摘要: |
With the third largest state-maintained highway system, just behind North Carolina and Texas, and several of the largest public transportation systems and high-occupancy vehicle networks in the nation, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) play a major role in the transportation planning, programming, project development, and delivery processes in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although VDOT and DRPT have longstanding practices for consulting with rural local officials during the transportation decision-making process, little documentation exists regarding how these practices have occurred and how they ideally should occur. Pursuant to the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Final Rule on Statewide and Metropolitan Planning, this report reviews and documents VDOT and DRPT practices for consultation with rural local officials. VDOT and DRPT took advantage of this federal directive as an opportunity not only to document existing processes but also to identify opportunities to enhance interaction and consultation with rural local officials in the transportation decision-making process. |