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NARC Member Documents
NARC Reports
Suggested Reading

 

NARC Member Documents (under construction)
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Long Range Transportation Plans
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
Connections 2030: A Framework for the 2030 Transportation System (.pdf, 2.1MB)

New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
2005-2030 Regional Transportation Plan   A- List of Projects   B- Map of Congestion   C- Demographics   D-Bike/Ped   E- ITS   F- Freight Plan   G- JARC   H- Public Involvement

Transportation Improvement Programs
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
TIP Document (.pdf, 3.2MB)    Monthly Status Report Example (.pdf, 125k)

Capital Area MPO (Jefferson City, MO)
TIP Document (.pdf, 913k)

New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
Overview   Summary   Part 1- Lower Hudson    Part 2- Long Island   Part 3- New York City   Appendix

 

Rural Transportation Plans

Other Documents
Congestion Management System (.zip, 3.2MB)
Wasatch Front (UT) Regional Council

Overall Work Program (.pdf, 6.3MB)
Northeastern Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency

Freight and Goods Movement Studies
Port and Modal Elasticity Study (.pdf, 364k)
Southern California Association of Governments

Special Reports
Citizen's Guide to the Transportation Planning Process
South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (.pdf, 15.2MB)

Overview of the Organization
Maricopa Association of Governments (.pdf, 1.6MB)


NARC Reports

A Look Into Regional ITS Architecture (.pdf, 135k)

TEA21 to SAFETEA-LU (.pdf, 140k) This document summarizes the changes required of MPO plans to comply with SAFETEA-LU. 

Compendium of Air Quality and Operations Telecasts

NARC-CTAA Conference Call on Coordinated Service Delivery (.pdf, 81k)

From Design to Delivery: Planning America's Freight and Goods Movement (.doc, 95k)

Safety Conscious Planning Scan Report (.doc, 92k)

TEA-21 Reauthorization Position

Metro Reauthorization Position


Suggested Reading
The links below lead to important policy documents and research reports in the transportation field.  Right click to open or download.

Safe Ways to School- The Role in Multimodal Planning
from the Florida Department of Transportation (.pdf, 2MB)

How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
from FHWA and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (.pdf, 4.1MB)

Show Me the Money: A Decision-Maker's Funding Compendium
from the Public Technology Institute and NTOC (.pdf, 3.2MB)

Guide to Contracting ITS Projects
from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (.pdf, 883k)

Technologies that Benefit the Transportation Disadvantaged
Better Public Transportation Options for Everyone
from the Joint ITS Office and United We Ride (.pdf, 100K) 

Critical Issues in Transportation- 2006
from the Transportation Research Board (.pdf, 722k)

Incorporating Safety into Long Range Transportation Planning
from the Transportation Research Board (.pdf, 4.1MB) 

Innovative Finance Peer Exchange
from the Transportation Research Board (.pdf, 390k)

Metropolitan-Level Transportation Funding Sources
from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (.pdf, 1.1MB)

Improved Linkage Between Transportation Systems Planning and NEPA
from the Transportation Research Board (.pdf, 1.3MB)

The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process: Key Issues
from FHWA (.pdf, 721k)

Communicating with Elected Officials
from FHWA (.pdf, 147k)

Financing Federal Aid Highways
from USDOT (.pdf, 479k)

Guidebook for Freight Policy, Planning, and Programming in Small- and Medium-Sized Metropolitan Areas
from Cambridge Systematics (.pdf, 2.19MB)

Citizen's Guide to the Transportation Planning Process
from South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (.pdf, 15.2MB)

Environmental Provisions of SAFETEA-LU
from the Center on Transportation and Environment, NC State University (.ppt, 1.5MB)

Future Highway and Transportation Funding- Executive Summary
from the United States Chamber of Commerce (.pdf, 1.1MB)

A Framework for a National Freight Policy (draft)
from the Office of Freight Management and Operations, FHWA (.doc, 80k)

Analyzing the Effectiveness of Commuter Benefit Programs
from the Transit Cooperative Research Program (.pdf, 816k)

Serving Rural America
from FHWA and USDOT (.pdf, 10MB)

Surface Transportaton Security- Responding to Threats
from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (.pdf, 600k)

Freight Capacity Building Workshop Proceedings
from FHWA and Cambridge Systematics (.pdf, 2.3MB)

Essential Air Service Background and History
from the Federal Aviation Administration (.pdf, 17k)

United We Ride: A Framework for Action
Part 1- Introduction: Building a Fully Coordinated Transportation System (.pdf, 58k)
Part 2- Self Assessment Tool for Communities (.pdf, 285k)
Part 3- Facilitator's Guide (.pdf, 209k)

FHWA Congestion Management System Toolbox (web-based)

Public Transit Discussion of SAFETEA-LU
from the American Public Transit Association (.pdf, 180k)

Linking Transportation and Land Development
from the Urban Land Institute (.pdf, 240k)


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