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Abstract:The effective coordination of transportation and land use planning decisions is vital to Montana’s long-term economic growth and fiscal well being. Toward this end, this research project entailed a best practices study of land use and transportation planning across the United States, with a particular focus on issues and strategies relevant to Montana. The resulting Montana Transportation and Land Use Resources for Growing Communities is drawn from the information developed through the study as well as surveys and discussions with land use planners and transportation professionals across the State. The intent of this online resource is to provide information about off-the-shelf policies, practices, analytic methods, data sources, and software that can help officials in Montana’s growing communities coordinate transportation and land use decisions. Development of the online resource centered around four research objectives to facilitate coordinated transportation and land use planning in growing Montana communities: development and extension of local street networks; local transportation system financing; assessment of development impacts on local and state roads; and directions for multimodal and transit development. Finally, the research identified promising but underdeveloped planning approaches worthy of further research and/or development in subsequent efforts. Six “gaps” in practice and available information were found to be particularly acute for small, rapidly growing communities: funding transportation; transferable processes and data for community-level transportation analysis; multijurisdictional approaches and incentives; multimodal transportation system needs and opportunities; staff-level training resources to improve community and interagency communication; and effective growth policies and success stories. Research problem statements were developed for these six topics.
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Content Notes:For additional materials, please visit https://www.mdt.mt.gov/research/projects/planning/smart_trans.shtml
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