Goals of the Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative

The Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative (TLCI) provides federal funding or technical assistance for the planning of transportation projects that meet the following goals:

• Enhance the economic viability of existing communities within the region
• Enhance the region’s quality of life
• Enhance a community’s identity
• Foster compact land use development/redevelopment
• Facilitate accessibility by improving the range of transportation choices by adding or improving pedestrian, transit or bicycle facilities
• Reduce air and water pollution through best management practices
• Encourage fuel and energy conservation
• Promote a healthier community through planning and environmental linkages from an integrated transportation perspective
• Preserve and enhance farmland, forests and open space
• Assist the redevelopment of urban core communities
• Result in projects that can compete at the regional level for capital funds through NOACA’s regional transportation investment process
• Enhance the historic, archaeological, scenic and environmental elements of the transportation system
• Improve the safety and efficiency of the existing transportation system