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Online Training
Transportation Partnerships
Through PennDOT Connects, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and its regional planning partners are strengthening their partnerships with communities by involving local government at the very beginning of the planning process so that land use, development, and transportation are better integrated and more effective.
One of the many resources PennDOT Connects offers municipalities is a series of interactive training modules on transportation and land use planning. These self-guided 15 minute online trainings cover key principles and practices, examples, key resources, benefits and challenges, and potential next steps.
Do you know how your municipality could benefit from the Transportation Partnership Act? This act enables municipalities to cooperate with one another and the private sector to provide funding for transportation projects in areas where economic growth and development has made the transportation facilities and services inadequate.
Listen to the “Transportation Partnerships” PennDOT Connects online training at your convenience to learn how to combine relevant topics, recognize funding opportunities, identify potential partnerships, and conceptualize a transportation development district within your municipality.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation PennDOT Connects Web Email: PAConnects@pa.gov PennDOT Connects Municipal Resources Municipal Resources Web Phone: 717-710-2090
PennDOT and its Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Rural Planning Organization (RPO) planning partners have a long-standing relationship jointly preparing transportation studies, plans, and programs to make the best possible transportation project investments with available resources.
This strategic alliance is now of even greater importance for implementing PennDOT Connects. Together, the MPO/RPO planning partners and PennDOT can effectively collaborate and communicate with municipalities — and other community stakeholders (e.g., transit operators, economic development agencies, etc.) — to improve transportation system performance and achieve more livable communities.
The collaborative effort of municipalities, MPO/RPO planning partners, and PennDOT is key to ensuring that opportunities to improve transportation and communities are realized. MPO/RPO contacts can be found at: www.penndot.gov/ProjectAndPrograms/Planning/Pages/MPO-and-RPO-Contact-List.aspx
PennDOT One Map
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PennDOT’s One Map is a free GIS mapping platform with readily available place-related information for both state and municipal transportation assets, as well as projects planned by PennDOT. Anyone can use One Map, and there is a wealth of data to explore.
Not only does it allow users to map and
obtain information on state and federal highway and bridge projects, but it can be especially helpful as a web-based tool that can be utilized by municipal managers, planners, and public works directors to help with transportation planning, land use planning, and asset inventory.
Introduction
With One Map, a municipality can create:
• A public interactive web map for staff reference and use in daily tasks.
• A public interactive web map link to post on the municipal website or share via email or social media.
• A public interactive web map for use in a public meeting presentation.
• PDF maps for reporting purposes.
The One Map platform is easy to use and gives municipalities with little experience, or who are just beginning to experiment with GIS, access to powerful information for planning and data sharing. It gives people the tools to access GIS data all in one spot without having to have expert knowledge. Additionally, municipalities can add their own information and connect with data from not only PennDOT, but other state agencies.
Who can/should use One Map?
• Anyone can use One Map. In municipal government, this tool would be most useful to municipal managers, planners, and public works directors.
What can municipalities use One Map to help with?
• Transportation planning • Land use planning
• Asset inventory
What are some features of One Map municipalities would be interested in using?
• Accessing and viewing existing map layers from PennDOT and other state agencies (DCNR, DEP, PFBC, etc).
– Layers of interest may include but are not limited to: • Roads
• Bridges
• Municipal boundaries
• Environmental layers (streams, etc.)
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PennDOT Connects Web Email: PAConnects@pa.gov Municipal Resources Web Phone: 717-710-2090
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