Statewide Strategies Statewide Strategies forfor

Coordinating Coordinating Regional Transportation Regional Transportation

and and Land Use PlanningLand Use Planning

Katie Benouar, Senior Transportation PlannerKatie Benouar, Senior Transportation Planner

Office of Regional and Interagency PlanningOffice of Regional and Interagency Planning

California Department of TransportationCalifornia Department of Transportation

(916) 653-3758(916) 653-3758

katie.benouar@dot.ca.govkatie.benouar@dot.ca.gov

GoCaliforniaStrategies to Maximize Mobility

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Wise and Integrated Land Use Decisions:

Ensure Jobs/ Housing Proximity

Promote Transit Oriented Development

Encourage High Density Residential/ Commercial Development Along Transit/ Rail Corridors

Innovative Concepts Designed to Change Travel Behavior:

Employer Sponsored Programs

Reduced Travel DemandReduced Travel Demand/ Less DelayReduced Travel Demand/Increased Transportation Revenue

Make Wise Land Use DecisionsImplement Demand Management StrategiesImplement Value Pricing

System Performance OutcomeStrategies

Market-Based Strategies

Value Pricing

Accelerated Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure

Comprehensive, Integrated, Multimodal Planning and Implementation to:

Manage California’s Mobility System

Maximize Return on Investments

Link Strategies, Actions, and Improvements for Maximum Effectiveness

Reduce, Manage and Eliminate Trips Through:

Smart Land UseDemand Management/ Value Pricing

Action Plan

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Regional Framework for Collaboration

• Federal and State levels provide funding and guidance

• Local level makes land use decisions• Community level provides public input on

needs and desires• Regions have transportation planning

process, corridor and landscape scale vantage point, framework for convening stakeholders

Regional Transportation Planning Process

• Transportation planning examines current and future transportation trends and identifies transportation solutions

• Regional Transportation Plans for 20-year horizon

• The planning process aids in investment decision making with many demands on limited resources

CaliforniaRegional Blueprint Planning Program

• Linking land use, transportation, housing, environment, economic development, equity

• Consensus on preferred growth scenario - “Blueprint” - for each region identifies transportation impacts of land use

• A more efficient and effective transportation system

• Sufficient housing supply to accommodate population growth in each region

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• State and local environmental agencies must be consulted during the development of the RTP.

• RTPs must address potential environmental mitigation activities.

• RTPs must be consistent with planned growth and economic development patterns.

Future Collaborative Planning

• Build on Regional Blueprint Plans

• Plan for environment and mobility

• Incorporate land use decisionmakers in regional planning

• Seek innovative partnerships with resource and permitting agencies

• Use new data tools in planning and public participation

• Explore innovative mitigation

• Green infrastructure in land use planning