Doug Hooker, executive director of the Atlanta Regional Commission, shares the Atlanta region's PLAN 2040 during the "Innovative Funding & Financing" panel discussion at the 2012 Charlotte Chamber Transportation Summit.

1. Implementing PLAN 2040

2. What is PLAN 2040?
• Metro Atlanta’s plan to accommodate growth
over the next 30 years.
– Meets federally required long-range Regional
Transportation Plan (RTP)
– Meets state required long-term Regional Plan
– Integrates local comprehensive plans
– Creates regional vision

3. PLAN 2040 is:
What our customers
value…pursuing
economic, environmental
and social sustainability

4. Serving the Region’s Customers
Leading as the global gateway
to the South
Expanding access to
community resources
Encouraging healthy
communities

5. PLAN 2040
addresses both
core ARC 10-
county (red)
planning area
and 18-county
MPO (green)

6. Unified Plan and Vision

7. • Interagency
• Local Governments
• Non-Profits
• State Government
• Private
PLAN 2040 Partnerships

8. What Can We Afford?
Available funding = $61 billion
PLAN 2040 transportation vision = $125 billion
$64 billion
$61 billion
Aspirations Element
Constrained Element
What is Possible if
What We Can Afford 2012-2040
Funds are Available

9. PLAN 2040 RTP Investment Priority Areas
Total Cost = $60.9 billion (constrained element)

10. Example Programs and Initiatives
Livable Centers
Initiative
Bicycle and
Pedestrian
Program
Interchange Improvements
Lifelong Communities

11. Transportation is
the lifeblood of
the region

12. Transportation Investment Act
• 10 counties
• One cent sales tax for 10 years
• $8.5 billion raised
• 85% regional projects
• 15% local projects
• 100% return

13. Referendum Accelerates
Implementation
Transportation Funding 2013-2022
Referendum Projects
$8.5 billion
70 percent ($9.24
billion) maintains
existing network $13.2 billion
$13.2 billion RTP/TIP Planned Projects
Total = $21.7 billion

14. $8.5 billion
$7.2 billion for
157 projects
$1.3 billion for
additional local
improvements

15. More Information
• Resources available on the PLAN 2040
website
www.atlantaregional.com/plan2040
• Transportation Referendum information
www.metroatlantatransportationvote.com
www.transformmetroatlanta.com

16. The Piedmont-Atlantic MegaRegion

17. The Piedmont-Atlantic MegaRegion
TOTAL % of U.S.
282,700 square miles
Land Area 8%
(73.2 million hectares)
Population (2000) 47 million 16%
Jobs 27 million 16%
Gross Regional
$1.5 trillion 15%
Product

18. The Piedmont-Atlantic MegaRegion
• Migration trends, 1995 to 2000
• 1.6 million people moved to PAM from the rest of the country
• 1.3 million people migrated to PAM internationally

19. PLAN 2040