Multi-Modal Transportation Planning
Comprehensive Transportation Planning
We have contributed to more than 10 comprehensive transportation plans that have guided strategic long-term transportation investment. Our tailored engagement support and land use planning expertise helps community members prioritize top needs and identify transportation solutions that are mindful of the broader context. Collecting input from a wide range of community members and facilitating the support and ownership of implementation partners has been a key focus of our role in recent projects.
The 2024 update to the Forsyth County CTP considered a 20-year planning horizon and focused on fine-tuning the County’s transportation-related needs. Blue Cypress led a robust public engagement plan which was executed throughout the project. This effort included two pop-ups, two online surveys, six public meetings, and an online campaign via social media and email. Blue Cypress created and maintained a standalone website that invited the public to learn about the planning process, project updates, events, online surveys, and draft reports.
Forsyth County Comprehensive
Transportation Plan
The Blue Cypress team conducted community engagement throughout the life of this project. The project team used multiple communication efforts to engage the community and keep the public updated on input activities and project milestones. Project websites, emails, social media posts, and project videos were key communication methods to build project awareness and promote engagement opportunities.
Henry County
Comprehensive
Transportation Plan
Blue Cypress Consulting was responsible for the public engagement program. The project team specifically reached out to low income, minority, and non-English speaking communities within the GHMPO planning area to ensure that these typically hard to reach populations were represented in the plan. Using PublicInput hub, Blue Cypress staff created an interested parties’ database and sent and received email notifications and comments to the list; conducted coordination and management of social media accounts; and created and distributed a project survey.
Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional Transportation Plan​
Safe Streets Initiatives
Planning for safe streets and zero roadway fatalities is an important national and international movement that we enthusiastically participate in. Blue Cypress employees and their families frequently travel by foot, bike, and transit. We leverage this firsthand experience to relate to the most vulnerable roadway users as we build engagement tools and strategies for public and stakeholder input. Our team excels in GIS data analysis, policy and implementation strategy frameworks, and meaningful community engagement, enabling us to contribute to safe streets projects in multiple ways.
ATLDOT selected Blue Cypress to lead the public engagement task of the project. Blue Cypress implemented an equity centered public and stakeholder engagement framework. The project team accomplished this by offering numerous distinct forums for public involvement, including a project website, online community input map, virtual and in-person community workshops, artist rendering of community stories and vision, and pop-up booths at specific areas throughout the city.
City of Atlanta Vision Zero Action Plan
Blue Cypress supported the project team by guiding overall stakeholder and community engagement strategy, helping facilitate stakeholder and community meetings, and leading the creation of public communications materials. At the project outset, Blue Cypress used GIS to help identify stakeholder and corridor users that would be most affected by access management improvements along Roswell Road. In coordination with public meetings, Blue Cypress also led the development of an interactive map input tool to encourage broader public participation.
Roswell Road Access Management Plan
The project aims to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries on Decatur’s streets. Blue Cypress is leading the multi-prong public outreach task and equity analysis for the project. Outreach includes community outreach events, focus groups, a Safety Working Group, and public meetings. In keeping with a key project goal of building Decatur Safe Streets brand awareness, Blue Cypress has designed and helped distribute a variety of communication tools including post cards, yard signs, project business cards, storefront posters, and more.
Decatur Safe Streets Action Plan
Transit Planning
We work with state, regional, and local agencies on transit plans and solutions that help communities establish strategies to address mobility gaps and improve levels of service. Our transit experience ranges from urban contexts with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and the Atlanta Transit Link Authority to suburban and rural contexts across Georgia. We are skilled at identifying insights from data, such as National Transit Database metrics, and working with transit agencies to identify service improvements to better support riders’ needs and, ultimately, help people get to where they need to go.
Blue Cypress has worked on several of GDOT's regional transit plans. For all three projects listed here, Blue Cypress has lead the project management and stakeholder/public engagement, as well as the implementation planning for the Northeast Georgia and River Valley plans.
Regional Transit Development Plans (Georgia Mountains, Northeast Georgia, River Valley)
Blue Cypress led GIS analysis for the transit service needs assessment and market analysis to identify target markets and trip generators at the micro level. In addition, Blue Cypress led the development of the final master plan.
Douglas County
Transit Master Plan
Blue Cypress assisted with this project's existing conditions analysis and public involvement. The plan defined transit goals, needs, and priorities and established a framework for a successful local transit program for Newton County and its municipalities.
Newton County
Transit Master Plan
Trails Planning
With a growing portfolio of trails planning projects, our role has grown from leading public and stakeholder engagement to include providing expertise in aligning trails planning with existing and future land use. We synchronize technical work with outreach for a more intentional process that integrates community input and analysis to help align future development patterns along the trail network.
Blue Cypress is leading the public and stakeholder engagement strategy, which includes a mix of in-person and online engagement opportunities. In this role, Blue Cypress’s responsibilities include developing and maintaining a project website, hosting six interactive open house meetings, facilitating a project booth at three popup engagement events, and coordinating three guided walking/riding tours. Additionally, Blue Cypress developed an online interactive input map using Social Pinpoint to collect site-specific feedback from the public who could give general thoughts on the trail network, such as pinpointing problems or unsafe conditions.
DeKalb Trails
and Greenway
Master Plan
The Blue Cypress team conducted community engagement throughout the life of this project. The project team used multiple communication efforts to engage the community and keep the public updated on input activities and project milestones. Project websites, emails, social media posts, and project videos were key communication methods to build project awareness and promote engagement opportunities.
Henry County Comprehensive Transportation Plan & Trails Master Plan
Blue Cypress led the community and stakeholder engagement process, which included the scheduling and facilitation of Stakeholder Committee meetings, public outreach meetings, and community events throughout the project. Blue Cypress also created and analyzed the results from online surveys to collect public opinion about project components.
Fayette County
Trails Master Plan
Mobility Program Development
Travel Demand Management (TDM) plays a pivotal role in shaping vibrant and sustainable communities. We are actively supporting the Atlanta Regional Commission's Georgia Commute Options program, collaborating closely with local public partners, including cities, counties, community improvement districts, and chambers of commerce. With our expertise in TDM strategies, we focus on developing tailored mobility programs, hand in hand with the partner, that address the unique needs and challenges of their community.
Blue Cypress led the plan update process, including project management, stakeholder and public engagement, implementation planning (with deeper dives into the sustainability and mobility focus areas), and the overall strategy development for a cohesive document. Blue Cypress carried out several engagement strategies to connect with the diverse Brookhaven community. Beyond traditional public meetings, the team also set up pop-up tents to engage with residents at local events with fun and easy participation activities.
Atlanta Regional Commission, Georgia Commute Options Program Implementation
Blue Cypress supported the program with outreach coordination and facilitation. The team centered equity in the outreach process by involving a variety of stakeholders in interviews and focus groups; conducting intercept surveys in areas that support transit, bike, and pedestrian travel flows; and translating surveys and promotional materials to the two most commonly spoken languages in the region after English (Spanish and Vietnamese). Blue Cypress is leading the strategy and implementation of the outreach-based pilot. At the end of the process, the consultant team will provide a report on successes and challenges.
Atlanta Regional Commission,TDM Innovation & Equity Pilot Studies
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Blue Cypress conducted community planning and GIS analysis on a multi-disciplinary team working to identify locations for twenty bike share stations in the City of Atlanta, GA.
Blue Cypress gathered and created GIS layers for analysis, which resulted in a map defining the areas of the city from most suitable bike share area to less suitable. Blue Cypress worked closely with the project team to conduct analysis that classified different areas of the City with a suitability rating. Blue Cypress also created multiple GIS layers to illustrate potential locations collected from stakeholders and citizens.
City of Atlanta
Bikeshare Analysis