OUR PLAN

Shaping Our Future

The CONNECT Beyond Regional Mobility Plan is a blueprint for expanding mobility choices, promoting collaboration, aligning investments, supporting smart land use and encouraging options beyond driving alone. With over 120 actionable recommendations, it charts a clear path toward a total mobility network that will shape our region and our future.

Mobility Moves

To create a truly connective regional network, CONNECT Beyond grouped recommendations into five Mobility Moves:

Create mobility friendly places​
Expand mobility choices​
Strengthen rural to urban connections​
Build a better bus network​
Invest in strategic mobility corridors 

Goals

Each Mobility Move includes key recommendations supported by targeted strategies, practical next steps, and suggested timelines. These recommendations aim to:

Strengthen mobility for the long term 
Expand mobility choices
Strengthen rural to urban connections
Identify the right agencies to lead the work
Keep people at the heart of each recommendation

Implementation

To lead regional conversations and CONNECT Beyond from a vision to action, the Advancing the Plan Committee, an ad-hoc advisory group of Centralina Regional Council’s Executive Board, was established. The committee included elected officials, city and county managers and business leaders who:

  • Identified short-term opportunities for regional collaboration and explore governance models for mobility
  • Supported regional communications
  • Developed a framework to guide and support CONNECT Beyond’s implementation
  • Collaborated on outreach to state legislators and advocated for local funding initiatives

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