Transportation planning
Office of Community Planning
The Office of Community Planning (OCP) works to address a statewide need to improve planning between transportation planning and decision-making and local land use planning and decision-making. The office stresses the need for community-sensitive approaches to transportation and land use decisions. OCP also works to enhance Caltrans’ leadership role in the development and delivery of transportation projects that are consistent with community values and therefore enjoy public support.
Office of Community Planning Value Statement: To promote and participate in community based planning that integrates land use, transportation, and community values. Some of the broader goals of OCP include:
- Affect existing Caltrans processes and functions to reflect relevant context sensitive approaches and community values;
- Develop partnerships to enhance community based transportation planning approaches at local, regional, and state levels;
- Develop technical and program expertise in community based transportation planning and active public engagement techniques;
- Enhance Caltrans leadership role by integrating community based transportation planning approaches in the department's planning processes;
- Move forward with transportation planning efforts and projects that enjoy public support, thus are easier to develop and deliver because of consistency with community values;
- Work at the local level to ensure that potential impacts of proposed local development to the State Highway System are avoided or mitigated.
OCP consists of four primary elements: Community Based Transportation Planning (CBTP), Public Engagement, Local Development-Intergovernmental Review (LD-IGR), and Special Projects. Each element addresses broad departmental goals for improving safety, increasing transit use and vehicle occupancy, and reducing motorist delay: CBTP and Public Engagement efforts promote the integration of community needs with those of the State; the LD-IGR element helps to preserve the State Highway System by avoiding or mitigating impacts of local planning and development; and the Special Projects element consists of managing studies and initiatives for housing and transportation coordination, transit-oriented development, and land use/transportation analysis tools and models.
Contact: Tom Neumann |
| Address: 1120 N Street, MS-32 Sacramento, CA 95814 |
Mail: PO Box 942874, MS-32 Sacramento, CA 95274-0001 |
Community-Based Transportation Planning (CBTP)
Public Participation and Engagement and Context Sensitive Solutions