What Is Inclusive Planning?
Inclusive Planning Guide
This guide to inclusive planning is built from the knowledge and experience gained from the local projects sponsored by the ACL-funded Transit Planning 4 All program. This is a brief step-by-step introduction to the inclusive planning process.
Webinar: Inclusive Planning 101 with Transit Planning 4 All
If you’ve ever wanted an introduction to inclusive planning, this is the webinar for you! In this 1-hour webinar, Transit Planning 4 All staff provide an overview of inclusive planning with examples from projects over the past ten years.
Getting Started on Inclusive Planning from Planetizen
A toolbox for local governments to address inequality.
Why Does Inclusive Planning Matter?
Town Halls on Transportation Accessibility
At Transit Planning 4 All’s Town Halls on Transportation Accessibility, participants shared their experiences with inclusion and advocacy in transportation planning. Attendees were asked five questions around transit planning and inclusion and responded with examples from their personal or professional experience.
Webcast: Importance of Inclusion with Lindsey Teal
Lindsey Teel, US Department of Labor, discusses the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), barriers that still exist in transit planning and how we can work to overcome these barriers.
Toolkits for Inclusive Planning
- US DOT Transportation Toolkit. The Transportation Toolkit is geared toward members of the public who wish to learn how to engage in the transportation decision-making process at the local, regional, state and federal levels.
- Participatory Approaches to Planning Community Interventions from the University of Kansas. This particular section of the Community Tool Box, a global resource for free information on essential skills for building healthy communities, teaches how to use an approach that allows everyone who has a stake in the intervention to have a voice, either in person or by representation.
- Inclusive Planning in Tribal Communities: Engaging People with Disabilities in Designing Safe and Accessible Transportation Systems from America Walks
This white paper presents research into the extent to which people with disabilities are currently included in tribal planning processes and recommendations for making those processes more inclusive. - Portland Area Comprehensive Transit System’s Inclusive Transportation Planning Toolkit. As part of the 2018-2019 Transit Planning 4 All Grantee Cohort, Portland Area Comprehensive Transit System (PACTS) created an Inclusive Planning Toolkit for use organization-wide.
- Hopelink’s Inclusive Planning Toolkit. As part of the 2018-2019 Transit Planning 4 All Grantee Cohort, Hopelink (King County, WA) created an Inclusive Planning Toolkit, a compilation of lessons learned from Hopelink and the King County Mobility Coalition’s participation in the grant. It includes tips for how to bring the inclusive planning process into your organization.
- GPCOG: Community Transportation Leaders Program Handbook. The CTL Program is a gateway to meaningful involvement by underrepresented communities in decision-making about the transportation system. The success of the program in Greater Portland, Maine – demonstrated through policy, systems, and environmental changes – is the result of an intentional approach that is equal parts skill-building, relationship-building, and opportunity-creation.
Advancing Equity in Transit Planning
US DOT Equity Action Plan
In response to Executive Order 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, this Equity Action Plan highlights key actions that USDOT will undertake to expand access and opportunity to all communities while focusing on underserved, overburdened, and disadvantaged communities.
Principles for Advancing Transit Equity for People with Disabilities and Older Adults
DeBrittany Mitchell of the Institute for Community Inclusion reflects on a presentation by Professor Tierra Bills at Wayne State University and explores three key principles for advancing transit equity.