摘要: |
The purpose of this contract is to explore innovative changes in multi-modal transportation planning. The research findings will inform ongoing Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) capacity building efforts with recent grantees as well as inform choices in the reauthorization of transportation funding efforts. Best practices gleaned from individual case studies should inform metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) planners and public officials on ways to include sustainability in performance measures for regional transportation planning practice and the strategic importance of partnering. While this effort falls squarely into the BAA focus area of State, MPO and Local Planning Capacity Building, it is likely that the findings will also help inform other focus areas such as Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning and Design, Freight Planning, Public Involvement, Environmental Justice, Visualization in Planning and Congestion Management, due to the breadth of topics addressed in SCI grants. |