Getting More by Working Together — Opportunities for Linking Planning and Operations

Overview

This resource guide is designed to help planning and operations managers understand the value of working together and realize the benefits of pursuing management and operations strategies at the regional scale. This goes a step beyond jurisdiction and agency coordination on planning and investment. It also goes beyond regional collaboration and coordination on management and operations activities. The guide highlights how existing relationships can be strengthened and new ones developed, and how opportunities for greater coordination and collaboration can be exploited. It emphasizes the important role that both planners and operators have to play in building stronger connections and the benefits of these relationships.