DOT Released its 2022-26 Strategic Plan

DOT released its 2022-26 Strategic Plan, including commitments to reduce inequities in transportation access, affordability, and transit-related public health burdens; support “disadvantaged and rural communities’” access to federal funding programs; and improve partnerships and community engagement in underserved communities. The plan included performance metrics to assess progress made towards achieving these goals (p. 22), including that all 50 State DOTs and top 100 Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) adopt a quantitative Equity Screening component to their transportation improvement program (TIP) development processes by 2030.