How Is Transportation Planned in Our Area?
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The Tri-State area functions as a metropolitan region centered around Cincinnati's downtown and there are dozens of government jurisdictions within the metropolitan region. Therefore, it is not surprising that, over time, a few large agencies have been formed to streamline transportation planning and operations within the region and between jurisdictions. Still, the roles of, and interactions between, the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI), the Transportation Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK), and the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), and other relevant entities, can be difficult to understand. The Organizations and Individuals Involved page been compiled to describe the roles of the main players in transportation planning and operation in the Tri-State area.
Building on understanding individual roles, it is also important to understand the dynamics of how these different organizations and individuals interact when they cooperatively work on a regional public transportation projects. A Rail Transit Project Timeline was put together to describe the process as applied to planning for regional rail transit; this has actually happened in the recent past with SORTA's MetroMoves plan.
This section only covers how public transit planning works at the local and regional levels. Please see the Federal Funding for Rail Transit article (in the Economics section) for an overview of the different types of federal funding programs.
Building on understanding individual roles, it is also important to understand the dynamics of how these different organizations and individuals interact when they cooperatively work on a regional public transportation projects. A Rail Transit Project Timeline was put together to describe the process as applied to planning for regional rail transit; this has actually happened in the recent past with SORTA's MetroMoves plan.
This section only covers how public transit planning works at the local and regional levels. Please see the Federal Funding for Rail Transit article (in the Economics section) for an overview of the different types of federal funding programs.