Regional planning for healthy, sustainable communities requires coordination among regional planning agencies, transit agencies, cities, counties, towns, community members and other stakeholders. Coordination and collaboration at the regional scale allows stakeholders to achieve multiple goals, including maximizing transit ridership, improving connections between people and jobs, and building a network of flourishing, walkable transit-oriented neighborhoods.
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