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Transit improvement process for the Southwest corridor

The Southwest Corridor Transit Alternatives Analysis is an early stage in the National Environmental Policy Act process to create transit improvements in the corridor. Learn more about the NEPA process and your role in it with this reference guide. Download PDF

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Get involved in the Southwest Corridor Plan

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Find opportunities to participate in the Southwest Corridor Plan.

Shape Southwest

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You can still play Shape Southwest, the interactive game that lets you build an investment plan for the Southwest corridor. Balance benefits and tradeoffs – and a limited budget – and make improvements in your community.

Shape Southwest and the related questionnaire were available to collect public input from Nov. 14 through Jan. 1. Go

Visit the plan's blog

The blog is the best place to find answers to frequently asked questions. Go to the blog

Library

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The Southwest Corridor Plan will be successful to the degree that it reflects the values and interests of the community it is intended to serve. That means there’s an important role for you!

Stay informed

  • Sign up for email updates. Sign up now  
  • Visit the Southwest Corridor Plan blog, a place for stories about neighborhoods, opportunities for corridor improvements and answers to questions about the process and potential investments. Go to the blog
  • Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Facebook Twitter
  • Visit this website as it will continue to be updated with news, meeting materials and opportunities to be involved.

Tell us what you think

  • Request a briefing at your neighborhood association or local event. Request a briefing
  • Come to a steering committee meeting and share your comments or contact your steering committee representative directly. Find out about membership, see upcoming meetings and download past meeting materials.Learn more
  • Give input to project staff directly. Provide input

Spread the word

  • Request an article about the Southwest Corridor Plan for your local newsletter. Request an article
  • Share your thoughts on the plan with your friends and followers. Facebook Twitter Email a friend

View the summer 2012 online open house

Find out about the process for narrowing down the wide range of potential projects. Go

What are people saying about the Southwest corridor?

Find out what residents, businesses and other stakeholders said should be the focus of the Southwest Corridor Plan.

Public involvement report: Scoping

February 2012

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Download the full report (19.3M PDF)
Download report only (without appendices)(426K PDF)

Public involvement report: Screening

August 2012

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Download the full report (11.8M PDF)
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Public involvement report:
Shape Southwest

January 2013

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Download the full report (17M PDF)
Download report only (without appendices)(3M PDF)

Focus group comments

Focus groups made up of corridor residents, commuters and students were held to assess public opinion about the corridor that was not biased by knowing the project partners, specific project area or scope.These discussions provided overarching opinions on the corridor, identified its attributes, problems and specific ways the community thinks the area should be improved.

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