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The implementation of innovative approaches to managing transportation resources in downtown areas has frequently proven difficult. In addition, traffic, transit, parking, pedestrian, goods delivery, urban design, and economic development concerns typically are addressed in isolation rather than as part of an integrated program. The Downtown Hartford Transportation Project (DHTP) was a collaborative effort by public and private sector organizations to plan and implement a broad range of actions in anticipation of unprecedented levels of building and employment growth in the downtown. The DHTP represents a unique model of a transportation planning process--it is multimodal in scope, involves both physical and management-oriented improvements, and features a process of consensus building about solutions that served to smooth the transition between planning and implementation. The key features that make the Downtown Hartford Transportation Project unique and contributed to its success are described. These features include the type and level of public and private sector participation, the definition of the project's scope, the process of achieving consensus on solutions, and the use of information and technical analysis to guide decisions. Based on the experience of the DHTP, a set of guidelines is presented for following the Hartford example. It is concluded that although unique conditions in Hartford precipitated the DHTP, many features of the DHTP could be successfully adapted in other locales that want to better manage their transportation resources.

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Central business districts; Cooperation; Governments; Guidelines; Multimodal transportation; Private enterprise; Programming (Planning); Transportation planning; Urban transportation

Connecticut; Hartford (Connecticut)

Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB

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