The document discusses a stakeholder meeting for a rural transportation plan in Texas. It lists criteria for prioritizing rural highway projects and asks stakeholders to rate the importance of each on a scale of 1 to 10. The criteria include factors like whether the project is on the Texas trunk system, addresses freight movement or congestion, population served, and safety.

1. Texas Rural
Transportation
Plan haping the Future
2035 of Rural Texas
CRITERIA QUESTIONNAIRE Stakeholder Meeting #1: 2011
August 22 San Angelo
Please rate the overall importance of each of the following criteria for prioritization of rural highway projects:
How important is this criteria? (Circle One)
CRITERIA Criteria Questions Less Important > More Important
Trunk System Is project on the Texas Trunk System? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Does the project fall between two segments of
System Gap 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
roadway with more lanes (a bottleneck)?
Truck Freight Movement: How much TONNAGE of freight is generated in or
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tonnage shipped to the county
Truck Freight Movement: How many DOLLARS of freight are generated in or
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Dollars shipped to the county
Compared to the other projects, how well does
Accessibility 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
project connect people and jobs?
Is the project on Hurricane Evacuation Route or does
Hurricane Evacuation Route 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
the roadway route intersect one?
Compared to other projects, how many people live
Population 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
within X miles of the project?
Cost Effectiveness (Cost per How does the construction cost compare to the
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
future VMT) forecasted usage?
Existing Volume on Existing
Is there existing congestion? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Capacity (V/C Ratio)
Forecast Volume on Existing Will there be congestion in the future if the project is
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Capacity (V/C Ratio) not built?
Forecast Volume on Future How well does the project address future
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Capacity (V/C Ratio) congestion?
What is the percentage of truck traffic to total traffic
Truck Percentage 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
currently on the facility? (% trucks)
Existing Truck Traffic (trucks How many trucks currently travel within the project
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
per day) limits? (# of trucks)
Forecast Truck Traffic (trucks How many trucks are forecast to be traveling within
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
per day) the project limits?
Existing Total Traffic What is the current traffic volume within the project
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(vehicles per day) limits?
Forecast Total Traffic What is the forecast traffic volume within the project
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(vehicles per day) limits?
Safe Passing Needs Can you pass safely on the current highway? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
How important is this criteria? (Circle One)
OTHER CRITERIA Criteria Questions Less Important > More Important
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10