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STATEWIDE MOBILITY PLAN
"Public transportation will
need to play a key role within communities in Idaho’s future transportation
system," reports the Idaho’s
Transportation Vision 2004–2034 (Idaho’s
Transportation Vision). This important visioning
document, developed through a comprehensive statewide planning process,
highlights that with a changing population—one that is aging, is relatively
prosperous, and has expectations for convenient services—rising operational
costs, and anticipated growth in western states, public transportation is an
increasingly relevant and significant denominator in moving people.
Idaho’s Transportation Vision
states, "Transportation of the future must be planned,
preserved, developed, operated, and maintained in a fully integrated manner."
As the first step toward development of a
Statewide Mobility Plan for Public and Human Services Transportation, the
Division of Public Transportation has developed a framework document called
"Idaho’s Mobility and Access Pathway" (IMAP). IMAP’s approach to public
transportation reflects the emergence of a new paradigm, and the implementation
of a system based on the fundamentals of true "Mobility Management."
Mobility Management is an institutional
state of mind that emphasizes moving people instead of the mode of
transportation. The precept proves to be consistent with principles and
priorities of Idaho’s Transportation Vision, which advocate that Idahoans
generate the preferred future through a series of principles and priorities,
which include:
Principles:
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Mobility for
all users
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Compatibility
with the environment
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Preservation
of Community Assets, and
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Flexibility
and responsiveness
Priorities:
- Integrate the transportation system
- Support quality of life
- Provide flexible funding
- Integrate transportation and land-use planning, and
- Support choices for all individuals
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