Review of last two Metropolitan Transportation Plans for Valdosta and Lowndes County. Preparing for development of new 2040 Transportation Plan.

1. Metro 2030 Transportation Plan
and
2035 Transportation Plan
Review
Valdosta-Lowndes Metropolitan Planning Organization
August 23, 2013
Joint TAC/CAC Meeting

2. History of Transportation Planning
• 60 years of transportation planning
• 4 County-wide Transportation Plans
– 1964, 1991
– Metropolitan Transportation Plans
• 2030 (2005), 2035 (2010), 2040 (2015)

3. Review of Metropolitan Plans
• Metro 2030 Transportation Plan
– Adopted, September 2005
– Amended, December 2007
• $181,685,000 in 35 projects
• 2035 Transportation Plan
– Adopted, September 2010
– Cost Update, July 2011; September 2013
• $415,212,107 in 47 projects

4. Why do a Review?
• Learn from where we came from
• What worked, what didn’t
• Performance Measures
– Evaluate projects, policies, programs to be sure
the assumptions were correct
• Implement new ideas and change old ones

5. Metro 2030 Transportation Plan
• March 2013, Report of
Accomplishments
• Evaluation of
Socioeconomic data
• Evaluation of Goals and
Objectives

6. Metro 2030 SE Data
• Aggressive Growth Forecasted
– 137,000 Population
– 50,000 Households, smaller persons/household
– Income fell $4K, from $32,000 median by 2010
– 82,868 forecasted; in 2010: at 47,000 – should
have been 65,000

7. Metro 2030 Goals
• Goal 1 – Economic Vitality
– Intersection Improvements
– Traffic Management Center
– Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled
– New LDR and ULDC

8. Vehicle Miles Traveled

9. Metro 2013 Goals
• Goal 2: Regionalism and Tourism
– Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan
– Transit Feasibility and Implementation Plans
– Freight Movement Study and Report Series
– Access Management coordination
– Transportation Investment Act - TSPLOST

10. Metro 2030 Goals
• Goal 3: Accessibility and Mobility
– Transit Feasibility and Implementation Plans
– More bicycle information on safety and awareness
– Coordinated Public Transportation
• Goal 4: Funding Mechanisms
– Preservation and Maintenance First
– Project Selection Process
– Public Private Partnerships (transit, GDOT)

11. Metro 2030 Goals
• Goal 5: Land Use Compatibility
– Staff level coordination of proposed developments
and other programs
• Goal 6: Environmental Protection
– Public Participation Policy, Title VI Plan, LEP Plan
– Procurement and DBE Policies
– Promote Alternative Fuels and Gateways

12. Metro 2030 Goals
• Goal 7: Public Involvement
– Public Participation Policy, Title VI Plan, LEP Plan
– Procurement and DBE Policies
– New websites and social media
• Goal 8: System Management
– Preservation and Maintenance First
– Traffic Management Center
– Annual Crash Report

13. Metro 2030 Goals
• Goal 9: Traffic Safety and Emergency
Management
– Preservation and Maintenance First
– Annual Crash Report
– Promote Safety

14. Metro 2030 Projects
• 35 Projects
– 5 Complete
– 3 Under Construction
– 1 in Right-of-Way
– 3 in Engineering/Design
– 2 Projects Terminated
– 21 No Activity

15. 2035 Transportation Plan
• March 2013, Report of
Activities
• Evaluation of
Socioeconomic data
• Evaluation of Goals and
Objectives
• INVEST Analysis

16. 2035 TP SE Data
2003 Base 2006 Base 2010 Census 2030 TP 2035 TP
Population 95,024 103,796 109,233 132,150 134,697
Employment 47,300 55,664 45,440 82,868 72,051
Households 35,503 38,935 43,921 50,600 53,397
Enrollment 33,517 32,932 34,974 42,932 66,655
Income $32,132 $33,597 $38,535 $32,000 (2003$) $46,599

17. 2035 TP Goals
• Priority 1: Develop a sustainable and safe regional
transportation system that includes all modes for
the transport of people and goods that promotes
economic development.
– Level of Service Improvements
– Job growth in Freight Sectors
– Transit Implementation Plan
– Staff coordination of land use changes/development
– Bike and Pedestrian Infrastructure Investment
– Job growth near transportation projects

18. • Priority 2: Encourage the MPO, SGRC and their
member communities to cooperatively consider
land use decisions by encouraging public
participation and involvement in the
transportation planning process.
– Public Participation Plan
– Annual Crash Report
– Project Selection Criteria
– Public Private Partnerships (transit, GDOT)
– Land use, development outside of Urban Service Area
– Multi-jurisdictional projects

19. • Priority 3: Promote an aesthetically
pleasing, sustainable, transportation system
that respects the needs of, and mitigates
and/or enhances the impacts on
disadvantaged populations and the context of
the nearby built and natural environments.
– Environmental impact mitigation
– Alternative Fuel Usage
– Gateways

20. 2035 TP INVEST Analysis
• Infrastructure Voluntary Evaluation
Sustainability Tool
• Help transportation agencies integrate social,
economic and environmental best practices
into transportation projects, policies,
programs, etc.
• Included in 2035 TP Report of Activities

21. 2035 TP INVEST Analysis
• Economic Development/Land Use
– Evaluate land use and transportation
development, evaluate zoning changes and sprawl
impacts on transportation system
• Natural Environment
– Engage resource and regulatory agencies in
planning process. Include evaluation of plans as
part of transportation plan update

22. 2035 TP INVEST Analysis
• Social
– Evaluate goals/objectives and performance
measures to be inclusive of all parties
– Ensure that community vision is shared and
transportation plan is economically,
environmentally and socially resilient
– Consider performance measures in Public
Participation Plan, UPWP, TIP, other MPO
documents

23. 2035 TP INVEST Analysis
• Accessibility and Affordability
– Physical, equitable, affordable access to
transportation resources
– Include evaluation of other plans as part of
transportation plan update
• Safety Planning
– Use resources to project crash rates and consider
other GIS tools for better crash analysis

24. 2035 TP INVEST Analysis
• Multimodal Transportation and Public Health
– Include public health as a stakeholder/resource
agency
– Consider conducting a Health Impact Assessment
before completion of next transportation plan
– Include health impacts in goals and objectives
• Freight and Goods Movement
– Consider performance measures for freight mobility
– Review updated National Highway System

25. 2035 TP INVEST Analysis
• Travel Demand Management
– Consider TDM strategies that are best practices in
small cities
• Air Quality
– Consider multi-modal strategies, operations
improvements, renewable resources, alternative
fuels
• Energy and Fuels
– Quantifiably consider impact of less fuel usage

26. 2035 TP INVEST Analysis
• Financial Sustainability
– Use project specific cost estimates rather than
formula based
• Analysis Methods
– Consider developing a strategic plan for data
analysis, not just in the UPWP
• Transportation Systems Management & Ops
– Implement management and operations
performance measures

27. 2035 TP INVEST Analysis
• Asset Management and Planning
– Consider asset management techniques and
performance measures
– Develop a benefit/cost analysis technique
• Infrastructure Resiliency
– Consider hazard mitigation plans measures
• Linking Planning and NEPA
– Consider best practices to link environmental review
to the planning level to streamline coordination and
consultation to improve project delivery

28. 2035 TP Projects
• 47 Projects
– 4 Complete
– 3 Under Construction
– 1 in Right-of-Way
– 6 in Engineering/Design
– 33 No Activity

29. 2040 Transportation Plan
• Timeline
– Vision/Goals/Objectives
• Common Community Vision
– Socioeconomic Data
• Performance Measures