07-28-10
Summary of Four Corners Peer Learning Exchange
posted by Kathy Nothstine, NADO Research Foundation Program Manager for Regional Development
In May 2010, a small group of regional transportation planning practitioners convened in Park City, Utah for the 2010 Four Corners Rural Transportation Forum. The participants were primarily representatives of rural, regional transportation planning organizations (often called RPTOs or RPOs) and state departments of transportation (DOTs) in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
Through two days of facilitated discussion, presentations and networking, participants shared information about best practices and emerging issues in their regions on a variety of rural transportation planning and economic development issues. Discussion topics included rural transportation safety, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Categorical Exclusion process, Utah Department of Transportation’s U-PLAN interactive mapping initiative, livability in rural areas and relationship-building with Tribes.
This peer exchange summary includes highlights of the discussion themes. Read the report here (PDF).
The two-day event was supported in part by the Federal Highway Administration through a cooperative agreement with the NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development.
In May 2010, a small group of regional transportation planning practitioners convened in Park City, Utah for the 2010 Four Corners Rural Transportation Forum. The participants were primarily representatives of rural, regional transportation planning organizations (often called RPTOs or RPOs) and state departments of transportation (DOTs) in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
Through two days of facilitated discussion, presentations and networking, participants shared information about best practices and emerging issues in their regions on a variety of rural transportation planning and economic development issues. Discussion topics included rural transportation safety, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Categorical Exclusion process, Utah Department of Transportation’s U-PLAN interactive mapping initiative, livability in rural areas and relationship-building with Tribes.
This peer exchange summary includes highlights of the discussion themes. Read the report here (PDF).
The two-day event was supported in part by the Federal Highway Administration through a cooperative agreement with the NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development.
