What is multi-modal transportation?
Multi-modal is a word used frequently in transportation planning to refer to several different ways of getting from one place to another. People often think of cars and roads when they think of transportation. Saying that Communities in Motion will be a “multi-modal” plan is to say that a variety of transportation choices will be considered. These choices include roadways, buses, other public transit, bicycles, pathways, carpooling, vanpooling, and work-from-home incentives. The emphasis is on increasing choices in transportation. The plan will explore transportation choices for persons who are elderly, disabled or who have a low-income, and will also consider the multiple modes of freight movement to and through Southwest Idaho such as trucks, rail, and air.
