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Regional Transportation

The regional transportation system will be an integral component of the future overall regional quality of life. A non-fragmented, coordinated planning approach to regional transportation issues will result in an efficient regional transportation system. A number of strategies can be employed that will help maximize the benefits of an effective transportation system at a variety of levels. For example, coordinated land use and transportation planning can help promote compact development patterns that support public transportation systems. Public transportation systems that effectively meet the travel demand help increase auto occupancy rates and reduce the number of single occupant automobiles. In addition to land use planning that promotes public transit and other steps for effective transit planning, traffic congestion can be alleviated through strategies other than highway construction, such as travel demand management strategies, use of new technologies, and coordinated intergovernmental planning.


Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) >>
In spite of state and local effort to assist, the cost of housing and land continues to escalate and make home ownership out of reach for many in Southwest Florida. Therefore, the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council formed a Community Housing Subcommittee (CHSC) in early 2005. The charge to the CHSC is to help people access affordable housing through the management of social, political and regulatory changes.


Transportation Disadvantaged >>
The transportation disadvantaged program ensures the availability of safe, efficient, cost-effective and quality transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged. The transportation disadvantaged include individuals who because of physical or mental disability, income status or age, are unable to transport themselves or to purchase transportation and therefore are dependant upon others to obtain access to health care, employment, education, shopping, social activities, or other life-sustaining activities. Services are also extended to include the disabled, high-risk or at-risk children.









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