Smart Growth America and the State Smart Transportation Initiative have just released a great resource for state departments of transportation looking to pursue forward-thinking policies. The report [pdf], entitled “The Innovative DOT: A Handbook of Policy and Practice”, outlines a variety of progressive transportation ideas and highlights that many innovative policies—like reforming the way DOTs make road capacity decisions and switching to context-sensitive design or practical design approaches—may actually conserve limited departmental resources.

For more on this story, visit: New Report: Departments of Transportation Can Innovate Through Transit-Oriented Development | Mobilizing the Region.