TransForm secured seed funding from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Climate Protection Grant Program, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and Union Bank.
We have been working with our GreenTRIP Advisory Committee since June 2008 to create the certification standards and process for the program. The Advisory Committee represents a variety of stakeholder groups and expert advisors including: city planners, developers, transportation/development consultants, academics, and transportation agency staff.
Click here to see who is on the GreenTRIP Advisory Committee.
Program Director Ann Cheng developed TransForm's GreenTRIP certification program. She is the main point of contact for developers participating in the program and verifies that projects meet GreenTRIP certification standards.
Deputy Director Jeff Hobson guides and oversees GreenTRIP program development.
Program Associate Camille Guiriba provides critical support and runs the URBEMIS modeling for projects going through the certification process.
The Advisory Committee represents a variety of stakeholder groups including: city planners, developers, transportation/development consultants, academics, and transportation agency staff.
Professor Elizabeth Deakin
University of California Berkeley
Marisa Raya
Association of Bay Area Governments
Karen Frick
University of California Berkeley
Curt Johansen
Terre Verde Ventures Advisory
Gabriella Chiarenza
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
Valerie Knepper
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Richard Lee
Fehr and Peers
Kathleen Livermore
City of San Leandro, Retired
Todd Litman
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI)
Andrew Michael
Bay Area Council
Adam Millard-Ball
PH.D. Candidate, Stanford Univeristy
Past Principal at Nelson\Nygaard
Jeff Ordway
BART
Jeffrey Tumlin
Nelson\Nygaard
Aaron Welch
Raimi and Associates
Kate White
Urban Land Institute
Marla Wilson
Greenbelt Alliance
Jeff Wood
Reconnecting America
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January 11, 2012: Switzer Foundation Webinar "Great Access: Deep Affordability"
Learn about GreenTRIP’s success and TransForm’s plans to bring it to scale to improve development in California and eventually the country. Join Switzer Fellow Stuart Cohen, Executive Director of TransForm, and Ann Cheng, GreenTRIP Program Director for this informative and inspiring webinar.
Past Events
October 18, 2011: GreenTRIP Workshop at Rail~Volution Conference in Washington, DC
Program Director Ann Cheng spoke to the highlights and lessons learned from the first five projects in the Bay Area.
LISC Green Development Center, in partnership with TransForm, hosted a free, public webcast exploring the certification system. Speakers featured two new GreenTRIP certified projects (South Hayward Affordable Family and Senior Housing in Hayward and The Ohlone in San Jose) and explained both how and why GreenTRIP was developed as a transportation tool to promote greater housing affordability in transit rich neighborhoods. Access the presentation slides and view a recording of the webcast here.
In the session "Moving Forward: A Tool for Estimating VMT Reduction," speakers presented the new VMT reduction measurement tool that documents and quantifies the expected effects of selecting and combining transportation impact mitigation strategies. The tool was developed for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. This session also featured TransForm's innovative GreenTRIP Certification.
April 27, 2011: GreenTRIP at Housing California
Program Director, Ann Cheng, presented on GreenTRIP at an afternoon workshop (Workshop Session II) at the annual Housing California Conference in Sacramento.
March 24-25, 2011: GreenTRIP at MTC Parking Fundamentals Workshops
MTC hosted two parking trainings: one in the North Bay (San Rafael - 3/24) and the other in the South Bay (San Jose - 3/25). The workshops covered diverse parking issues with breakouts for case study-based problem solving.
February 9, 2011: GreenTRIP at San Francisco Revit User Group
Stuart Cohen, TransForm Executive Director, will be discussing the organization's innovative programs including GreenTRIP. Architects and urban designers working and living in the Bay Area are encouraged to attend.
Ann Cheng, GreenTRIP Program Director presented on GreenTRIP as part of a panel with Peter Waller, Pyotak Architects and Jessica ter Schure, Nelson/Nygaard on: "Parking and Affordable Housing: Housing for People or Cars?" at a Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California brownbag presentation.
Ann presented on GreenTRIP as part of a panel with Andrea Osgood, Eden Housing on "Sustainable Communities Strategies for Land Use and Transportation."
The audience learned about GreenTRIP and heard from developers whose projects have earned GreenTRIP certifications including Michael Van Every,Green Republic; Mark Rhoades, City Centric; Andrea Ogood, Eden Housing at a lunchtime forum on September 22 at the San Francisco Planning + Urban Research. Association. Details here. Download the PowerPoint here.
April 22, 2010: GreenTRIP invited to ABAG's launch of OneBayArea: Local Government Summit
The Association of Bay Area Governments hosted their annual General Assembly on April 22nd, and showcased GreenTRIP as one of the innovations that local governments could use to combat climate change and meet SB 375 requirements while reducing costs and development impacts. ABAG is the council of governments and designated regional planning agency representing the Bay Area’s nine counties and 101 cities and towns. View the GreenTRIP display board here. Additional details here.
Walkable, transit-oriented communities are seen as an antidote to unfettered sprawl. But outdated city codes vastly overestimate how much people drive and require excessive parking in these transit areas, especially for low-income families and seniors. This leads to oversize parking lots, fewer and more expensive homes, bad design and community opposition. GreenTRIP is an innovative certification program that is overcoming these barriers and ensuring it goes one step further; getting developers to include free transit passes, car share and other strategies to make truly low-carbon, affordable developments that are embraced by the community.
Learn about GreenTRIP’s success and TransForm’s plans to bring it to scale to improve development in California and eventually the country. Join Switzer Fellow Stuart Cohen, Executive Director of TransForm, and Ann Cheng, GreenTRIP Program Director for this informative and inspiring webinar.
Register for the webinar here:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/904921542