Priorities:

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Priorities
Opportunities and Potential Alignment of Agendas

• Central Florida Polk County Tampa Bay

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• Second Session of Super Regional Strategy Team
  July 25, 2008
• Fast-paced, Independent Overview from Tampa Bay,
  Polk, and Central Florida Transportation
  Priorities, Gaps, and Opportunities
• Details Posted in Electronic Archive
• Assignment for Third Session Draft Comparison to
  Jump-start Conversation (Compare, Sort, and
  Align)
• Fairfield Indexs Actions in Interim Review
  Documents, Check-in with Authors, Draw from Other
  Team Interviews when Meaningful

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Fairfield Indexs independent review of each
regions literature found the following
Transportation Priorities in plain view
Central Florida

• Wekiva Parkway (Immediate)
• Central Florida Commuter Rail (Immediate)
• I-4 Transformation (Immediate)
• Regional Priorities Authorized in Federal
  Transportation Reauthorization (Intermediate)
• Regional Rail System (Intermediate)
• Space Port/Aerospace Dominance (Intermediate)

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Central Florida (Continued)

• International Drive Transportation Improvement
  Plan (Intermediate)
• Widen Port Canaveral (Intermediate)
• Seamless Ground/Bus Transportation System
  (Intermediate)
• Stable and Adequate Funding and Organizational
  Base for a Multi-modal Transportation Corridor
  System (Long-term)
• Incorporation of Air Transportation Component
  (Emerging)
• Discussion of Innovations in Technology,
  Alternative Funding, and Private Sector Roles
  (Emerging)

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Polk

• Bus Vote in transportation surtax due to
  impending loss of federal funds in 2011
• Rail Complete rail study embrace long-term
  regional plan that funds solutions
• Toll Roads New Expressway Authority to enable
  consideration of public/private partnerships to
  fund new artery toll road projects
• Roads Keep FDOT on track for work plan projects

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Tampa Bay

• Multi-modal solutions
• Transit alternatives
• Healthy, viable downtowns (transit-oriented
  development)
• Critical infrastructure for the regions
  logistics and distribution industry
• Linkage of land-use with transportation to serve
  long-range regional growth planning efforts
• Work towards 2009 regionally integrated
  multi-modal transportation system
• Consideration of public/private partnerships
  (support of TBARTA creation in 07 legislative
  session)

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Reviewed the Documents and Checked-in with the
Authors by Asking
What do you (appear to) share right now?
What should you share?
What may you share?
Central Florida
Polk County
Tampa Bay
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1. What Priorities do you (appear to) share right
now?
Central Florida Commuter Rail, Alternative Transit
Freight re-routing Mitigation for Polk County
Seamless Ground Transit Connectivity for Polk and
throughout the Super-region
Wekiva Parkway
Toll Roads
TBARTA and Transportation Authorities in general
Transportation Funding
Legislative Needs
Connected Regional Visions, Regional Cooperation
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2. What Priorities should you share?
Central Florida Commuter Rail, Alternative Transit
Freight re-routing Mitigation for Polk County
Seamless Ground Transit Connectivity for Polk and
throughout the Super-region
Wekiva Parkway
Toll Roads
TBARTA and Transportation Authorities in general
Transportation Funding
Legislative Needs
Connected Regional Visions, Regional Cooperation
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3. What Priorities may you share?
Central Florida Commuter Rail, Alternative Transit
Freight re-routing Mitigation for Polk County
Seamless Ground Transit Connectivity for Polk and
throughout the Super-region
Wekiva Parkway
Toll Roads
TBARTA and Transportation Authorities in general
Transportation Funding
Legislative Needs
Connected Regional Visions, Regional Cooperation
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Clout Reputation Identity
Legislative Needs/Agenda
CONNECTED REGIONAL VISIONS
Transportation funding
Transportation funding
Transportation funding
Transportation funding
Transportation funding
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