Transportation planning
California Regional Blueprint Planning Program
The Regional Blueprint Planning Program is intended to better inform regional and local decision-making, through pro-active engagement of all segments of the population as well as critical stakeholders in the community, business interests, academia, builders, environmental advocates, and to foster consensus on a vision and preferred land use pattern. It is anticipated that the regional blueprint planning grants will build capacity for regional collaboration and integrated planning that will in turn enable regions to plan to accommodate all their future growth, thereby reducing need for sprawl.
The grants for regional collaborative decision-making will lead to adoption of blueprint plans that will:
1. Foster a more efficient land use pattern that (a) supports improved mobility and reduced dependency on single-occupant vehicle trips, (b) accommodates an adequate supply of housing for all incomes, (c) reduces impacts on valuable habitat, productive farmland, and air quality, (d) increases resource use efficiency, and (e) results in safe and vibrant neighborhoods.
2. Provide consumers more housing and transportation choices.
3. Improve California’s economic competitiveness and quality of life.
4. Reduce costs and time needed to deliver transportation projects through informed early public and resource agency involvement.
5. Secure local government and community support, including that of under-represented groups, to achieve the resulting comprehensive vision through including innovative computer models and public involvement activities.
6. Establish a process for public and stakeholder engagement that can be replicated to build awareness of and support for critical infrastructure and housing needs.
The regional blueprint efforts will include development of regional performance measures that can measure progress toward the region’s own vision for future land use and transportation. Each region will also select several statewide performance measures to measure progress toward statewide transportation system and housing goals.
Blueprint Planning Grant Application
- FY 2008/2009 Blueprint Grant Application (PDF)
- FY 2008/2009 Blueprint Grant Application (WORD)
- Grant Application Q and A
- Quarterly Progress Report Form (due to HQ on Nov. 15, Feb. 15, May 15, and Aug. 15)
- Regional Blueprint Planning Grant Funding Close-Out Report
Resources
- "Land Use and Transportation Modeling for Regional and Interregional Planning"
January 24, 2008: Mike McCoy, UC Davis; Jerry Walters, Fehr & Peers; Gordon Garry, SAC- Video Presentation
- Powerpoint Slides:
- California Regional Progress Report
- BP & Districts Contacts
- Performance Measures to Improve Transportation Planning Practice, A Peer Exchange
- Transcending Boundaries: Collaborative Planning In California Regions
- APA Regional and Intergovernmental Planning Division Newsletter on California's Regional Blueprint Program
Previous years
- FY 2007/2008 Metropolitan Planning Organization Grant Application
- FY 2007/2008 Regional Transportation Planning Agency Grant Application
- First Year Grant Award Information (2005-2006)
- Second Year Grant Award Information (2006-2007)
- Third Year Grant Award Information (2007-2008)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Measures to Incorporate Public Health Benefits and Obesity Prevention Goals in Regional Blueprint Planning
- Report to the Legislature
BLUEPRINT Staff Contacts:
Garth Hopkins, Acting Chief, Office of Regional and Interagency Planning
(916) 654-8175
Marilee Mortenson, Regional Blueprint Project Manager
(916) 653-3758
Katie Benouar, Regional Blueprint Project Manager
(916) 651-4097