DIAMOND BAR, Calif. - The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee's (MSRC) new Chair will be Gregory Winterbottom, who represents the Orange County Transportation Authority on the MSRC. Winterbottom was unanimously elected by the MSRC, an organization that provides Clean Transportation Funding for projects aimed at reducing harmful emissions from mobile sources. The MSRC also unanimously elected Cathedral City Council Member Greg Pettis as its Vice-Chair. Council Member Pettis serves as the Riverside County Transportation Commission's (RCTC) representative on the Committee. Both will serve one-year terms.
Winterbottom is in his twelfth year on the MSRC, making him one of the longest-serving members. For the last two years, he has been the MSRC's Vice-Chair. Winterbottom has more than 25 years of experience in the transportation arena. He is one of two Public Members on the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Board of Directors and is also the Vice-Chairman of the OCTA Transit Committee. He joined the OCTA board in 1993, and served as Chairman of the Board in 2004. Winterbottom previously served as the executive director to the Orange County Consolidated Transportation Services Agency, and now works as an independent consultant on accessibility issues for people with disabilities.
"After serving on the MSRC for more than a decade, I have seen the agency progress with the times and fund cutting-edge technologies and programs that have helped cut harmful emissions from mobile sources by more than 8,000 tons," Winterbottom commented. "As the MSRC celebrates our 20th anniversary this year, I look forward to leading the Committee and continuing our efforts to fund projects that will provide cleaner air for everyone." Vice-Chair Greg Pettis has been on the MSRC since 2009, and serves as the First Vice-Chair of RCTC. He is also on the Regional Council of the Southern California Association of Governments and the Transportation Committee of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments. A resident of the Coachella Valley since the 1970s, Pettis has witnessed first-hand the decline in air quality in the region and his work with these agencies, including the MSRC, has enabled him to work on a variety of transportation and air quality issues throughout Southern California.
The MSRC allocates Clean Transportation Funding from a $4 surcharge on vehicle license fees, specifically to be used for local projects designed to reduce air pollution from mobile sources such as cars, trucks and buses. Thirty cents of every surcharge dollar goes into the MSRC fund. More than $250 million has been distributed for air pollution-reduction programs since the MSRC was established in 1990. Clean Transportation Funding is heavily leveraged with investments from government agencies, as well as private sources, with billions of additional dollars contributed to projects throughout the region.
Membership of the MSRC is made up of representatives from the transportation agencies of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties as well as the Southern California Association of Governments, a designated regional rideshare agency, the California Air Resources Board and the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Winterbottom is in his twelfth year on the MSRC, making him one of the longest-serving members. For the last two years, he has been the MSRC's Vice-Chair. Winterbottom has more than 25 years of experience in the transportation arena. He is one of two Public Members on the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Board of Directors and is also the Vice-Chairman of the OCTA Transit Committee. He joined the OCTA board in 1993, and served as Chairman of the Board in 2004. Winterbottom previously served as the executive director to the Orange County Consolidated Transportation Services Agency, and now works as an independent consultant on accessibility issues for people with disabilities.
"After serving on the MSRC for more than a decade, I have seen the agency progress with the times and fund cutting-edge technologies and programs that have helped cut harmful emissions from mobile sources by more than 8,000 tons," Winterbottom commented. "As the MSRC celebrates our 20th anniversary this year, I look forward to leading the Committee and continuing our efforts to fund projects that will provide cleaner air for everyone." Vice-Chair Greg Pettis has been on the MSRC since 2009, and serves as the First Vice-Chair of RCTC. He is also on the Regional Council of the Southern California Association of Governments and the Transportation Committee of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments. A resident of the Coachella Valley since the 1970s, Pettis has witnessed first-hand the decline in air quality in the region and his work with these agencies, including the MSRC, has enabled him to work on a variety of transportation and air quality issues throughout Southern California.
The MSRC allocates Clean Transportation Funding from a $4 surcharge on vehicle license fees, specifically to be used for local projects designed to reduce air pollution from mobile sources such as cars, trucks and buses. Thirty cents of every surcharge dollar goes into the MSRC fund. More than $250 million has been distributed for air pollution-reduction programs since the MSRC was established in 1990. Clean Transportation Funding is heavily leveraged with investments from government agencies, as well as private sources, with billions of additional dollars contributed to projects throughout the region.
Membership of the MSRC is made up of representatives from the transportation agencies of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties as well as the Southern California Association of Governments, a designated regional rideshare agency, the California Air Resources Board and the South Coast Air Quality Management District.