Creating Healthy Regional Transportation Plans

Overview

The Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), a long-term blueprint of a region’s transportation system, provides a particularly important opportunity for health promotion. With the passage of SB 375 these plans have become intensively focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  How can we also make sure they focus on producing positive health outcomes and creating access to opportunities for disadvantaged communities? These plans don’t just sit on a shelf; they are tied to billions of dollars in state and federal transportation funds.