Transportation

This  focus is on Individual Transportation, Mass Transit, Freight Transport, Roads, Rails, Bike Paths, Walking Trails, Fuel Distribution forVehicles, and any other issue that impacts moving people and goods to, from, through, or within WELL’s region of interest. In support of the WELL the Coordinating Committee sent a letter to the Willits City Council requesting that it reconsider the Council’s support for a 4-lane bypass. Alternatively, we proposed that the City Council consider a two-lane bypass or no bypass at all in light of cost savings, preservation of agricultural land, peak oil, and climate change. A copy of the letter was also sent to MCOG, CalTrans, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Mike Thompson, Patty Berg, Patricia Wiggins (new State Senator), and the CTC. You can read the letter here: WELL Bypass Letter — (Adobe .pdf file)  Additionally, many other transportation-related documents are available on this web site including several studies completed for the City of Willits. //{ed: this link broken, will fix} You can find those here.//  Simply scroll down to the Transportation section.

August 2008

WELL has launched a Yahoo Group “WillitsRideSharingGroup” to provide a tool for residents of Willits and the surrounding area to share rides and thus reduce fuel use (and expenses).  Anyone can join and request or offer a ride.

At the July 2008 Plenary meeting of WELL we realized that we need to press our local governments (County, City, MCOG, & MTA) to expand the current service of MTA in our County.  They need a bigger chunk of the budget and we (as a community) need to put more assets to mass transit and less to personal vehicle transport.

For Further information on ongoing transportation works see the MCOG site.


MCOG, the Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA) for our countywide region