Transportation planning
Office of Community Planning Links
- ADA Strategic Plan
- ATLC
- Complete Streets
- Context Sensitive Solutions
- EJ and CBTP Tool Box
- Environmental Justice & Community-Based Transportation Planning Grants Programs
- Environmental Justice and Title VI Program
- Local Development - Intergovernmental Review (LD-IGR)
- Native American Liaison Branch
- OCP HQ Staff Contact List
- Public Participation
- Smart Mobility Framework
- Land Use/Transportation Data & Tools
- OCP Staff Contact List
Transportation Planning Planning Offices Office of Community Planning Environmental Justice and Title VI Program Environmental Justice and Title VI Program
Program Functional Responsibilities
- Promote policies and strategies to enhance the participation of low income and minority communities in transportation decision making
- Manage the environmental justice grant program
- Coordinate Title VI compliance requirements for transportation planning program
The Environmental Justice Program promotes context sensitive planning and interdisciplinary effort to addressing the interests and concerns of low-income and minority populations in transportation planning and project development. The effort include reaching out to low income and minority communities; identifying and engaging underrepresented communities early in transportation planning; and developing information, data, analytic tools, and educational workshops.
Environmental Justice Grant Program
The Department provides grants to promote Environmental Justice: Context Sensitive Planning. The grants demonstrate different approaches to community involvement, land use transportation strategies, and planning activities in low-income and minority communities. Currently, $3,000,000 in grants and $250,000 per application are available annually, budget permitting.
Title VI – Civil Rights Act of 1964
Working with Civil Rights Office, this effort intends to maintain a process to coordinate and implement federal requirements and to ensure transportation planning program is in compliance with those requirements.
Documents and Publications
- Community Primer on Environmental Justice & Transportation Planning-The Caltrans Community Primer on Environmental Justice and Transportation Planning is to provide community members with clear and accurate information about how transportation decisions are made at the state and local levels. It is designed to provide knowledge and tools you need to participate effectively in the planning and project development process.
- Environmental Justice Desk Guide - This Environmental Justice Desk Guide was developed to provide guidance and background information to planners at all levels (state, regional, local and community) on the principles and best practices in Environmental Justice and Context-Sensitive Planning. This Desk Guide is the first comprehensive document that addresses Environmental Justice in transportation planning in California.
- Sustainable Communities, Mineta Transportation Institute, May 2001 (PDF)
- Director's Policy on Environmental Justice
- Deputy Directive on Environmental Justice
- Past Cycle from FY 2001/2002 and 2008/2009 Environmental Justice: Context-Sensitive Planning for Communities Grant Program
- Grant Program - Environmental Justice Context-Sensitive Planning for Communities - The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Division of Transportation Planning (DOTP) provides grants to promote Environmental Justice: Context-Sensitive Planning for Communities. An estimated $3,000,000 million in grants and up to $250,000 per application are available annually, budget permitting. For more information on the EJ grant program, please refer to the information below.
- Grants Webpage
- EJ/CBTP Grants Toolbox- Documents, Samples and Reference documents for grant mangement.
Contact
| C. Edward Philpot, Jr. Branch Chief, Grants/Public Engagement Office of Community Planning (916-653-8817) c_edward_philpot@dot.ca.gov |
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| Address: 1120 N Street, MS-32 Sacramento, CA 95814 |
Mail: PO Box 942874, MS-32 Sacramento, CA 94274-0001 |