Resources
The following resources can help prospective applicants prepare for Prioritization Process Pilot Program (PPPP) Discretionary Grant funding and conduct activities with the pilot project.
To go to a particular resource section click on the following bookmarks below:
Transportation Planning 
| Publication or Tool |
Description |
| The Transportation Planning Process Briefing Book Key Issues for Transportation Decisionmakers, Officials, and Staff Decisionmakers Guidebook |
Guidebook provides an overview of the federal transportation planning process for government officials, transportation decision-makers, planning board members, transportation service providers, interested stakeholders, and the public. |
| Scenario Planning Guidebook - Scenario Planning - Scenario And Visualization - Planning - FHWA (dot.gov) |
Guidebook addresses how scenario planning can be used to support TPM and performance- based planning and programming (PBPP). Scenario planning can use metrics, models, data sets, and tools to estimate and evaluate scenarios based on their ability to maximize system performance and support achievement of goals and performance targets. Includes a list of scenario planning and strategic analysis tools that can be used to support TPM. |
| PlanWorks |
FHWA web resource built from the experiences of transportation partners and stakeholders, which provides "how-to" information to support collaboration when it is most needed. PlanWorks can improve how you develop, prioritize, and inform transportation plans and projects. |
| Inventory of Statewide Long Range Transportation Plans and Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs |
FHWA web resource that provides an inventory of SLRTPs and STIPs for each state and weblinks to the plans |
| 23 CFR 450.206(a) 10 Transportation Planning Factors |
List of the 10 Transportation Planning Factors in the Code of Federal Regulations |
Transportation Performance Measures
| Publication or Tool |
Description |
| Transportation Performance Measures |
FHWA website on Transportation Performance Management including policy and guidance, reporting, training information, case studies, etc. |
| PBPP Guidebook - Performance Based Planning - Planning - FHWA (dot.gov) |
Guidebook on key elements of a PBPP process, including relationship of these elements within existing planning and programming processes, and examples of best practices to support implementation. |
| Model Long-Range Transportation Plans: A Guide for Incorporating Performance-Based Planning |
Guidebook on effective practices to incorporate performance-based planning into the development of a long-range
transportation plan through goal setting, objectives, performance measures, and targets that support decisions for long-range investments and policies, and guides
programming, and shorter-range decisions that move toward achievement of desired system performance outcomes. |
Public Engagement
| Publication or Tool |
Description |
| FHWA Public Involvement - Planning |
FHWA Public Involvement website including authorization legislation, Statues, Regulations, and Executive Orders, References Tools, Virtual Public Involvement, training information, case studies, etc. |
| Promising Practices for Meaningful Public Involvement in Transportation |
US DOT reference guide that provides promising practices which can promote a shared understanding of meaningful public involvement, highlighting benefits of meaningful public involvement and promote equitable access to public
involvement opportunities ensures that underserved and overburdened populations are included |
Environmental Justice and Equity
| Publication or Tool |
Description |
| Environmental Justice - Environment - FHWA (dot.gov) |
FHWA Environmental Justice website that provides information on the history, legislation, case studies, training, key references, publications, and other resources. |
| TPCB Equity in Transportation |
FHWA/FTA Transportation Planning Capacity Building Website Equity in Transportation section with definition, USC, Executive Orders, links to other equity websites, publications, case studies, and tools. |
| Screening Tool for Equity Analysis of Projects (STEAP) Webtool |
FHWA online Equity screening tool to conduct planning and project equity analysis. |
US DOT Equitable Transportation Community (ETC) Explorer
ETC Explorer | US Department of Transportation |
US DOT interactive web application/tool using 2020 census tracts and data, to explore the cumulative burden communities experience, as a result of underinvestment in transportation, in the following five components: Transportation Insecurity, Climate and Disaster Risk Burden, Environmental Burden, Health Vulnerability, and Social Vulnerability. |
Resiliency
