Taylor York

Taylor York, Coordinator of Western Riverside County Clean Cities Coalition, is an Associate in Kearns & West, Inc. strategic communications practice, specializing in the fields of conservation, education, energy, air quality, and transportation. He has a diverse skill set, including project management, community engagement, collaboration, meeting facilitation, event planning, and material development. He has experience engaging a wide range of stakeholder groups, including public agencies, utilities, community groups, youth, and Native American tribes.

York’s past experiences include a key role in the Western Riverside County Clean Cities Coalition, as well as the Western Riverside County Air Quality Extraordinaire program and the Environmental Youth Conference. As a Coalition leader, he focused on creating consensus and building public-private partnerships to promote and support alternative fuel vehicle adoption, public education, and planning and installation of associated fueling infrastructure – all with the goal of improving air quality in Western Riverside County. York currently serves as a Steering Committee Member for the Inland Empire Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council, Los Angeles.

Christopher Tzeng

Christopher Tzeng, Co-coordinator of Western Riverside County Clean Cities, is a Transportation Program Manager for the Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG). WRCOG is a joint powers authority consisting of 17 cities, the County of Riverside, the Eastern and Western Municipal Water Districts, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools. As Program Manager in the Transportation Department, Tzeng leads WRCOG’s efforts to build and expand the Transportation Department’s non-Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Program related programs and projects, such as development of WRCOG’s Active Transportation Plan and an effort to update the Riverside County Traffic Analysis Model. He also assists on a number of studies on behalf of member agencies to enhance regional solutions for local challenges. He has over 11 years of planning experience at the Southern California Association of Governments and in transportation consulting.

Tzeng received his Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Irvine, and his Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Policy, Analysis and Planning from the University of California, Davis.

Learn about just some of the projects from Western Riverside County Clean Cities Coalition. Visit the Western Riverside County Clean Cities Coalition website for more projects and information.

• California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project