ITS Quarterly Meeting

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Southeast Michigan Council of Governments

• ITS Quarterly Meeting
• March 4, 2009

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SEMCOG

• MPO for Southeast Michigan
• 159 local units of government
• 4.9 million people

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2030 RTP
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Since 2002Spent 5B

• Reconstructed / resurfaced 861 miles
• New capacity 95 miles (223 lane miles)
• Fixed bridges 786
• Buses, large 793
• Buses, small 299
• ITS / signals 366 miles
• Non-motorized 220 miles

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Basis for Funding

• Gallons of gas sold
• Registration fees

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Issues

• Public Policy at odds with current transportation
  funding mechanisms
• CAFÉ standards going up
• Subsidy of alternative fuels
• Cost of gasoline
• Economy
• Higher construction costs

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Result

• Travel down nationally
• Travel down in state
• Buying fewer cars

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Result

• Fewer gallons of gas sold
• Fewer in MTF and HTF
• Not going to get better
• 14 consecutive months of decline in travel

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Stimulus Will Help, But

• Almost 900 million
• One time shot
• Left with same situation as before

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Pavement Conditions 2004-2007Paved, Federal Aid
Eligible
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Approach

• Education
• Be more efficient with dollars we have
• Seek additional dollars

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Conclusions

• Current revenues are insufficient for maintenance
  and improvement
• Situation will only get worse
• Our needs will continue to outpace our ability to
  address them

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Recommendations

• Short Term
• Maximize the life and use of existing
  transportation system Asset Management
• Support work of TF2

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Recommendations

• Long term
• Find stable sources of revenue, e.g., user fees
  based on vehicle miles of travel and time of day
• P3
• Other

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Southeast Michigan Council of Governments