News: Conference on Best Practices in Meeting SAFETEA-LU Requirements in the Statewide Transportation Planning Process

Five White Papers have been added as resources. The papers were prepared for the Conference on Best Practices in Meeting SAFETEA-LU Requirements in the Statewide Transportation Planning Process, held September 3-5, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. The topics of the papers are:

• The Explicit Consideration of Safety in the Transportation Planning Process: Where Do We Go From Here?
• The Congestion Management Process for State and Metropolitan Transportation Planning
• Statewide Travel Demand Forecasting
• Fiscal Constraint – or Fiscal Restraint? Issues of Compliance with Federal Requirements for STIPS, TIPS and Long Range Plans
• Performance-Based Needs Assessment