CE 350 Introduction to Transportation Planning

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CE 350Introduction to Transportation Planning

• TPH Chapter 10
• Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning

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Objectives

• Know the role of the State DOT
• Know who has jurisdiction over facilities
  -highways, local roads,transit
• System performance measures Know at least two
  measures for highways and transit
• STP,TIP,STIP,SIP important. What are they and
  why do we have them
• Steps in the statewide planning process
• How to structure a goals statement
• Know three creative financing strategies

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Role of the State DOT

• The State Department of Transportation is
  responsible for the overall connectivity of all
  modes of transportation in the state, even if the
  DOT does not have direct jurisdiction.

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Highways-- Jurisdiction

• State Highway System
• County Road System
• City Road System
• Federal Aid System
• State
• City
• County

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Transit--Jurisdiction

• Urban Transit in cities gt 200,000 --MPO has
  jurisdiction and receives the federal funds
• Rural and Small City transit -- State has
  jurisdiction and receives funds

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Statewide Planning

• The purpose of statewide transportation planning
  is to outline strategic investments in facilities
  and services that are necessary to meet expected
  future deficiencies and to identify the
  operational and technological changes in the
  existing network that will improve transportation
  service

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Iowa Goal

• The transportation goal of Iowa is to provide
  and preserve adequate safe, and efficient,
  transportation services based on the use by and
  benefits to the public.
• Iowa in Motion --1994

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Iowa Policies

• 1. Address user needs and maximize the economic
  and social benefits for Iowa
• 2. Provide a participatory planning process
• 3. Encourage and support programs to provide
  commodity movement and mobility for all citizens
• 4. Develop, promote, administer, and enforce just
  and equitable procedures for the registration,
  regulation,and operation of motor vehicles,
  aircraft, and common carriers of passengers and
  freight

• 5. Promote financing the system through user and
  non-user sources
• 6. Administer the land and resources under the
  States jurisdiction in a manner that protects
  the rights of individuals and considers the
  effects on the environment
• 7. Promote a transportation research and
  technology transfer program to develop and
  improve services, methods, and materials.

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Significant Iowa Facts

• Iowa has
• 113,226 miles of roads
• 79 of the roads are county roads
• 30,389 miles are paved (35)
• 24,728 bridges
• 5th highest in nation

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Definition of Statewide Planning

• Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning is
  the process of identifying the most
  cost-effective and appropriate set of
  transportation strategies that will provide a
  DESIRED LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE for the states
  transportation system in relation to a set of
  desired goals and outcomes, thus helping the
  state meet the needs of its citizens and of those
  dependent upon the states products for their
  livelihood

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Performance Measures

• Highways
• V/C ratio, minutes of delay, crashes/hmm
• Transit
• passengers/vehicle hour, operating ratio
  (revenue/cost)
• Airports
• Airside, landside, terminal
• System performance is the ultimate test
  --quality of life, environmental quality

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Generic types of plans

• Policy
• Action
• Corridor
• Statewide needs
• System plan-highway, transit, air, rail, water
• Project Plan

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Plans Required by USDOT for states to receive
federal funding

• VERY IMPORTANT-- KNOW THIS
• Statewide Transportation Plan (STP) --
  establishes strategic directions over a long
  period, usually 20 years
• Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP)
  -- Projects to be implemented over at least 3
  years. Nothing is built if it is not in the
  STIP.

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Statewide Transportation Plan

• Focus on needs that concern the state
• Include all modes
• Financial Resources
• Coordinated and Integrated

• Shared and consistent data collection strategy
• Common set of assumptions
• Common performance measures
• Each plan should serve as input to others
• Formal public participation process
• Relate all plans to realistic financial strategies

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Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan

• MPOs produce Transportation Improvement Plans
  (TIPs). These are rolled up into the STIP.
• Capital projects (highways, bridges, buses) and
  operating projects (transit operating) that
  require federal funding
• Regionally significant projects must be in
• Must be financially constrained
• Must maintain performance levels

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Information in a STIP

• Project description
• Estimated cost
• Federal funds by year and category
• Non-federal match for year 1
• Responsible agency
• Air Quality conformity -- for non-attainment areas

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Steps in Statewide Planning

• Vision, Goals, and Objectives
• Performance, Linkages, and Deficiencies
• Identify Issues
• Identify and Analyze Alternatives
• Financial Planning and programming
• System Monitoring

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Important Approaches

• Public involvement-- surveys, focus groups,
  public meetings, market research
• Strong economic development component
• Identify Stakeholders
• Commuters
• Businesses
• Trucking
• Railroads and barge operators
• Involve the MPOs and RPAs

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Structure of Goals Statement

• Vision or Mission Statement
• Goal Statements supporting the vision
• Objectives supporting each goal
• Measures for each objective so you can tell if
  you are meeting the objective
• Standards (optional) Target values of each
  measure

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Performance and Deficiencies

• Data Collection
• Modeling
• System performance profiles
• Air Quality-- all projects in the STIP must
  CONFORM to the State Implementation Plan (SIP)

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Define the Transportation Issues

• Transportation planning now includes economic
  development and environmental elements
• Iowa DOTs motto is freight first
• Farmland preservation
• Other issues
• tourism
• ADA
• farm to market

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Analyze Options

• Statewide modeling -- much talked about but rare
• Major Investment Study (MIS) -- High-type highway
  or transit improvement of substantial cost that
  is expected to have a significant effect on
  capacity, traffic, level of service, or mode
  share at the transportation corridor or sub-area
  scale

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Money

• STIP must be financially constrained
• Traditional Revenue Sources
• Iowa Road Use Tax Fund
• Federal gas tax
• Highway and bridge tolls
• Airline Passenger Ticket tax
• License fees -- cars and trucks

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Creative Financing

• Bonding--must be permitted by state law
• Donated ROW
• Air rights leasing
• Fiber optic cable lease
• Tax increment financing
• Special taxing districts
• Vehicle mile tax-- requires GPS tracking

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Conclusions

• The US transportation system provides efficient
  movement of people and goods
• State DOTs play a key role in planning and
  programming
• Statewide transportation planning is the process
  by which the performance of a states system is
  assessed and improved
• MPOs and the public must be included in the
  planning

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Objectives Revisited

• Know the role of the State DOT
• Know who has jurisdiction over facilities
  -highways, local roads,transit
• System performance measures Know at least two
  measures for highways and transit
• STP,TIP,STIP,SIP important. What are they and
  why do we have them
• Steps in the statewide planning process
• How to structure a goals statement
• Know three creative financing strategies