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Listen "Ep 16: 8 Federal Emphasis Areas"
Episode Synopsis
Episode Summary: Listen to national experts and certified planners, Keli Kemp and Kirsten Mote, both with Modern Mobility Partners, talk about what planners can do to incorporate the eight (8) federal planning emphasis areas into state, regional, and local plans. Listeners will learn the following in Episode 16:
An explanation of the federal planning emphasis areas
An overview of each emphasis area including an overview and planning strategies:
Tackling the Climate Crisis – Transition to a Clean Energy, Resilient Future
Equity and Justice40 in Transportation Planning
Complete Streets
Public Involvement
Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET)/U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Coordination
Federal Land Management Agency (FMLA) Coordination
Planning and Environmental Linkage
Data in Transportation Planning
Links:
2021 Federal Planning Emphasis Areas: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/2022-01/Planning-Emphasis-Areas-12-30-2021.pdf
Alternative Fuels Data Center: https://afdc.energy.gov/#:%7E:text=The%20Alternative%20Fuels%20Data%20Center,and%20other%20fuel%2Dsaving%20measures.
Chattanooga 2050 Regional Transportation Plan: https://2050rtp-chcrpa.hub.arcgis.com/apps/5e7ee7bc5a914470ab3c383a487376dd/explore
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2022. Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Strategies for Future Success. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26555.
Executive Order (EO) 14008: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/01/2021-02177/tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad
EO 13990: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01765/protecting-public-health-and-the-environment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis
FHWA Order 5520: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/orders/5520.cfm
FHWA’s Resilience Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sustainability/resilience/
EO 13985: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/
Justice40 Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool: https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en/#3/33.47/-97.5
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html
USDOT Transportation Equity Website: https://www.planning.dot.gov/planning/topic_transportationequity.aspx
FHWA Complete Streets Press Release: https://highways.dot.gov/newsroom/federal-highway-administration-details-efforts-advance-complete-streets-design-model
FHWA Complete Streets Webpage: https://highways.dot.gov/complete-streets
USDOT’s Transportation Planning and Capacity Building Public Involvement Webpage: https://www.planning.dot.gov/planning/topic_PI.aspx
FHWA’s PlanWorks: Better Planning. Better Projects: https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/planworks/Home
FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation’s Virtual Public Involvement Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/edc_5/virtual_public_involvement.cfm
FHWA’s Community Connections Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/community_connections/
FHWA Operations Coordinating Military Deployments on Roads and Highways: A Guide for State and Local Agencies: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop05029/appendix_a.htm
US Army’s Transportation Engineering Agency Highways for National Defense: https://www.sddc.army.mil/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/Pages/HighwaysNationalDefense.aspx
FHWA’s Federal Lands Access Program Webpage: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/programs-access
FHWA’s Collaborative Federal Land Management Agencies Strategic Transportation Planning Webpage: http://volpe-public-lands.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/flma_lrtp_cvts/index.htm
FHWA PEL Fact Sheet: https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/env_initiatives/pel/Updated_PEL_Fact_Sheet_2021-09-29.pdf
FHWA PEL PlanWorks: https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/planworks/Applications/Show/planning-and-environment-linkages
FHWA’s Planning and Environmental Linkages FAST Act Guidance: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/guidance/pel/pelfaq16nov.cfm
FHWA’s Applying Archived Operations Data in Transportation Planning: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop16082/index.htm
An explanation of the federal planning emphasis areas
An overview of each emphasis area including an overview and planning strategies:
Tackling the Climate Crisis – Transition to a Clean Energy, Resilient Future
Equity and Justice40 in Transportation Planning
Complete Streets
Public Involvement
Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET)/U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Coordination
Federal Land Management Agency (FMLA) Coordination
Planning and Environmental Linkage
Data in Transportation Planning
Links:
2021 Federal Planning Emphasis Areas: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/2022-01/Planning-Emphasis-Areas-12-30-2021.pdf
Alternative Fuels Data Center: https://afdc.energy.gov/#:%7E:text=The%20Alternative%20Fuels%20Data%20Center,and%20other%20fuel%2Dsaving%20measures.
Chattanooga 2050 Regional Transportation Plan: https://2050rtp-chcrpa.hub.arcgis.com/apps/5e7ee7bc5a914470ab3c383a487376dd/explore
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2022. Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Strategies for Future Success. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26555.
Executive Order (EO) 14008: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/01/2021-02177/tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad
EO 13990: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01765/protecting-public-health-and-the-environment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-the-climate-crisis
FHWA Order 5520: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/orders/5520.cfm
FHWA’s Resilience Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/sustainability/resilience/
EO 13985: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-order-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/
Justice40 Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool: https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en/#3/33.47/-97.5
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html
USDOT Transportation Equity Website: https://www.planning.dot.gov/planning/topic_transportationequity.aspx
FHWA Complete Streets Press Release: https://highways.dot.gov/newsroom/federal-highway-administration-details-efforts-advance-complete-streets-design-model
FHWA Complete Streets Webpage: https://highways.dot.gov/complete-streets
USDOT’s Transportation Planning and Capacity Building Public Involvement Webpage: https://www.planning.dot.gov/planning/topic_PI.aspx
FHWA’s PlanWorks: Better Planning. Better Projects: https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/planworks/Home
FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation’s Virtual Public Involvement Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/everydaycounts/edc_5/virtual_public_involvement.cfm
FHWA’s Community Connections Webpage: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/community_connections/
FHWA Operations Coordinating Military Deployments on Roads and Highways: A Guide for State and Local Agencies: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop05029/appendix_a.htm
US Army’s Transportation Engineering Agency Highways for National Defense: https://www.sddc.army.mil/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/Pages/HighwaysNationalDefense.aspx
FHWA’s Federal Lands Access Program Webpage: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/programs-access
FHWA’s Collaborative Federal Land Management Agencies Strategic Transportation Planning Webpage: http://volpe-public-lands.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/flma_lrtp_cvts/index.htm
FHWA PEL Fact Sheet: https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/env_initiatives/pel/Updated_PEL_Fact_Sheet_2021-09-29.pdf
FHWA PEL PlanWorks: https://fhwaapps.fhwa.dot.gov/planworks/Applications/Show/planning-and-environment-linkages
FHWA’s Planning and Environmental Linkages FAST Act Guidance: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/guidance/pel/pelfaq16nov.cfm
FHWA’s Applying Archived Operations Data in Transportation Planning: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop16082/index.htm
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