Best Practices News Not just building a bridge, a road, an airport, a port, or a transit station, but building a community. Welcome to the Department of Transportation's Livability Initiative home page. Take a look at What's New in our web.
Transportation plays a critical role in community livability.
As the transportation planning process guides states and localities in developing transportation plans and programs to serve their people, transportation links safety concerns, land use development, environmental quality, attention to the needs of disadvantaged populations, and economic development into an integrated approach to community livability. This website provides information on how communities across the nation have used their transportation funds and programs to make their homes better places in which to live, work and play. News is now on the site Wisconsin and Hartford, Connecticut have been added to the Best Practices.