RPO America Peer Exchange: Rural Transportation Planning Programs

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RPO America Virtual peer
exchange
Transportation Programs in
RTPO/RPO world
May 16, 2024

Agenda
• Welcome
• Introductions- Please type your name, title and organization name
in the chat!
• NADO & RPO America
• P...

About NADO
• National association for 540 regional development
organizations, including emerging network of Rural
Transpor...

NADO Board of Directors formed RPO America in 2006 as the
national professional network for regional rural/small metro
tra...

Emergence of Regional Transportation
Planning
• ISTEA (1991)
• Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
• TEA-21 (...

Recent history: RTPOs in MAP-21 (2012),
FAST Act (2015), IIJA (2021)
• Structure: policy committee, fiscal agent
• Basic r...

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https://RuralTransportation.org/about-rtpos/rtpo-states/
Regional Transportation Planning Models

RTPO Structures and Functions
• Usually found within an existing organization
• Fiscal agent, administrative support
• Pro...

What do RTPOs do?
• Assist the state with public outreach and outreach specifically to
local government officials
• Suppor...

Speakers
• Chris Whitaker, Local assistance director from Region 12
COG in Iowa
• Jennifer O’Connor, Planning Director fro...

RPO America Virtual Peer
Exchange
May 16, 2024
Region XII Planning Affiliation
Carroll, Iowa
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RPAs in Iowa
12

Structure
• Region XII Policy Council
– Approves TPWP, TIP, Passenger
Transportation Plan and Transportation
Plans
• Regio...

Advisory Committees
• Technical Advisory Committee
– 6 County Engineers, 2 Large City
Engineers, Public Transit Rep and Ex...

• Transit Roundtable XII Committee
– Region XII Staff, New Hope Village,
Empowerment Agencies, Elderbridge
Agency on Aging...

• Bike-Ped Roundtable
– 18 Members and Ex-Officio Members
– 6 Conservation Directors
– 2 Trail Advocates from each county
...

• County Transportation Stakeholders
• Grass Roots Citizen Input Groups
– Vary Greatly from County to County
– TAC Members...

RPA XII TASKS
• TPWP
• Public Participation Process (PPP)
– Technical Assistance, Grants, Advocacy
• Transportation Improv...

• Passenger Transportation Plan (PTP)
– WIT Capital Improvement Plan and Operations
Plan
• Transportation Data Collection ...

RPA XII Special Projects
• Transit Facility Feasibility Studies
• Traffic Counters and Counts
• Retroreflectometers
• Sign...

Transit Feasibility Studies
• Carroll Main Facility Expansion
• Satellite Transit Storage
– 7 to 10 Units
– Light Maintena...

Traffic Counters and Counts
• Need for Good Local Data
• IDOT Counts every 4 year (plus another 1
year to get the counts)
...

Retroreflectometers and Sign
Inventories
• Retroreflectometers
– Cooperative Purchase
– Meet MUTCD 2A.09 Minimum
Retrorefl...

Recreational Trail Counters
• Need for Data on Usage (or lack of)
• Limited IDOT Data and not Well Shared
• 27 Trafx Count...

RPA XII Special Projects
• All Driven Locally
• TAC Members
• Local Governments
• Transportation Stakeholders
• Call for P...

TPWP Budget
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Region XII Council of Governments
Chris Whitaker, Local Assistance Director
Carroll, Iowa
www.region12cog.org
cwhitaker...

Northern Arizona Council of Governments
Planning Activities in No. Arizona
Jenn O’Connor
NACOG Planning Director

Northern Arizona Council of Govts.
• Geography:
- 47,967 square miles
- Approx. 42% of Arizona
- About the size of New Yor...

Northern Arizona Council of Govt.s
• Geography:
- 22 Cities and Towns
- Ex. Sedona, Page, Show Low
- 4 Counties
- 7 Tribes...

Northern Arizona Council of Govt.s
• Population:
- 334,400 people
- 18.6% of the state pop.
- Diverse make-up
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Race and ...

Tribal Partners
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• NACOG Region:
– 7 Tribes, including:
• Navajo Nation
• Hopi Tribe
• Yavapai-Apache Nation
– 3 Additio...

NACOG Vision
Rooted in its rich diversity and history, Northern
Arizona is a vibrant region to live, work, grow, and
conne...

Regional Planning Team
Jennifer O'Connor, Planning Director
 Strategic Planning, Project Management, Studies, Safety
Inve...

Level of Participation in TAC and Activities
• Turnover and staffing shortages at local jurisdictions
• Local participatio...

Available funding too small to meet the needs
• STBG funding has not increased in years and inflation has
meant that juris...

NACOG’s Work in the Region
• On behalf of ADOT and USDOT
– Overview of Regional Planning Activities
– Funding Sources and ...

Regional Planning Activities
• Rural Consultation and Technical Assistance
• Project Programming in the Transportation
Inv...

Funding Sources for Local Jurisdictions
- Exchange federal for state funds to remove expensive
and time-consuming federal ...

State Match Advantage for Rural
Transportation (SMART) Fund
• Reimbursement of up to 50% of eligible costs associated
with...

AZ SMART Fund – Funding Availability
Total funding of $62.5 million: $12.5 million in each
of the five categories
New 2024...

• Annual regional
allocation ~$1.8M
• Sub-regional
allocations derived
from census
STBG Funding – Roadway Infrastructure

Transportation Investment Plan (TIP)
FISCAL
YEAR
SUB-REGION AGENCY ALLOCATION
FY 24
Apache Springerville $410,647
Coconino...

Traffic Count Program
• Consultant-contracted
• 1,115 count locations
• $162,070 in ADOT SPR
• Not to duplicate local
coll...

Opportunities:
1. Regional Transp. Safety Plan
2. Tribal Partnerships
3. Rural School Bus Route Study
4. BIL Supports
NACO...

• Addresses safety from a regional perspective to reduce risk of
death and serious injury to transportation users
• Is dat...

Regional Transportation Safety Plan
• NACOG region roadway fatalities per capita triple statewide
rate
• High number of cr...

RTSP – Interactive StoryMaps

RTSP – Interactive StoryMaps

2020 Vision in Action
• Hopi Tribe for 5-Year Transit Study (Completed in 2023)
• Highway Safety Improvement Program appli...

• Brought forward by State Transportation Board Chair
- Long travel times for students with potential for long
weather del...

Rural School Bus Route Study

Application Support
- Maintain database of potential projects based on site visits
and conversations with jurisdictions
- ...

Collaboration Among COGs
1. Rural Transportation Summit
2. Rural Transportation Advocacy Council
3. Regional Priority Proj...

Power of Networks Across the State
• State:
– 4 COGs
– 6 Small MPO’s
– 2 Large MPO’s (TMA’s)
• Region: 30 members
governme...

Rural Transportation Summits
• First conducted in 1999
• Statewide rural response to urban areas
• Forum for education, di...

Rural Transportation Advocacy
Council (RTAC)
• Statewide rural transportation coalition
• Formed as an outcome of 2001 Rur...

State Budget and Earmarks
2021 STATE BUDGET
• $213 million in one-time general
fund spending for specified
highway project...

Priority Project List
Potential funding opportunity
Surplus state funding (state legislature)
RTAC’s Advisory Committee...

FY 24 Regionally Significant Project List Map

Priority Project List
City of Cottonwood – Main Street Pavement
Preservation and Roundabout

Scoring Criteria
High
(20 points)
 Demand/Project
Need (20)
 Connectivity (20)
 Economic & Social
Benefits (20)
Low
(5 ...

Scoring Criteria

Looking Down the Road – FY25

• 2024 Regional Priority Projects List - $100M
• Verde Valley Transportation Safety Plan, expanding
into Master Transporta...

Jenn O’Connor
NACOG Planning Director
joconnor@nacog.org
(928) 543-9144
Contact Information

Q & A

Carrie Kissel, Associate Director
ckissel@nado.org
Bret Allphin, Senior Program Manager
ballphin@nado.org
Krishna Kunapare...

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