Since the 1970s, Kentucky has
implemented a statewide transportation planning process to solicit public
involvement through locally elected officials and other representatives of local
communities and assist the Cabinet in the identification, evaluation and
prioritization of needs. In response to several federal transportation
reauthorization acts, this process was expanded to include more comprehensive
public involvement, extensive data collection and evaluation of transportation
systems and needs. A major portion of this program is accomplished through a
cooperative program with the nine Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), 15
Area Development Districts (ADDs) and the 12 Highway District Offices. The
regional planning program addresses the non-MPO of Kentucky. The KYTC contracts
with the 15 ADDs to assist in transportation planning in areas outside of the
MPO boundaries and develops the work plans for the ADDs to help address the
federal requirements.
Each ADD maintains a transportation advisory committee with representatives
of local government, transportation users and provides economic, industrial,
planning and land-use interests, other special interests, traditionally
transportation underserved representatives and the general public. Through the
interests and involvement of the committees and an extensive data collection and
system analyses effort by the Transportation Planner, transportation needs are
identified, documented and then prioritized every two years and provided as
input to Kentucky’s Six-Year Plan. As part of this comprehensive process,
regional goals, public involvement plans and analyses of major access routes
serve as developed and utilized. The ADD Transportation Planners, although not
Cabinet employees, are extensions of the KYTC staff through an annual contract
process.
Rural Consultation Report
This report discusses the effectiveness of the Rural Consultation Process, which is a component of our Regional
Transportation Planning Program conducted in partnership with our fifteen ADDs.
CHAF Users inside KYTC
CHAF Users outside KYTC
Statewide Transportation Planners Training Manual
FHWA Statewide Transportation Planning Guidance
Transportation Planning Acronyms
Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts
