Expand local and regional transit services in growing, high-demand areas, focusing on connecting households to employment opportunities, medical and education locations, and existing and future statewide transportation systems.

Expand safe and reliable multimodal connections to these locations and deploy emerging technologies, prioritizing low emissions technologies and new partnerships.

Maintain and strategically expand roadway capacity and operations across STCs, including new technology infrastructure to facilitate connected/autonomous vehicle adoption and statewide broadband access, passenger and freight rail and other intercity passenger services.

Advance policies that provide opportunity to implement passenger rail service on existing and future corridors and expand cross-regional transit and commuter services between employment and education hubs.

Partner with neighboring states and coalitions to improve intercity passenger mobility.

Form planning, programming and project delivery policies and guidelines to promote the use of technology in all aspects of a project/asset life cycle, prioritizing policies that support statewide emissions reduction targets.

The STCs will represent the backbone of emerging transportation management and operations technology, including electric vehicle charging locations, connect/autonomous vehicle infrastructure and broadband infrastructure.

Partner with logistics firms to optimize supportive infrastructure, curb management, data, routing and the expansion of autonomous delivery.

Advance safety solutions in all environments and for all modes, especially in underserved communities and multimodal locations and corridors.

Focus programmatic attention on high-risk corridors and locations.

Expand partnerships with public/private operators (air, truck, and/or rail) to plan, prioritize and develop multimodal transportation improvements supportive of site-specific area services and needs.

Coordinate with local partners and stakeholders to advance transportation solutions integrated with comprehensive and land use plans, curb management policies and Complete Street guidelines.

Strengthen coordination with state agencies and local commerce, economic and community development organizations to plan and prepare for timely, tailored transportation solutions.

Engage local businesses and trade associations to identify transportation solutions that leverage specialized business and manufacturing processes through transload, cross-dock or other value-add goods movement.

Coordinate with ports officials to identify short- and long-term strategic investments to plan for, streamline and enhance higher levels of cargo movement.

Determine effective, performance improving investments within transportation corridors and mode specific systems coordinated with resiliency and risk vulnerability analyses.

Implement and prioritize state and regional plan recommendations, that address gaps, improve travel time and complete first/last mile connections to and from ports facilities.

Partner with public and private operators to identify and strengthen aging freight assets critical to the operational efficiency of transportation networks that serve statewide ports.

Assess workforce competencies and needs to identify, develop and promote transportation career curriculum and skill-based programs, that evolve and adapt to industry change.

Create professional and certification programs to facilitate a variety of on-site and distance learning opportunities coordinated through university transportation centers and state trade associations.

Conduct a vulnerability assessment of Strategic Transportation Corridors (STCs) to evaluate infrastructure, climate and other external stressors, develop resilience-based scoring criteria and methodology for NCDOT Strategic Prioritization process.

Track activities and investments that extend life-cycle operations and harden critical infrastructure assets.