Key West Transit Development Plan FY2025-2034

10.3 Financial Strategies for Implementation

10.3.3 FHWA’s and FTA’s Planning Emphasis Areas (2021) About: In December 2021, in support of the IIJA, FTA and FHWA issued updated Planning Emphasis Areas for use by MPOs, DOTs, transit agencies, and federal land management agencies in their Unified Planning Work Programs and State Planning and Research Work Programs. Key themes include the establishment of seven planning emphasis areas: Tackling the climate crisis: By encouraging the transition to alternative fueled vehicles, this emphasis area sets the GHG reduction goal of 50-52 below 2005 levels by 2030, targets net-zero emissions by 2050, and increases resilience to extreme weather events resulting from the increasing effects of climate change. Equity and Justice40 in Transportation Planning: This emphasis area stresses the importance of improving infrastructure for non-motorized travel and transit, managing speeds, reducing single-occupancy vehicle travel and air pollution, reducing transit fares, and fostering demand response service, transit-oriented development, and affordable housing strategies in traditionally marginalized or underserved communities. Complete Streets: This emphasis area reviews policies and procedures for Complete Streets for improved safety. Public Involvement: This emphasis area focuses on increasing meaningful public involvement in transportation planning by integrating virtual public involvement tools into the overall public involvement approach while ensuring continued public participation by individuals without access to computers and mobile devices. Strategic Highway Network (STRAHNET)/U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Coordination: It encompasses an extensive network of roads strategically designated for vital functions in both emergency mobilization and the routine transportation of military resources.

Low or No Emission Vehicle Program (Low-No): This initiative supports the deployment of low or zero-emission transit vehicles and related infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Planning Pilot Program: (Note that this would be an ideal opportunity for the KWIC) This program provides funding for comprehensive planning efforts that support transit oriented development, helping communities integrate land use and transportation planning around transit facilities. Rural and Small Urban Transit Program: This program focuses on improving public transportation options in rural and small urban areas, addressing the unique challenges faced by transit providers in these regions. Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration Program (Section 5312): Funds projects that promote innovative business models to deliver high quality, seamless and equitable mobility options for all travelers. FTA supports U.S. DOT’s Smart Cities initiative through the Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM), Enhancing Mobility Innovation (EMI), Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI), and Mobility on Demand (MOD) Sandbox programs and partnership with the Shared-Use Mobility Center. Smart, connected communities improve quality of life through innovative technologies, fostering partnerships, and leveraging data to enhance equitable, accessible mobility for all.

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