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Transportation Infrastructure & Planning

01 Transportation Infrastructure & Planning · 155 edit slice
25
orgs
147
activities
11
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 25 organizations and 147 activities — BETTER YUMAORG, LIVING STREETS ALLIANCE, FRIENDS OF TRANSIT, ALL ABOARD ARIZONA and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Networked Ecosystem Development", run by 5 orgs.
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 25 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 25

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where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Arizona Department of Transportation 2
Government
City of Tucson 2
Government
ASU, Medistar Corporation, True North Holdings 1
Corporate
AZAGC PAC 1
Individuals
Arizona Department of Veterans Services 1
Government
Arizona Legislature 1
Government
Arizona Office of Tourism 1
Government
Arizona Public Service (APS) 1
Corporate
Center for the Future of Arizona 1
Foundation
City of Phoenix 1
Government
Global Water Resources 1
Corporate
Intel Corporation 1
Corporate
LISC, Fannie Mae, Neighborhood Housing Services 1
Foundation
Member Organizations 1
Individuals
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Networked Ecosystem Development
21
3
Apprenticeship-Based Workforce Development
6
9
Cross-Sector Transportation Advocacy
15
Collective Advocacy
9
Community-Led Systems Change
5
1
Peer-Led Capacity Building
6
1
Placemaking-Led Revitalization
5
Civic Education for Empowerment
6
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Arizona Department of Transportation Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Center for the Future of Arizona Partner
shared by 4 orgs
City of Phoenix Partner
shared by 4 orgs
City of Tucson Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Pinal County Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona Commerce Authority Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Department of Transportation Government
shared by 3 orgs
Central Arizona Project Partner
shared by 3 orgs
City of Tempe Partner
shared by 3 orgs
SRP Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Salt River Project Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Valley Metro Partner
shared by 3 orgs
APS Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Partner
shared by 2 orgs
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

funder shortlist · top 5

Orgs that combine the highest activity counts with the broadest strategy reach — the default entry points for a funder diligencing this field.

  1. #01 BETTER YUMAORG AZ · 21 · shares w/ 0
  2. #02 LIVING STREETS ALLIANCE AZ · 20 · shares w/ 0
  3. #03 FRIENDS OF TRANSIT AZ · 13 · shares w/ 0
  4. #04 ALL ABOARD ARIZONA AZ · 10 · shares w/ 0
  5. #05 PINAL PARTNERSHIP INC AZ · 6 · shares w/ 0
scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

404K
People served
from 3 orgs
628
Partner organizations
from 10 orgs