Resource Library: Planning

FHWA/FTA Final Rule on Statewide and Metropolitan Transportation Planning, effective March 16, 2007 (PDF)

Comparison of Proposed and Final Rules on Statewide and Metropolitan Planning (PDF)
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

Transportation Planning in Rural America: Emerging Models for Local Consultation, Regional Coordination and Rural Planning Organizations (PDF)
NADO Research Foundation, December 2005

Vermont Agency of Transportation Evaluation and Review: Citizen Participation and the Local Official Consultation in the Transportation Planning Initiative (PDF)
Richard Watts, October 2003

NACo Rural Transportation Planning Packet (PDF)

Iowa-Planning and Coordination (PDF)
Presentation given by Amanda Martin, Iowa Department of Transportation and Brian Tapp, Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission at the 2005 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

Michigan Transportation Asset Management Program (PDF)
Presentation given by Sandeep Dey, West Michigan Shoreline RDC, at the 2005 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

Technology Enhancing Rural Public (Community) Transportation (PDF)
Presentation given by Todd Allen, RouteMatch Software, at the 2005 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

Wine Country Interregional Partnership: Jobs-Housing Imbalance and Impacts (PDF)
Presentation given by Phillip Dow, Mendocino Council of Governments, at the 2005 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

Kentucky Area Development Districts (PDF)
Presentation given by Amy Kennedy, Buffalo Trace Area Development District, at the 2005 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

New Roles for Local Officials in Rural Transportation Planning (PDF)
Presentation given by NADO Executive Director Matthew Chase, November 2006

Non-Metropolitan Local Consultation Process: A Self-Assessment Tool for States (PDF)
AASHTO, August 2006

Land Use & Transportation (PDF)
Presentation given by Chris Lukasina, Upper Coastal Plain COG, Rocky Mount, NC and Paul Black, Triangle J COG, Durham, NC at the 2006 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

Linking Rural Land Use Planning with Rural Transportation Planning (PDF)
Presentation given by Chuck Wise, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, VT at the 2006 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

Multi-Modal Transportation (PDF)
Presentation given by Rick Biery, Northern Tier RPDC, Towanda, PA at the 2006 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

New Mexico Northern Pueblos RPO (PDF)
Presentation given by Sandra Maes, North Central New Mexico EDD, Santa Fe, NM at the 2006 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

North Carolina Rural Transportation Planning Organizations
Presentation given by John Marshall, Western Piedmont COG, Hickory, NC at the 2006 National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference

Land Use - Transportation Conflicts in a Rural New Hampshire Community (PDF)
Presentation given by Stephen Williams, Nashua Regional Planning Commission at the 2006 New England Rural Transportation Forum

Colorado Regional/Statewide Planning (PDF)
Presentation given by Kathy Engelson, Colorado Department of Transportation at the 2006 Four Corners Rural Transportation Forum

From the Margins to the Mainstream: A Guide to Transportation Opportunities in Your Community (PDF)
Appendix: State Spending Tables (PDF)
Report on Workshop Discussions, Findings, and Next Steps (PDF)
Surface Transportation Policy Partnership, 2006

Tools, Techniques and Methods for Rural Transportation Planning (PDF)
A Report Prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. for AASHTO

Local Government Officials: Key Stakeholders in Rural Transportation Planning (PDF)

Enhancing the Opportunity for Effective Consultation (PDF)
AASHTO

Northern Arizona Council of Governments, Rural Consultation in Arizona

Results of NADO’s 2004 Rural Transportation Survey (PDF)

USDOT: Planning for Transportation in Rural Areas, 2002

USDOT: Serving Rural America, 2002

NAPA Report: Rural Transportation Consultation Processes, 2000 (PDF)
NAPA Report Part I
NAPA Report Part II: State by State Review of Consultation Practices

Summaries of FHWA Rural Transportation Workshops, 1999

NACo Members Examine Rural Transportation Planning Rules

The Mythical World of Transit-Oriented Development (PDF)