Metro Atlanta is a dynamic, fast-growing place, with an increasingly diverse population that holds a wide range of viewpoints and perspectives about the region.
It’s critically important that the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) receives robust public input to ensure that the agency’s long-range plans reflect the region’s needs and desires. ARC also strives to provide resources to help community members understand key issues and challenges facing the Atlanta region.
There are many ways to engage with ARC and have your voice heard. It’s critical that ARC engages with a diverse group of residents and stakeholders.
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Each year, ARC and its community partners conduct the Metro Atlanta Speaks public opinion survey to take the pulse of metro Atlanta residents and help guide the region’s planning and decision-making.
The Community Engagement Network is a network for coordinating public engagement and other activities in the region, sharing public participation techniques, and providing resources and information on Title VI and environmental justice guidance, as well as other regulatory standards. If you’d like to be informed of network news, please sign up here.
ARC places an emphasis on regional equity and inclusion to ensure that both policy and public engagement opportunities are inclusive of a broad range of people and perspectives, with a particular emphasis on disadvantaged and underrepresented populations.
To guide ARC’s regional transportation planning public participation process, ARC maintains a Regional Community Engagement Plan. This plan serves as 1) a regional planning community engagement guide for the public; 2) as the official participation policy for transportation planning for ARC; and 3) as an ARC response to the U.S. Department of Transportation directive to develop a participation plan for the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
This plan has been revamped into a series of user-friendly, graphical modules, customized for various audiences. It is hoped that this plan, updated into this series of guidebooks will serve as a useful tool for advocates, neighborhood groups and the general public, as well as, elected officials, and transportation planning staff.
The Regional Transportation Community Engagement Plan for the Atlanta Metropolitan Region consists of the following modules:
ARC is committed to enforcing the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and taking positive and realistic affirmative steps to ensure the protection of rights and opportunities for all persons affected by its programs, services, and activities.
ARC’s Strategic Partners are committed to fostering collaborative regional approaches that improve quality of life in metro Atlanta. Their support elevates ARC leadership programs, research and events throughout the year. Learn more
