Talk Title: “Transportation Planning in a Time of Transition”
Speaker: Kate Gordon, CEO, California Forward
Free and open to the public; no registration necessary. Seating is first come, first served.
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Abstract: The world is in an unprecedented time of transition. New and emerging geopolitical, economic and climate forces are converging at the state-local level to affect every aspect of decision-making. Gordon’s talk will focus on how all these forces are driving California’s leadership on the move away from fossil fuel extraction and toward the electrification of the transportation sector — but will argue that the same forces must equally and urgently usher in a new era of transportation and land use planning. In particular, Gordon will argue that climate risk reduction and resilience must be raised to the same level of urgency in California land use policy as greenhouse gas emission reduction has been for the past several decades.
Speaker Bio: Kate Gordon is the CEO of California Forward (CA FWD), an organization dedicated to a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive economy across every region of the state. Prior to this role, she served within the Biden-Harris administration as senior advisor to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, where she co-created the Community Benefits Plan framework for Department of Energy (DOE) funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. Gordon also served for several years in California state government as the director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and a senior climate policy advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom. In this role, Gordon launched or led several initiatives to better integrate climate and economic development strategy across the state, including the Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery, the Regions Rise Together initiative, and the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF). Gordon has a J.D. and a master’s degree in city planning from UC Berkeley.
About the Talk: Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS).
About the Series: Charting New Paths illuminates challenges and opportunities in applying emerging innovations to combat climate change, transform urban mobility, improve public health and shape technology policy. Free and open to the public, these seminars take place on Fridays from 3–4 p.m. PT in fall 2024.
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