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PUBLICATION
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 MTI Report 01-10
Best Practices in Developing Regional Transportation Plans
The purpose of this study is to compare Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO) Regional Transportation Plans (RTP) and planning
processes in California with selected regions. A total of 17 MPOs were
included to provide a balance of geographic location, growth rate, transit
orientation, size, density, and air quality conformity status.
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ABSTRACT
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AltAlthough Regional Transportation Plans (RTPs) have been
prepared for many decades, there has been little effort to comprehensively compare and evaluate the
different features of these documents. Most Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) typically do this on an ad
hoc basis, thus resulting in duplication of efforts. Furthermore, there is a need to evaluate how the many
changes in federal transportation policy during the 1990s have affected the planning of major new transportation
facilities.
The purpose of this study is to compare Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO) Regional Transportation Plans (RTP) and planning processes in California with
selected regions. Seventeen MPOs were included to provide a balance of geographical location, growth rate,
transit orientation, size, density and air quality conformity status.
RECOMMENDATIONS
This report makes numerous recommendations about public
participation in the RTP; the frequency of updates; scoring criteria for projects; the use of planning data in
the RTP; coordination with ports and airports; and the evolving role of MPOs as it relates to preparation of the
RTP. These are documented in the report, based on written and oral surveys conducted by the research team.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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Donald N. Rothblatt chairs the Urban and Regional
Planning Department at San José State University and is Research Associate at
the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California,
Berkeley. A past president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, his
most recent works include Planning the Metropolis: The Multiple
Advocacy Approach, Suburbia: An International Assessment (co-author), Metropolitan
Dispute Resolution in Silicon Valley, Metropolitan Governance Revisited (co-editor),
An Experiment in Sub-Regional Planning, Comparative Study of
Statewide Transportation Planning Under ISTEA, and Government Performance
Measures Linking Urban Mass Transportation With Land Use (co-author). He has studied
planning in the United States and abroad and holds a
Ph.D. in city and regional planning from Harvard University, where he was on the
planning faculty.
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TECHNICAL
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MTI Report 01-10
Best Practices in Developing Regional Transportation Plans
Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald N. Rothblatt
Published: August 2001
Keywords: Planning, Land use, Intermodal transportation, Goods, Policies
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MTI
Report 01-10
Best Practices in Developing Regional
Transportation Plans
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Donald N. Rothblatt
Published:
August 2001
Keywords: Planning, Land use, Intermodal transportation, Goods,
Policies
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