Transportation Planning Capacity Building Program
Peer Exchange Report
Statewide and Metropolitan
Transportation Planning Processes
Location: |
Shepherdstown, West Virginia |
Date: |
September 9-10, 2015 |
Host Agency: |
West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) |
Peer Agencies: |
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD)
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
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Federal Agencies: |
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center)
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Summary
This report highlights key recommendations and noteworthy practices identified at "Statewide and Metropolitan Transportation Planning Processes" Peer Exchange held on September 9-10, 2015 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. This event was sponsored by the Transportation Planning Capacity Building (TPCB) Peer Program, which is jointly funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
Goals of the Workshop
The primary goals of this workshop were two fold. First, this was to be an opportunity for West Virginia
Department of Transportation (DOT), the host agency, to learn about and improve upon their own
practices covering a variety of transportation planning process areas, including Statewide/Transportation
Improvement Program (STIP/TIP) Development Procedures, Performance-Based Planning and
Programming (PBPP), Rural Planning, Public Participation, and Planning Administration. Second, this
workshop was to be a setting where State DOTs could come together and share challenges and best
practices in each of these topics, and provide WVDOT a toolkit to bring back to their state and regional
planning partners to educate and improve their own planning processes. Beyond being a training
opportunity for WVDOT, this workshop was expected to be a fruitful experience for all the peer states
involved, and encouraged a culture of continued intergovernmental partnership in the planning process.
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