TRANSPORTATION PLANNING CP 101

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TRANSPORTATION PLANNINGCP 101 Prof. H.
Alshuwaikhat

• Transportation helps shape an areas economic
  health and quality of life. Not only does the
  transportation system provide for the mobility of
  people and goods, it also influences patterns of
  growth and economic activity by providing access
  to land

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• Transportation planning plays a fundamental role
  in the state, region or communitys vision for
  its future.
• It includes a comprehensive consideration of
  possible strategies an evaluation process that
  encompasses diverse viewpoints the collaborative
  participation of relevant transportation-related
  agencies and organizations and open, timely, and
  meaningful public involvement.

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Transportation Planning Process

• Transportation planning is a cooperative process
  designed to foster involvement by all users of
  the system, such as the business community,
  community groups, environmental organizations,
  the traveling public, freight operators, and the
  general public, through a proactive public
  participation process conducted by the
  Metropolitan Planning Organization, and transit
  operators.

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Transportation planning includes a number of
steps

• Monitoring existing conditions
• Forecasting future population and employment
  growth, including assessing projected land uses
  in the region and identifying major growth
  corridors
• Identifying current and projected future
  transportation problems and needs and analyzing,
  through detailed planning studies, various
  transportation improvement strategies to address
  those needs
• Developing long-range plans and short-range
  programs of alternative capital improvement and
  operational strategies for moving people and
  goods
• Estimating the impact of recommended future
  improvements to the transportation system on
  environmental features, including air quality
  and
• Developing a financial plan for securing
  sufficient revenues to cover the costs of
  implementing strategies.

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• The transportation plan is the statement of the
  ways the region plans to invest in the
  transportation system.
• The plan addresses, for example
• Policies, strategies, and projects for the
  future
• A systems level approach by considering roadways,
  transit, nonmotorized transportation, and
  intermodal connections
• Projected demand for transportation services over
  20 years
• Regional land use, development, housing, and
  employment goals and plans
• Cost estimates and reasonably available financial
  sources for operation, maintenance, and capital
  investments (see Part II section on Financial
  Planning and Programming) and
• Ways to preserve existing roads and facilities
  and make efficient use of the existing system.