS, facilitates and prepares the documents for these meetings.

Meeting #2, December 14, 2011 
Purpose:          Second meeting of TLU Strategies Group
Time:               11:30 am – 4:30 pm Eastern Time
Location:         Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), Harry Hughes Suite, Rooms 1 and 2 located on the ground floor of the MDOT’s headquarters building at 7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, Maryland, 21076

Documents posted for meeting:

Meeting Notice and Agenda (pdf)
Summary of Meeting (pdf)
Overview and Presentations (pdf)
MDOT Presentation on Climate Action Planning Process for Draft 2012 Implementation Plan (pdf)
MDOT Presentation on US 40 Carbon Neutral Corridor Overview (pdf)
TLU Catalog of Policy Options (pdf) 
Brief Descriptions of GGRA TLU Programs Currently Being Implemented (pdf)
Brief Descriptions of Additional TLU Policies for Consideration (pdf)
MDOT Draft 2012 Climate Action Implementation Plan
MDOT Draft 2012 Climate Action Implementation Plan – Appendix
MDOT Carbon Neutral Corridor Program
CA SB 375 Fact Sheet
CA SB 375 Summary

Meeting #1, November 16, 2011
Purpose:          First meeting of TLU Strategies Group
Time:               10 am – 3:00 pm Eastern Time
Location:         Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) Stat Room on the 1st floor of the Montgomery Park Business Center at 1800 Washington Blvd., Maryland, 21230-1720. Click on the following links for a copy of the meeting materials. 

Documents posted for meeting: 

Meeting Notice and Agenda (pdf) 
Overview and Presentations (pdf) 
Implementing Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Act of 2009 (pdf) 
Stakeholder Process Memo (pdf) 
Maryland Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory & Forecast 
Example TLU Catalog of Policy Options (pdf)