+ What is One Region Forward?

One Region Forward is a broad-based collaborative effort to promote more sustainable forms of development in Erie and Niagara counties โ€“ the Buffalo Niagara Region โ€“ in land use, transportation, housing, energy and climate, access to food, and more. It combines research and public engagement with planning and action to help us meet the combined economic, environmental, and social challenges of the 21st century.

One Region Forward was launched through a planning process to craft a Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, a federally recognized document that gives our region priority status for funding opportunities today and into the future.

The plan, called A New Way to Plan for Buffalo Niagara serves as a practical roadmap for improving mobility, promoting more efficient land use patterns, strengthening our basic infrastructure, growing a 21st century economy, ensuring broad access to healthy food, protecting housing and neighborhoods, and mounting our regionโ€™s response to the challenge of global climate change.

+ One Region Forward Implementation

Through One Region Forward, we learned what we as the Buffalo Niagara region want out of our transportation system in broad terms. Moving Forward 2050 will identify how our transportation systems can help us achieve the regionโ€™s goals via specific strategies and targeted transportation projects.