The Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO), the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the Hampton Roads metropolitan planning area, is finalizing its first regional active transportation (bicycle/pedestrian) plan entitled Linking Hampton Roads. 

During the development of the Plan, HRTPO staff developed an introductory chapter that provides the vision statement and goals, the value of active transportation facilities and connecting communities, types of bicycle users, types of facilities, and level of protection from traffic.

Next, HRTPO staff analyzed the existing conditions, which include the following:

• Regional Land Use
• Environmental Features
• Major Active Transportation Routes
• Schools
• Regional Transit
• Population Density
• Employment Density
• Degrees of Disadvantaged Communities
• Active Transportation Commute Mode Share
• Crash Analysis
• STRAVA Metro Data Analysis
• Previous Local and Regional Plans

Following the existing conditions analysis, Staff assessed the needs of the region and took an in-depth look at the existing facilities across the region and developed the infrastructure recommendations, which include proposed regional facilities.

To review the previous chapters of Linking Hampton Roads, click on the link below:

Linking Hampton Roads (Link is no longer available as the public comment period has ended)

As work on the Plan approaches completion, HRTPO staff has produced the draft final chapter, Taking Action, which provides detailed next steps for the region and localities.

The draft Taking Action chapter of Linking Hampton Roads can be viewed via the link below:

DRAFT Chapter Five-Taking Action (Link is no longer available as the public comment period has ended)

All interested parties are encouraged to review the draft chapter and send comments to Steve Lambert, Transportation Planner II, at slambert@hrtpo.org or by mail to 723 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320, by January 6, 2020.