The Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization [1] is holding a series of workshops to get public input on the region's long range transportation plan.

Ellen Zavisca, Transportation Planner with the TPO says:

This plan is important because it's an opportunity to take the long view on where we want to go as a community, and how we want to get there.

Transportation in East Tennessee, with a few notable exceptions, is all about cars. But gas prices, infrastructure costs, air quality impacts and other factors have got people and governments starting to think about different ways of doing things.

We hope that this plan can be part that change in thinking. To do that, we need to hear from lots of people, so we are encouraging people to get involved.

The TPO also has an online survey [2] regarding priorities for the long range plan. Following are the workshop schedules:

REGIONAL MOBILITY PLAN 2035 PUBLIC WORKSHOPS

Meetings begin at 6 p.m. unless noted otherwise, and should last about an hour.

Knox County

• Bonny Kate Public Library, Tuesday, May 27

• City County Bldg, Small Assembly Room, Thursday, May 29 (begins at 6:30)

• Halls Public Library, Monday, June 2

• Cedar Bluff Public Library, Thursday, June 5

• Burlington Public Library, Thursday, June 5

Loudon County

• Loudon County Visitor’s Bureau, Wednesday, May 28

Blount County

• Blount County Public Library, Wednesday, June 4

Anderson County

• Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday, June 3

Sevier County

• Sevierville Civic Center, Thursday, May 29