Links

Visioning Resources

• Alliance for Regional Stewardship www.regionalstewardship.org

• RegionLink
  www.regionlink.org

• Envision Utah
  www.envisionutah.org

Land Use Resources

• Michigan Land Use Institute
  www.mlui.org

Transportation Planning Resources

• Metropolitan Transportation Planning: Executive Seminar Presentation: Web-based       PowerPoint (2MB)

Related Articles

Local Units of Government and Organizations

The following list of resources may be used to inform the development of the land use and transportation plan for the Grand Traverse area:

• FHWA Scenario Planning resources -
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/scenplan/resources.htm

• MDOT State Long Range Plan 2000-2025 (MDOT, 2000) -
  http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_14807_14809---,00.html

• MDOT State Transportation Improvement Program 2006-2008 (MDOT, 2005) -
  http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,%207-151-9621_14807_14808---,00.html

• MDOT Traffic Crash Surveillance Studies

• MDOT Origin & Destination studies

• MDOT SPR Fund Request to study Munson Commons Area

• MI Counts Travel Survey

• Traverse City Bypass Corridor Study (1996)

• MDOT Transportation Models (TRANS CAD)

• TC-TALUS/LEAM Study (LEAM, 2005) -
  http://www.leamgroup.com/Projects/projects/index.htm

• TC-TALUS Long Range Plan (TC-TALUS, 1995)

• TC-TALUS Transportation Models

• Traverse City Waterfront Plan

• Traverse City Capital Improvement Plan

• Hartman-Hammond Bridge project related documents

• MIDEQ Letter (March 1, 2004)

• Smart Roads Plan (Coalition for Sensible Growth and Michigan Land Use Institute)

• Land Use & Transportation Coordinating Group history, organization, and meeting minutes - www.landuseandtransportation.org

• Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (NWMCOG, 2004) -http://www.nwm.org/ceds.asp

• Benchmarks Northwest: Quality of Life Index and Community Assessment Tool
  (NWMCOG, 2004) - www.nwm.org/benchmarks.asp

• New Designs for Growth Regional Guidebook (Traverse City Area Chamber of
  Commerce and R. Clark Associates, 2006) - http://tcchamber.org/ndfg/guidebook.php

• Grand Traverse County Natural Features Inventory (Grand Traverse County)

• M-72 East Corridor Study (R. Clark & Assoc., 2001)

• M-72 West Corridor Study

• M-72 Access Management Study

• Housing Needs Assessment: Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau Counties (Community Research Group, 2003)

• Revised Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Protection Plan (The Watershed Center, 2005) - http://gtbay.org/protectionplan.asp

• Master Plans & Zoning Ordinances for Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford Counties

• Public Transportation Coordination Study for Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties: As submitted to the Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) (The Corradino Group, 1998)

• U.S. Census Data for the Northwest Lower Michigan Area (NWMCOG) -
  http://www.nwmcog.org/population.html

• Traverse City Chamber Intersection Survey (Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce)

• State and Federal Economic Data for the Northwest Lower Michigan Area
  (NWMCOG) - http://www.nwmcog.org/economic.html
  and http://www.nwmcog.org/employment.html

• Grand Traverse County Traffic Counts

• Michigan Land Use Leadership Council Report -
  http://www.michiganlanduse.org/

• Local governmental units Brownfield plans

• Visioning in TC, Vision in GTC (Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005) - http://www.visioningtc.com/

• Rail Right-of-Way Discussion Paper (NWMCOG, 2002)

• Local governmental units land use plans

• Local governmental units zoning ordinances

• rand Traverse Area Labor Shed Study (Traverse Bay Economic Development Corporation)

• TC-TALUS Public Input Plan

• All previous TC-TALUS plan documents including survey data

• 2006 Economic Forecast for Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, & Kalkaska Counties (TC Chamber of Commerce, 2005) - http://tcchamber.org/economic/forecast.php

• Whitewater Township’s Road Plan

• MDOT/TC-TALUS Transportation Model (will be made available only to the
  selected consultant)

• M-22 Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route Plan -
  http://www.leelanauheritageroute.com/

• Composite Wetland Area Maps (NWMCOG)

• Ecological and Wildlife Corridor Maps (Conservation Resource Alliance)
  
   

Once the Request for Proposals to solicit consultant services has been issued by TC-TALUS, hard copies of reports listed above that are not available on the Internet will be made available at the Traverse Area District Library, 610 Woodmere Ave., Traverse City, MI 49686.