The Growth Management Act (GMA) calls on local communities to rethink the traditional approach to transportation planning.  Transportation plans need to be consistent with the community’s comprehensive plan, under the GMA.  In addition, regions are to agree on a framework for transportation facilities and strategies.

Links for further information

• General aviation, state airports, airport grants program and airport planning
• Growth Management Services Fact Sheet on GMA & Transportation 
• Growth Management Services Report - Example Comprehensive Plan Policies to Support Physically Active Communities, 2007
• Planning to Encourage Physical Activity - an overview from Growth Management Services with information on GMA guidelines for multimodal transportation, landuse approaches, bike/pedestrian planning and includes a guidance paper and other Washington State resources.
• Puget Sound Regional Council - 2007 Concurrency Study, with links to 2006 and 2003 studies
• Assessing the effectiveness of concurrency:final report - Implementing Destination 2030 Monitoring Regional Progress
• The Possibilities of Transportation Concurrency - Proposal and Evaluation of Measurement Alternatives by Mark Hallenbeck, TRAC; Daniel Carlson and Jill Simmons, Evans School of Public Affairs
• Options for Making Concurrency More Multimodel - response to SHB 1565 (2005 Session)
• Washington State Department of Transportation - The GMA Concurrency Goal and the State Transportation System
• Washington State Department of Transportation - Executive Summary - The GMA Concurrency Goal and the State Transportation System
• The Eastside Transportation Concurrency Study is a two-year assessment of how concurrency is managed in the four Eastside cities of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, and Issaquah.
• Bicycling information - advocacy group
• Federal Highway Administration - citizen involvement
• FHWA - context sensitive design
• WSDOT - highways and local programs
• WSDOT - Transportation Improvement Board
• WSDOT - public transportation
• WSDOT - main page
• Puget Sound Regional Council
• Transportation Research Board - national transportation research group
• USDOT
• Federal Highway Administration
• Concurrency, Land Use and the State Transportation System, WSDOT