Identifying and planning for transportation needs

Transportation planning plays a fundamental role in a state, region, or community's vision for its future. Planning typically provides a blueprint to guide the decisions and investments needed to develop a transportation system that serves its citizens', communities', and economy's future needs. The following strategies include a range of planning and analysis tools necessary to successfully plan for transportation in your community: a comprehensive consideration of possible strategies; an encompassing evaluation and analysis process; meaningful community engagement; the collaboration of relevant transportation-related agencies and organizations; and open, timely, and meaningful public involvement.

• Charrettes
• Visioning & Scenario Planning
• Visualization
• Workshops
• Resource & Funding Coordination
• Shared Development of Plans & Policies
• Growth Policies
• Concurrency and Adequate Public Facilities (APF) Ordinances
• Development of Regional Impact (DRI) Review
• Urban Growth Boundaries
• Primary Data Collection
• Secondary Data Collection
• Sketch Planning
• Multimodal Analysis
• Scenario Planning Analysis Tools

Case studies that feature tools for identifying and planning for transportation needs include the following:

• PlanCheyenne
• Windsor-Severance, Colorado
• Sedona, Arizona
• Eastern Planning Initiative (EPI), Virginia