California Department of Transportation
Caltrans Transportation Planning California Regional Blueprint Planning Program

Regional Blueprints

Regional Blueprints are collaborative planning processes that engage residents of a region in articulating a vision for the long term future of their region.  The regional vision is developed from residents’ values and priorities, and informed by advanced GIS modeling and visualization tools that demonstrate the impacts of growth and planning decisions.  The process leads to the development of alternative growth scenarios for the region, and through a public process a preferred growth scenario is selected that can then guide regional and local land use and transportation decisions for a future that is sustainable, while meeting residents' needs and providing a high quality of life for all. 

The Caltrans Regional Blueprints program supports collaborative regional planning efforts across California through grants, support services and interagency coordination. 


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LINKS TO REGIONAL BLUEPRINTS

 

new / highlights

  • The Application package for the Fiscal Year 2009/2010 Regional Blueprint Planning grants for rural Regional Transportation Planning Agencies is now available.  Caltrans is accepting applications from Rural Regional Transportation Planning Agencies for the FY 09/10 Rural Regional Blueprints grants.  Applications are due December 17th.  Grants will not be available to Metropolitan Planning Organizations this year.
    Click here to download the Application Package

  • Caltrans Regional Blueprints program wins Federal Highway Administration’s Environmental Excellence Award. The Regional Blueprint planning program received an Environmental Excellence Award from FHWA in the category of Air Quality Improvement and Global Climate Change.  The award was presented at the ICOET conference in September 2009 in Duluth, Minnesota and was one of four awarded to Caltrans.

  • Rural Regional Blueprint Planning workshop held on September 25th in Sacramento.  Watch the video from the workshop. http://msmedia.dot.ca.gov/training/20090925_blueprint.asf
    Download the workshop agenda

 

BLUEPRINT Staff Contacts:
Garth Hopkins, Chief, Office of Regional and Interagency Planning (916) 654-8175

Marilee Mortenson, Regional Blueprint Project Manager (916) 653-3758

Alana Hitchcock, Transportation Planner, Southern California Regions (916) 653-4665

Martha Martinez, Transportation Planner, Northern California Regions (916) 651-6010