Humboldt County Association of Governments

12/10/2025

The Humboldt County Association of Governments (HCAOG) is updating the Regional Transportation Plan and we want input from the whole community! Are you satisfied with the current system? What are your priorities for transportation over the next 20 years? Take the online survey or contact our office to submit a comment on the draft plan. The comment period closes on December 29th. Register your input on transportation today! bit.ly/HumboldtRTP2026

La Asociación de Gobiernos del Condado de Humboldt (HCAOG) está actualizando el Plan Regional de Transporte y ¡queremos conocer la opinión de toda la comunidad! ¿Está satisfecho con el sistema actual? ¿Cuáles son sus prioridades en materia de transporte para los próximos 20 años? Participe en la encuesta en línea o comuníquese con nuestra oficina para enviar sus comentarios sobre el borrador del plan. El plazo para enviar comentarios finaliza el 29 de diciembre. ¡Comparta su opinión sobre el transporte hoy mismo! bit.ly/RTPSpanish

12/01/2025

This is the week! Walk audits in Hoopa, Arcata and Eureka, presentations in McKinleyville and Eureka, and technical meetings with staff from a panel of planning practitioners with expertise in proven strategies to create safe and vibrant places. Come learn and engage in discussions together about how to build better community in our towns!

11/26/2025

Varieties in Rural Options of Mobility (VROOM) 2026 - 2046 is now available for formal public review! The public release draft of the Regional Transportation Plan lays out a vision for achieving a comprehensive, coordinated, sustainable and balanced multi-modal transportation system. Comments on the plan can be sent by email to [email protected], by phone at 707-444-8208, and by letter or in-person at 611 I Street, Suite B, Eureka.

Take the quick online survey and read through the draft plan on the project page. The comment period will close on Monday December 29.

More info at the link below

Purpose of the RTPAs the Regional Transportation Planning Agency, HCAOG is responsible for updating the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) every four years. The RTP is a 20 year planning document that is like a City's General Plan but for regionwide transportation. This update will cover the period....

11/25/2025

There are two more lunchtime webinars this week! Tomorrow (Tuesday 11/25) join folks via Zoom or at the HCAOG office from noon to 2pm to watch "Missing Middle: A proven strategy for affordability and walkable neighborhoods."

Then on Wednesday 11/26 from noon-2 join the viewing of a panel discussion titled "Equity, Accessibility, and Design Decision-making."

Registration and more details are available on our webpage, linked in comments below.

11/25/2025

Reminder - Event Series! -

The Draft Regional Transportation Plan is available now. The 30-day public review period will close on December 29th. If you haven't yet, please take a few minutes to complete the survey to help shape the RTP. 

11/19/2025

Noontime webinar series announcement!

Interested in urbanism and how to build healthy thriving communities where public space works for everyone? Come learn and explore these issues together in a curated webinar series hosted by HCAOG Senior Regional Planner Oona Smith. Building up or refreshing our knowledge base about best practices to sustain walkable/rollable places will help our community get ready for December 1-3 visits by the award-winning experts Dan Burden, Victor Dover, and Josh Meyer.

The first brownbag lunch webinar of the series is this Friday November 21 from Noon to 2pm! We will be viewing "The Essential Value of Street Trees in City Making and Sustainable Design."

Description: Victor Dover and Dan Burden explain how street trees can bring beauty and order to streets, mitigate the potential for flooding and heat events, and support pedestrian activity. (2-hour recording: 1:15 slides + 45 mins Q&A)

Attend live via Zoom, Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eA5lmV88RYuNFvjprU2zbA #/registration

This educational series is part of the Humboldt County Association of Governments grant award for the Humboldt Multimodal and Vibrant Neighborhoods Planning Project, funded through the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant program. For more information contact Senior Regional Planner Oona Smith at 707-444-8208 and [email protected]

11/14/2025

You're Invited - HCAOG Events -

The HCAOG Board will meet on Thursday November 20 at 4:30 PM at the Eureka City Hall. The agenda includes several items of particular regional importance. The Regional Transportation Plan will move forward with a full public draft slated to be released for a formal 30-day public review period. Ther...

11/13/2025

Join us for bus video shoot this Monday & Tuesday!
Free anytime 8:30am-4:30pm on Nov.17 or 18th? Add your availability here: https://www.when2meet.com/?33479689-flhvm

10/29/2025

HCAOG is conducting the annual assessment of the region's transit needs. The Unmet Transit Needs hearing at the HCAOG Board will be on Thursday November 20th.

The online survey to register transit needs is at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FPX5QSQ

La Humboldt County Association of Governments está llevando a cabo una evaluación anual de las necesidades de tránsito de la región. La audiencia sobre necesidades de transporte no satisfechas ante la Junta de HCAOG tendrá lugar el jueves 20 de noviembre.

La encuesta en línea para registrar sus necesidades de transporte público se encuentra en https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/HQZTNKC

10/21/2025

Save the Date for our Community Workshop! -