How can a CSS approach help address the issue of community disruption in connection with transportation plan recommendations?
A transportation plan often proposes considerable changes to a transportation system. This can have profound effects on the landscape; land-use patterns; travel patterns; and access to jobs, needed services, and educational opportunities. Although some disruption is probably inevitable, the transportation plan should give attention to minimizing disruption. When disruptions are anticipated to be largely temporary in nature, for example in connection with construction, the plan should carefully consider in what order projects should be built and how each project should be phased. When disruption will be more permanent, perhaps displacing residents or businesses, the plan should carefully explain the tradeoffs involved and the benefits that will be realized for all groups affected as well as for the transportation system as a whole. Noteworthy Practices: Greensboro Region 7. In what ways can CSS improve the overall quality of the transportation plan? By involving a broader range of stake
