Land-Use Direction | a new way to grow

	Activity Centers & Planned Transit Corridors
	View centers and corridors map Creating Sustainable Places initiative

Many metropolitan areas are currently facing the same challenge — how to generate future growth while staying affordable, livable and economically competitive. Metros must strive to do more with ever-growing pressure on public resources. Those that grow efficiently and invest smartly will be the ones that prosper. The policies we put in place today will shape how people live and work for decades to come.

MARC has examined the plans and strategic goals of the region's cities and counties to identify common themes and areas targeted for growth. The agency undertook extensive community engagement that resulted in a new development strategy for the region.

Transportation Outlook 2040 is based on a land-use direction of Kansas City as a sustainable region of vibrant, green places connected by multimodal transportation corridors.

This development pattern of centers, corridors and conservation emphasizes a network of livable, attractive places connected by transportation corridors with complete streets — ones that accommodate walkers, bicyclists and high-capacity transit as well as they do cars. The strategy reinvests in existing communities and helps conserve our valuable natural assets. And it increases choices for how we live, work, play and travel.

Progress toward this vision is expected to occur, in part, as the market responds to external factors and forces outside our control — ranging from energy costs to demographic shifts. However, achieving as much of this vision as possible will also require careful effort over the next 30 years to advance policies and investments that support it.

Elements:

• Vibrant activity centers
• Connected transportation corridors
• Conserving resources
• Regional growth policy
• Developing a population and employment forecast