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Plan 2040 Winter 2010 Survey

Plan 2040 is the planning process underway by the Atlanta Regional Commission to integrate a multitude of community aspects, including transportation and land planning/design as well as housing, greenspace, green energy, water and air quality as well as changing demographics and economics. The end product of this process (in 2011) will be two policy plans: a Regional Development Plan and a Regional Transportation Plan looking out to the year 2040.

Please take a moment to consider the questions below. Your responses will be important to the regional planning team currently at work to develop these two planning efforts.
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1.Some reports indicate that there will be many more older adults in the metro Atlanta area over the next 30 years, leading to smaller household sizes. This will result in an increasing need for apartments, condos and townhomes being built in metro Atlanta. What is your opinion of more emphasis being put on planning for and around these multi-unit dwellings, such as changing zoning laws to allow more of these type of dwellings?
2.Metro Atlanta’s high traffic congestion level may be causing potential business and industry to locate in other areas of the country. What is most the important thing to include in a congestion relief strategy for the region?
3.The money available for funding future transportation projects has been declining. In your opinion, which funding strategy would be best to address this problem?
4.What is your opinion of your local government having development policies encouraging communities and neighborhoods to have a variety of nearby choices for housing, transportation, shopping and other services?
5.Some studies indicate that it may be too costly for most of the future growth of metro Atlanta to occur in the outlying suburbs, which may be too far from jobs, medical care and other essential services. What is your opinion of planning for more growth to occur in more concentrated urban areas?
6.Forecasters expect the Atlanta metro area to grow by 3.2 million people by the year 2040. What area would be best to accommodate the housing needs of this expected population growth?
7.What is your opinion of having a metro area priority to protecting greenspace; for example, local governments generating revenue locally for the acquisition of parks and other protected land?
8.Some studies and reports suggest that new schools are built on the least expensive tracks of land. This can lead to population growth farther away from the areas where people must travel to get to work, and to have access to medical care and other essential services. What is your opinion of this trend?
9.Water resources for the metro area continue to dominate the news, especially concerning the possibility of getting less water from Lake Lanier in the future. Do you think the metro area should have strong water conservation measures in place for current and future housing and business development?
10.Recent projections for the metro Atlanta area show that there will be a large increase of people over the age of 60 over the next decade. What is your opinion of the idea of communities providing access to basic needs and services that allow an individual to stay in their community throughout their lifetime?
11.Thank you so much for taking your time to consider our questions. Please stay in touch with ARC as we proceed with this planning process and add your thoughts whenever you can. If you have any further thoughts you would like to share with us now, please feel free to do so below.