25 Year Silver Anniversary
Cars are Basic™ Incorporated (CAB™) is a transportation policy watchdog, motor vehicle infrastructure ombudsman
and motorist advocacy organization since 1998.
Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, plentiful employment and a healthy economy depend, in part, on free movement of people,
goods and services. We all have a right to the transportation method we choose. CAB, Inc.™ believes that government must uphold
this freedom of transportation choice.
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The transportation method chosen by the majority of Americans is a motor vehicle fueled by gasoline, electricity,
hybrid gasoline/electricity, hydrogen, propane or diesel. Cars are Basic™ believes government's transportation and transportation
infrastructure policies should primarily reflect the transportation choice made by the majority of the population.
Cars are Basic™ is a grass roots organization operated solely by volunteers from the Santa Barbara County.
We have been reviewing and advocating transportation issues for over 20 years. CAB™ Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit,
tax-exempt organization, and all contributions to it are tax-deductible.
News
April 24, 2023, at NOON 12:00, is the
next meeting (with lunch available from in-house kitchen)
at the NEW LOCATION:
Goleta Elks Lodge 150 N Kellogg Ave, Santa Barbara, CA - (805) 964-6859 (usually last Wed. of the month)
COME - ENJOY - DISCUSS
Notes for April:
THE GROWING PROBLEM OF GOLETA IGNORING VOTER OBJECTIONS TO NARROWING OLD
TOWN HOLLISTER AND IN THE PROCESS IGNORING THE FAILURE OF THE OUTER
HOLLESTER BIKE/PED. PATH.
THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA REFUSES TO STOP "POP" UP FOOD SERVICE ON
PUBLIC SIDE WALKS.
SANTA BARBARA WALKS AWAY FROM SERIOUS AND MASSIVE OBJECTIONS TO THE
CRUSHING OF THE STREETS AND PARKING. SB, IGNORES THE SBCAG REPORT THAT
DEMANDS A MINIMUM OF 10,000 RESIDENTS IN OLD TOWN TO MAKE THEIR IDIOTIC
15 MINUTE CITY WORK. "YOU CANNOT GET PEOPLE TO WALK 5 MINUTES TO
WORK." ROB DAYTON BEFORE THE CITY FINANCE COMMITTEE......
THE CLOSING OF ALL BUT ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC ON 101 LAST WEEK CREATED
TRAFFIC DIVERSION IN OLD TOWN HOLLISTER, AND OUTER STATE ST. IN SANTA
BARBARA --- 101 WAS BACKED UP ALL THE WAY TO LOS CARNEROS, AND THAT WAS
NOT A LARGE SCALE EMERGENCY.
CAB REVIEW OF CLIFF DR. AND MESA TRAFFIC FLOW.
POTENTIAL CAMERA LOCATION FOR TRAFFIC ???
IS IT TIME TO RECALL ARROGANT ELECTED OFFICIALS?
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY IS BEING CRUSHED WITH AN ARROGANT PLAN THAT SBCAG HAS
STATED IS A DREAM.
MORE....COME DISCUSS CONTRIBUTE.
In a comment that might be appropriate for Santa Barbara County as well, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst stated, "‘Bailout Bankrupt Boondoggles.’ That’s more appropriate for Washington’s track record of finding new ways to fund failed projects.”
Several proposed traffic projects have been shown by CAB to violate Coastal Commission Permitting due to increase of the number of Vehicle Miles Traveled / Driven (VMT). This should be an interesting issue.
CAB brought this issue before SBCAG at the beginnning of the year with Al Clark sitting as the representative for the City of Carpinteria. He ducked his head and refused to comment.
See PDF of Legislative Items of Interest HERE.
CLICK HERE To receive these Legislative Items Of Interest emails weekly.
Businesses Protest SB Spending Unfunded Millions to Place COVID-Control Housing in Old Town.
The City of Goleta has stepped in it big time - CEQA AND COASTAL COMMISSION.
Santa Barbara has created a joke with their bike plan.
There is the issue of Solvang - this could be really big - included in the virtual Santa Ynez Valley Traffic Circulation and Safety Meeting 5-6:30PM Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Click to register for meeting.
The Six Missions of Cars are Basic, Inc.™
1) Promote freedom of choice in transportation and oppose attempts to deny that freedom.
2) Monitor government transportation policies and distribute information about those policies.
3) Advocate a system of properly engineered, well-maintained roadways which enable the safe and efficient movement of motor vehicles.
4) Advance the principle that alternative means of transportation, such as public mass transit, ride or car sharing, bicycles, skateboards, or walking cannot be government mandates. They must remain a choice to which everyone has a right to make or not make.
5) Oppose publicly-funded, alternative transportation programs which: are frivolous uses of taxpayer funds intended to cater to politicians' favored constituencies, gratify a special interest or redistribute wealth.
6) Explain the contribution that motor vehicles make to a healthy economy.
Videos
Worthen One on One: "25 Years” Anniversary of CAB (Cars Are Basic)
with Scott Wenz & Jim Worthen
CAB Radio Ad for February 2021 about Santa Barbara Bike Plan missing Environmental Impact Report
CAB Radio Ad for January 2021 about Goleta narrowing streets without Environmental Impact Reports
CAB Radio Ad for June 2019 about Businesses Depending on Parking
CAB Radio Ad for April 2019 about deadly roundabouts
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Contact
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Carpinteria, CA 93013-2000
(805) 960-5211
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