Making Your Plan Happen
Implementing Your Transportation Element
The Wisconsin statutes describe the “Transportation” element as a compilation of objectives, policies, goals, maps, and programs to guide the future development of the various modes of transportation, including highways, transit, transportation systems for persons with disabilities, bicycles, walking, railroads, air transportation, trucking, and water transportation.
This page provides access to programs related to the “Transportation” element. You will find links to information about programs and related resources.
Please choose a topic from the drop-down list below for resources related to the "Transportation" element element of your comprehensive plan
Wisconsin State Trails Network Plan
This web site includes information of the 2001 State Trail Network Plan. The plan provides a long-term, big-picture vision for establishing a comprehensive trail network for the state. It identifies existing and proposed trails and connections that would serve as the main corridors for a statewide trail system. Communities can consult this plan when preparing the Utilities and Community Facilities element of their comprehensive plan, where they discuss park and recreational facilities, and in their Transportation element. Communities might also want to review this plan when preparing their Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources and Economic Development elements.
The following documents outline policies and strategies that can be used to help implement a community’s adopted comprehensive plan.
Pedestrian and Transit-Friendly Design: A Primer for Smart Growth [PDFfile; Exit DNR] Based on a manual prepared for the Florida Department of Transportation and published by the American Planning Association for International City/County Management Association and Smart Growth Network.
Parking Alternatives: Making Way for Urban Infill and Brownfields Redevelopment [PDF file; Exit DNR] By the Urban and Economic Development Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Habitat for Cars: Site Planning Model Development Principles [Exit DNR] Developed by the Center for Watershed Protection, twenty-two model development principles provide design guidance for economically viable, yet environmentally sensitive development. This site provides planners, developers, and local officials with benchmarks to investigate where existing ordinances may be modified to reduce impervious cover, conserve natural areas, and prevent storm water pollution. These development principles are not design standards. Instead, they identify areas where existing codes and standards can be changed to better protect streams, lakes and wetlands at the local level. Each principle is presented as a simplified design objective. Actual techniques for achieving the principle should be based on local conditions.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Programs as a Transportation Control Measure [PDF file; Exit DNR] This EPA fact sheet describes the agency’s work to implement the National Bicycling and Walking Study.
Intelligent Transportation Systems [PDF file; Exit DNR] This EPA fact sheet answers the questions: What is ITS? Why do we need ITS? and What can ITS do for the environment?
Transportation Air Quality Center [Exit DNR]
This EPA .PDF file [Exit DNR] provides state and local air quality regulators and transportation planners with access to critical information regarding transportation programs and mobile source incentive-based programs, partnership opportunities, grant funding sources, useful contact names, and technical assistance.
Federal Highway Administration Environmental Guidebook [Exit DNR] This web site provides links to FHWA, Federal Transit Administration, and other U.S. Department of Transportation policies, procedures, and guidance related to the environment and transportation. Information is provided on environmental documentation, public involvement, permitting under the Clean Water Act, and other relevant topics.
Last Revised: Friday October 17 2008
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