Transportation and parking in the "Hill" area of Burlington are complex and intertwined. Transportation and circulation impact parking demand and conversely. Safe, convenient, and economical transportation and parking are essential for the major institutions and health care organizations located in the area to sustain their individual and collective missions. Further, the transportation and parking demands are diverse in the need to serve patients, students, faculty and employees and the general public. All transportation and parking initiatives should serve these diverse constituents, while minimizing costs to the environment, energy and land use.

Accordingly, Champlain College (Champlain), Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) and the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (UVM) have agreed to share resources as well as jointly plan, develop and manage all transportation and parking programs, infrastructure, and associated facilities, through the formation of the Campus Area Transportation Management Association (CATMA).

Such joint planning is reflected in coordinated land use planning conforming to the Municipal Development Plans for the cities of Burlington and South Burlington, the Chittenden County Regional Plan, and the Metropolitan Transportation Plan of the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization through the formation of the Campus Area Transportation Management Association (CATMA).