Land use & transportation planning

View a list of transportation planning-related resources for updating local government comprehensive plans.

Growth Management Act (GMA) Comprehensive Plan resources

The following resources assist cities and counties with their Growth Management Act (GMA) Comprehensive Plan updates.

Resources

Comprehensive plan support

Data sources

GMA training opportunities

Transportation efficient communities

WSDOT and the departments of Commerce, Ecology and Health together support local government efforts to make well-organized systems for travel and land use. Transportation Efficient Communities reviews best practices, contact information for subject matter experts, issue briefs and recorded webinars on land use, transportation, and healthy and safe communities.

Concurrency

Under the GMA, concurrency is one of 14 goals local governments must consider in land use planning. Concurrency is intended to ensure public facilities and services are adequate to serve new development at the time of occupancy without decreasing service levels below locally established minimum standards.

Planning tools

Slow down – lives are on the line.

Excessive speed was a top cause of work zone collisions in 2024.

Phone down, eyes up.

Work zones need our undivided attention.

It's in EVERYONE’S best interest.

96% of people hurt in work zones are drivers, their passengers or passing pedestrians, not just our road crews.