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Planning and Air Quality
Staff Assignments
Effective June 15, 2005

Wade Hobbs, (916)498-5027
MPO Coordinator:

  • SANDAG (San Diego)
  • AMBAG(Monterey)

State and Statewide Planning and Programming:

  • Statewide Transportation Plan (CTP) including RTPA and Rural Planning
  • Statewide Program (FSTIP) including RTPA and Rural Areas
  • CFPWG/CTIPS
  • Native American/Indian Tribal Government Coordination
  • Statewide Planning and Research Program (SPR) Part 1 (Planning)

Federal Lands Highway Program Coordination:

  • Public Lands Highway - Discretionary (PLHD)
  • Public Lands Highway - Forest Highway (FH)
  • Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) - BIA
  • Parkways and Park Roads - NPS
  • Refuge Roads - U.S F&WS

National Corridor Planning and Development and Coordinated Border Infrastructure (NCPD/CBI) Programs
Border Infrastructure Program (BIP)
Safety Conscious Planning

Mayela Sosa, (916) 498-5022
Planning Team Leader
MPO Coordinator:

  • MTC (San Francisco)
  • TMPO (Tahoe)
  • SJCOG (Stockton)
  • KCOG (Bakersfield)
  • TCAG (Visalia)
  • Shasta (Redding)

Transportation Enhancements Program
Freight/Goods Movement
Congestion Management System
Intermodal Management System
System Management & Operations in Planning

Leigh Levine, (916) 498-5034
MPO Coordinator:

  • SACOG (Sacramento)
  • COFCG (Fresno)
  • Madera
  • Kings (Hanford)
  • StanCOG (Modesto)
  • MCAG (Merced) - PIP, YARTS,

New Markets Initiative
EZ/EC Highway Related Economic Development
Sustainable / Livable Communities
Transportation and Land Use
Census Data - New MPOs

Grace Balmir, (213) 202-3953
MPO Coordinator:

  • SCAG (Los Angeles)
  • SLOCOG (San Luis Obispo)
  • SBCAG (Santa Barbara)

Jean Mazur, (916) 498-5732
Air Quality Coordinator for:

  • SCAG, MTC, SANDAG, TMPO (NV Division is responsible for issuing conformity determination), Central Mountain Counties, and Southern Mountain Counties

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) for above areas
Air Quality Specialist for environmental documents in Districts: 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Interagency Meeting Coordinator

Steve Luxenberg, (916) 498-5066
MPO Coordinator: BCAG (Chico)
Air Quality Coordinator for:

  • SACOG, BCAG, MCAG, StanCOG, SJCOG, COFCG, KCOG, TCAG, Kings, Madera, and Nevada County

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) for above areas
Air Quality Specialist for environmental documents in Districts: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Jerilynn Fogle (916) 498-5026
Program Assistant
Recreational Trails Program*
Scenic Byways Program*
(*with assistance from Mayela Sosa)

Note: Although not a member of the Planning Team, Scott McHenry has taken over responsibility for all of the statistical information:

Scott McHenry, (916) 498-5854

Statistics: Toll Collection Revenues, CTPP
Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)
Traffic Counting, WIM, Speed Monitoring, Traffic Monitoring System
Census Data - Urbanized area boundary maps
Highway Systems and Classifications:

  • Public Road mileage
  • Functional Classification
  • NHS/Interstate System
  • National Truck Network

Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Evasion
Heavy Vehicle Use Tax


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