Tuesday at APA DC: Linking Communities Together Through Innovative Regional Transportation Planning

Linking Communities Together Through Innovative Regional
Transportation Planning
May 12, 2015


Metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and regional planning
councils are in the midst of a wave of innovative practices in
how they work with communities to create long-range plans and how
they work with local jurisdictions to implement land use,
transportation and development decisions that support regional
outcomes.


Mariia Zimmerman shared highlights of recent work that she has
conducted through her company, MZ Strategies, looking at some of
the emerging best practices including highlights from the
Innovative MPO Guidebook published by Transportation for America.
Specifically, what types of local assistance programs are being
created to foster more livable communities, how are regional
agencies incorporating social equity into their investment
decisions, and what role are MPOs and regional planning agencies
playing in cross sector regional collaboratives.


Erich Zimmermann focused on how MPOs and regional planners are
innovating to provide better value to the communities they serve.
Regional planners across the country are finding new ways to
demonstrate their important role in transportation, economic
development, and community well-being.