The Transportation Planning Process Briefing Book: Key Issues for Transportation Decisionmakers, Officials, and Staff [2015 Update]

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transportation planning
  • Decision making
  • Legislation
  • State departments of transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HEP-15-048
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This book provides an overview of transportation planning and will be useful for government officials, transportation decision-makers, planning board members, transportation service providers, interested stakeholders, and the public. It covers the basics and key concepts of metropolitan and Statewide transportation planning, along with references for additional information. Part I discusses transportation planning and its relationship to decision-making. This section is general and provides a broad introduction to the planning process. Part II presents short descriptions of the key products that are prepared as part of the transportation planning process. This book has been updated to reflect recent changes in Federal legislation concerning the requirements for transportation planning at the metropolitan, and Statewide and nonmetropolitan levels. It is an informational publication that replaces its predecessor of the same title published in 2007.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92593/dot_92593_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.39 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a8d7bdec65aeb19afba782ac31eea306847ee89da501d4857efec669d3267aed294b66c0d4863832a464266d67c7979be330f995f6465ddd3daff029c1587daf