• Transportation systems should be balanced, providing for the diverse needs and safety of the community by including multi-modal elements such as freeways, rail, transit, pedestrian, bicycle and other alternatives to the automobile.
• Transportation planning processes should be regional in scope and encourage cooperation between neighboring communities.
• Coordination of transportation and land-use planning processes should be a priority and encourage multi-modal oriented design.
• Dedicated funding and/or programs to support multi-modal transportation systems must be made available.
• Transportation spending should be determined on performance-based criteria.

• Promote strategies to reduce harmful air emissions including particulate matter, ozone forming precursors, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxide (NOx), carbon monoxide, hazardous air pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO2).
• Valley communities should reduce airborne dust from all sources.
• Valley communities should reduce vehicle emissions through trip reduction programs, the promotion of alternative fuel vehicles, use of clean burning fuels and other strategies.
• Promote effective energy efficiency strategies and the purchase or installation of renewable energy.

1. Planning must emphasize an interconnected multi-modal transportation system that optimizes regional mobility, quality of life and preservation of the environment and neighborhoods.
2. Those responsible for Planning decisions must be accountable to the public in as direct and meaningful a manner as possible.
3. All citizens and stakeholder entities (i.e. government agencies, corporations, etc.) must be given the opportunity to participate meaningfully in all stages of the Planning process.
4. Planning decisions must encourage responsible growth.
5. Planning for new regionally significant projects (public or private) should consider the secondary and cumulative impacts on resources (natural, built and financial) of the entire Valley and should address short- and long-term impacts.
6. Transportation investments should be determined on performance-based criteria, while considering the mobility needs of all Valley residents in our current and future metropolitan area.
7. Decision-makers should use and provide incentives for the innovative financing of transportation infrastructure, such as the use of public/private partnerships.

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