Community Based Transportation Plan
Background
The purpose of Community Based Transportation Plans (CBTPs) is to collaborate with residents, community organizations and transportation agencies to improve mobility options for low-income and underrepresented communities. These community led plans identify the most important transportation issues in these neighborhoods and develop strategies to address and monitor them. It involves extensive community engagement to gather input from residents and stakeholders.
The CBTP program was launched in 2002 by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to identify transportation challenges in equity priority communities around the region and strategies to overcome them. The CBTP program has been funded by the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG3) program, which comes from Federal funds. MTC awards CBTP funding to county transportation agencies (CTAs) to administer funding for and development of these community plans on MTC’s behalf.
MTC has defined Equity Priority Communities (EPCs) throughout the region to direct funds to the areas with the highest equity need. EPCs are communities that have a high concentration of people of color, low-income households, or other factors including people with disabilities, seniors, and/or cost-burdened renters. Within the City of Hayward, there are 13 census tracks that qualify as EPCs.
Public Engagement Plan
