The Transportation Planning Capacity Building Program (TPCB)

Background:

The TPCB Program is a collaborative effort of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) with various public and private organizations. It exists to help state and local transportation staffs meet their complex political, social, economic, and environmental demands. The TPCB Program is designed to help transportation decision makers, officials, and staffs resolve the increasingly complex issues they face when addressing transportation needs in their communities. This comprehensive program for information, training, technical assistance, and support is targeted to State, local, regional and tribal governments, transit operators, and community leaders. The TPCB Program helps transportation professionals create plans and programs that respond to the needs of the many users of their local transportation systems.

The Transportation Planning Capacity Building Peer Program is one of the most important pieces of the overall Transportation Planning Capacity Building vision. By providing opportunities for sharing solution-based experiences throughout the professional planning community, the Peer Program seeks to recognize, support, and promote good statewide, metropolitan, rural, and tribal transportation planning practices nationwide. Sharing ideas and examples of noteworthy and solution-based experiences between Metropolitan Planning Organizations, regional planning organizations, transit operators, state departments of transportation, and tribal governments not only strengthens transportation planning practices, but also builds relationships and reinforces cooperation between these agencies.

Contacts:

Kenneth Petty
FHWA Office of Planning
202-366-6654
Kenneth.Petty@dot.gov

Kimberly Goins
FHWA Office of Systems Planning
202-366-8522
Kimberly.Goins@dot.gov