During the 2016 National Regional Transportation Conference, Stacy Morrison and Jonathan Russell shared a presentation on the Tennessee DOT's long-range transportation policy plan and the extensive public involvement process that went into developing it.
TDOT 25-Year Long-Range Transportation Policy Plan: Public Involvement Process
1. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS
Stacy Morrison | Community Transportation Planner| Region 2
Jonathan Russell| Community Transportation Planner | Region 3
3. Community Transportation Planning
Office of Community Transportation
• Est. 2013
Goal:
• To increase the level of collaboration between TDOT and local partners
across the state to make sure our transportation planning efforts and project
development plans coincide with future growth and help us meet the needs of
communities.
• Community planning resources are located in each TDOT region
• Improvement in the delivery of technical and transportation planning to areas
outside the MPO’s.
4. Planning Process
• 2013 Long Range Plan update was first in
six years
• Last update had roughly 100 people
provide feedback
• Sought to really PLAN for the first time
• Utilized Rural Planning Organizations to
help identify outreach efforts
• Presented to anyone/everyone that would
have us
5. What We’ve Heard
$300 $900 $600 $1800
Assumptions
15,000 miles a year/
20 miles per gallon = 750 gallons
State gas tax: 21.4 cents per gallon
X 750= $160.50
Federal gas tax: 18.4 cents per gallon
X 750= $138.00
=$298.50 per year
11. Book-a-Planner 1.0
• Late 2013 - Mid 2014
• First round of public involvement
• Asked participants many critical
questions about how to plan
• Chambers/Civic Clubs/Senior Centers
• RPO Regional Meetings
12. Who is your favorite Looney Tunes
Character?A. Wile E Coyote
B. Road Runner
C. Daffy Duck
D. Bugs Bunny
A. B. C. D.
33%
40%
0%
27%
13. How pleased are you to be here today?
A. Extremely happy, can’t think of
anything better to do
B. Pleased to be here and ready to
participate
C. Here because I was told to be here,
but don’t mind participating
D. Would rather be at the dentist
getting a root canal
A. B. C. D.
31%
0%
15%
54%
14. Which ONE of the following do you think is more important
for TDOT to address over the next 5 to 10 years?
1. Building a new road to
encourage economic
development
2. Expanding the capacity of an
existing road that is currently
heavily congested
1. 2.
58%
42%
15. Which ONE of the following do you think is more important
for TDOT to consider?
1. Funding a smaller number of
large projects in a few places
2. Funding a larger number of
smaller projects in more places
1. 2.
77%
23%
16. In general, would you support or oppose the State evaluating
various funding options as a means to better meet growing
transportation demands?
A. Support
B. Oppose
C. Not Sure
92%
8%
0%
Support
Oppose
NotSure
17. A. B. C. D. E.
15%
0% 0%
85%
0%
Which of the following best describes your
race/ethnicity?
A. African American/Black
B. American Indian/Eskimo
C. Asian/Pacific Islander
D. Caucasian/White
E. Other
18. How many years have you been a resident of
Tennessee?
A. Less than 1 year
B. 1 to 5 years
C. 6 to 10 years
D. More than 10 years
A. B. C. D.
0%
85%
8%8%
19. A. B. C. D. E. F. G.
0% 0% 0% 0%
100%
0%0%
How did you hear about today’s presentation?
A. Newspaper, Television, or Radio
B. Website
C. Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, etc.)
D. Another Presentation by TDOT
E. Friend or Family Member
F. An Organization or Association I am involved with
G. Other
20. Book-a-Planner 2.0
• Late 2014 - Mid 2015
• Shared our findings from 1.0
• Asked additional questions/follow-ups
• Reached out to different
groups/organizations where possible
21. Have you previously participated in one of TDOT’s
interactive presentations on the 25-Year Long-Range
Transportation Plan?
95%
5%A. Yes
B. No
22. Sharing Results
Focus project investments in areas that have the
greatest needs
instead of evenly balancing project investments across the State (82%)
Evaluate all projects equally based on today’s needs
instead of honoring historic commitments that remain on the books unfunded (87%)
People Prefer TDOT:
28. Book-a-Planner 3.0
• Late 2015 – Early 2016
• Shared findings
• Explained outcomes
• Online public comments
29. What We Heard In Urban Areas
Congestion
and capacity
are growing
issues
Revenues
can’t keep
up with
the needs
Maintenance needs are
always increasing
Freight traffic is increasing
Multimodal
options are
needed
Safety is a
top priority
30. What We Heard In Rural Areas
Revenues
can’t keep up
with the needs
Maintenance needs are
always increasing
Congestion and capacity
are growing issues
Multimodal
options are
needed
Freight traffic is
increasing
Safety is a
top
priority
Purpose of this presentation is to walk you through the planning process that we’ve been entrenched in for the past 2 years. We’ll do this by going through the public outreach that formulated the plan, the policy initiatives that resulted from a lot of research, and the investment strategy for the Department
This is just a warm up question to make sure your clickers work.
This is just a warm up question to make sure your clickers work.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
If you are presenting at an association or some event as part of a conference and participants are there because of that event, indicate that ”F” is how they would likely respond to this question. Example: You are presenting at TAPA or TSITE and you are part of the overall conference – F is likely how they heard about the presentation.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
If you are presenting at an association or some event as part of a conference and participants are there because of that event, indicate that ”F” is how they would likely respond to this question. Example: You are presenting at TAPA or TSITE and you are part of the overall conference – F is likely how they heard about the presentation.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
If you are presenting at an association or some event as part of a conference and participants are there because of that event, indicate that ”F” is how they would likely respond to this question. Example: You are presenting at TAPA or TSITE and you are part of the overall conference – F is likely how they heard about the presentation.
When you first enter the site, you will see this welcome box here on the screen. This provides instructions in the form of a video. You can either choose to close this dialogue box completely or move it around your screen.
Next you will need to zoom to your area of interest. You can see that the background is powered by Google Maps which shows both streets as well as destinations such as restaurants, office buildings, parks, etc. For this example we have chosen the TDOT headquarters location in downtown Nashville.
To add a feature, we will utilize this top toolbar where it says ‘routes’ and ‘points’. Let’s say for instance that we wanted to tell TDOT that we needed a more frequent transit route that stopped at the office building. To do that, we would first click the routes menu, and then we would click the radio button that is labeled as transit. You can see that this dialogue box contains many different types of issues that you can report. These are the same categories used in the ‘point’ features.
Once you click a category, your cursor will change and direct you to click to start drawing a route.
Once you finish drawing the route, another dialogue box will appear and ask you for your comment. After you type your comment, simply hit ‘submit’ and the feature will be added to the map.
In addition the 20 on-going initiatives, our 25-Year Policy Plan outlines 8 strategic short term policy initiatives for the Department to pursue in the course of the next 3 years. These include efforts such as creating a formal traffic impact study review process, continuing the development of an access management plan and multimodal access policy, developing a statewide transit plan, monitoring congestion with performance measures, partner with other State agencies to explore opportunities for leveraging resources and programs that support economic development, aging, health, the disabled, and smart growth practices, and creating funding programs to address congestion and multimodal freight movement. As many of you know, this planning effort has been in the works for the past 2 years so the Department has already started on many of these initiatives and is continuing to build on many ongoing efforts we’ve already started.
