1 m issoula 2012 l ong r ange t ransportation p lan u pdate s eptember 24, 2012
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MISSOULA 2012 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATESEPTEMBER 24, 2012
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Project Tasks and Schedule
January to
March
• Issues and Needs
March to
May
• Funding Alternatives
May to
September
• Development of Preferred Plan
September
to December
• Plan Review and Approval
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Summary of Key Issues• Transportation funding is severely limited.• As the transportation system ages, an increased percent
of funds will be required for maintenance.• Congestion is inevitable.• Outward expansion is unaffordable.• The bicycle and pedestrian network provides a good
backbone but gaps need to be filled to create a complete network.
• Transit service is adequate but needs increased frequency and hours of service to attract choice riders.
• Need continued focus on reducing VMT through inward investment, TDM and ITS.
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Project Evaluation & Selection Process
Phase 1: Alternatives Development and Goals
1. Participants at the first public meeting purchased transportation improvements through the Connections Exercise to generate a range of ideas to address the region’s transportation needs. Expenditures by mode were calculated to determine range and themes.
2. Participants at the public meeting and members of the TAC and CAC weighted the project goals to be used for evaluating projects.
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Project Evaluation & Selection ProcessLRTP Project Goals1. Maintain our Existing Transportation
System.2. Improve the Efficiency, Performance
and Connectivity of a Balanced Transportation System.
3. Maximize the Cost Effectiveness of Transportation.
4. Promote consistency between land use and transportation plans to enhance mobility and accessibility.
5. Provide Safe and Secure Transportation.6. Support Economic Vitality. 7. Protect the Environment and Conserve
Resources.
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Funding Sources
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Funding SourcesSurface Transportation Program (STP) - Enhancement
ELIGIBILITY: Transportation enhancement activity.--The term "transportation enhancement activity" means, with respect to any project or the area to be served by the project, any of the following activities as the activities relate to surface transportation:• Provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles. • Provision of safety and educational activities for pedestrians and bicyclists. • Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites (including historic battlefields). • Scenic or historic highway programs (including the provision of tourist and welcome center
facilities). • Landscaping and other scenic beautification. • Historic preservation. • Rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities (including
historic railroad facilities and canals). • Preservation of abandoned railway corridors (including the conversion and use of the corridors for
pedestrian or bicycle trails). • Inventory, control, and removal of outdoor advertising. • Archaeological planning and research. • Environmental mitigation • Establishment of transportation museums.
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Funding SourcesCongestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)
ELIGIBILITY: Eligible projects/programs include:• transportation activities in an approved State Implementation Plan, • transportation control measures to assist areas designated as nonattainment under the Clean Air
Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990, • pedestrian/bicycle facilities, • traffic management/monitoring/congestion relief strategies, • transit (new system/service expansion or operations), • alternative fuel projects (including vehicle refueling infrastructure, clean fuel fleet programs and
conversions), • vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs, • intermodal freight,• telework/telecommuting programs, • travel demand management, • development activities in support of eligible projects (e.g. NEPA studies),• public education and outreach activities, • rideshare programs, • establishing/contracting with transportation management associations (TMAs),• fare/fee subsidy programs (operating subsidies have a 3-year limit),• HOV programs, including HOT lanes, • diesel retrofits, • truck-stop electrification, • experimental pilot projects, and• other transportation projects with air quality benefits.
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Funding Sources
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Project Evaluation & Selection Process
CategoriesBicycle + Trails
Emphasis ($M)
Transit Emphasis
($M)
Safety Emphasis
($M)
Roadway Emphasis
($M)
Maintenance Local + State Local + State Local + State Local + State
Pedestrian Local Local Local Local
Bicycle Lanes + Trails 25 10 10 10
Transit No Federal Funds for Capital
15 Federal Capital Funds
No Federal Funds for Capital
No Federal Funds for Capital
Roadway 8 8 8 23
Safety 6 6 21 6
ITS 1 1 1 1
TDMCommitted (Pending
Completion of TDM Programs Review)
Committed (Pending Completion of TDM Programs
Review)
Committed (Pending Completion of TDM Programs
Review)
Committed (Pending Completion of TDM Programs
Review)
Total 40 40 40 40
Transportation Investment Alternatives from Phase 1
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Project Evaluation & Selection Process
Phase 2: Alternatives Analysis
1. Based on four investment themes, each alternative was evaluated regarding performance.
2. Participants at the second public meeting developed recommended fundning levels of each category.
3. CAC and TAC requested minor modificaitons.
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Project Evaluation & Selection Process (Version 1)
$%
FundingITS Safety
Adjusted Workshop Funidng
%Funding
Bike and Pedestrian $15,000,000 37.5% $15,000,000 37.5%
Safety $6,000,000 15.0% $1,500,000 $7,500,000 18.8%
Transit $12,000,000 30.0% -$750,000 $11,250,000 28.1%
Roadway Total $6,000,000 15.0% -$3,250,000 -$1,500,000 $1,250,000 3.1%
Sub Total $39,000,000 97.5% -$4,000,000 $0 $35,000,000 87.5%
ITS $1,000,000 2.5% $4,000,000 $5,000,000 12.5%
TDM (Maintain Committed) $0 0.0% $0 0.0%
Total $40,000,000 100% $40,000,000 100%
TAC & CAC Funding Alternative
Category
Workshop Funding (Non-Committed)
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Project Evaluation & Selection Process (Version 2)
$%
Funding$
%Funding
ITS SafetyAdjusted
Workshop Funidng%
FundingTotal Funding
$%
Funding
Bike and Pedestrian $9,413,650 6.6% $15,000,000 37.5% $15,000,000 37.5% $24,413,650 13.4%
Safety $8,415,800 5.9% $6,000,000 15.0% $1,500,000 $7,500,000 18.8% $15,915,800 8.7%
Transit $33,785,265 23.7% $12,000,000 30.0% -$750,000 $11,250,000 28.1% $45,035,265 24.7%
Roadway Vehicular $59,950,880 42.0%
Roadway Bike Ped $14,987,720 10.5%
Roadway Total $74,938,600 52.6% $6,000,000 15.0% -$3,250,000 -$1,500,000 $1,250,000 3.1% $76,188,600 41.7%
ITS $0 0.0% $1,000,000 2.5% $4,000,000 $5,000,000 12.5% $5,000,000 2.7%
TDM (Maintain Committed) $16,035,688 11.2% $0 0.0% $0 0.0% $16,035,688 8.8%
Total $142,589,003 100.0% $40,000,000 100.0% $40,000,000 100.0% $182,589,003 100.0%
Category
Committed FundingWorkshop Funding (Non-Committed)
TAC & CAC Funding Alternative
Total Funding Allocation
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Project Evaluation & Selection ProcessPhase 3: Finalize Funding and Project Selection1. Refine available funding based
on total funding minus committed funding.
2. Allocate remaining funding to each category.
3. Evaluated projects based on project goals.
4. Sort projects by score5. Select projects that scored high
within the available budget.
Project Evaluation ProcessEach project was scored high (3), medium (2), or Low (1) for each goal. A project score was the cumulative sum of each goal score times the goal’s weight. Project scores were prioritized from high to low, with the highest being selected for LRTP funding and the lower score projects as illustrative.
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Funding Allocation
CategoryPreviously Committed
TAC & CAC Suggested
Uncommitted Allocations
Recommended New
Commitment Allocations
Bike and Pedestrian $9,413,650 37.5% $6,880,000 Safety $8,415,800 18.8% $1,500,000 Transit $33,785,265 28.1%
Roadway $74,938,600 3.1%ITS $0 12.5% $1,500,000 TDM $16,035,033 0.0%Total $142,588,348 100.0% $9,880,000
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Non-Motorized Project Evaluation
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Proposed Non-Motorized Projects
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Proposed Safety Projects
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Proposed Safety Projects
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Mountain Line Transit• Transit Plan based on “Focus Inward” land use plan
⁻ Less congestion,⁻ Shorter trip times,⁻ Increased travel options,⁻ Less infrastructure costs to taxpayers, and ⁻ Preservation of open space and agricultural/recreational areas.
• Five-phase Short and Long Range Plan that is a blueprint for Mountain Line through the year 2040.
• The Plan coordinates transit investments with land use by establishing a Primary Transit Network.
• The Primary Transit Network is supported by other important transit services that include: ⁻ Lower frequency collector routes, ⁻ Regional express routes, ⁻ Bike and pedestrian facilities, and ⁻ Paratransit services.
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Mountain Line Transit• The Primary Transit Network is for all-day transit service that,
at full build-out, operates every 15 minutes or better on weekdays and every 30 minutes or better on Saturdays, for at least 16 hours a day.
• The network focuses on six key dimensions of transit quality: frequency, span of operation, speed, reliability, loading, and coverage.
• Achieving full build-out of the Primary Transit Network requires: ⁻ Years of transit investment, ⁻ Transit-oriented development to increase ridership along priority
corridors. ⁻ Phases I and II are planned for implementation within the MUTD five-
year plan
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Mountain Line Transit
Phase 2 and 5 maps
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Roadway Project Evaluation
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Proposed Roadways
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
The Missoula area traffic signals regulate traffic flow and has. Updated signal systems have reported up to a 20 percent decrease in travel time and delay.
• Update Signal Controllers
• Install Advanced Vehicle Detection
• Adaptive Traffic Signal Control
• Transit Signal Priority
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Transportation Demand ManagementTravel Options Program Goals• Goal 1 Equity: Provide safe and accessible travel options for people of all
abilities and for all modes. • Goal 2 Economic Development: Focus travel options investments to ensure
businesses thrive and residents and visitors can access employment, education, recreation, and community services.
• Goal 3 Health and Environment: Reduce vehicle miles traveled to improve air quality, reduce congestion, help existing infrastructure endure, enhance community health, and improve the quality of life for all Missoulians.
• Goal 4 Shifting Culture: Focus travel options marketing and outreach to commuters, non-commuters, youth, and the elderly to contribute to a shift in culture that embraces non-single-occupancy vehicle travel options.
• Goal 5 Performance: Develop a dynamic performance monitoring process to ensure transportation dollars are spent responsibly to increase the lifetime of existing transportation infrastructure.
• Goal 6 Safety: Improve the understanding of the rules of the road by all users to reduce conflict and improve safety.
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Transportation Demand Management
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Transportation Demand Management
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What’s Next
• Complete questionnaire and provide comments on boards for input into draft report.
• Month of October refine funding forecasts, project lists and prepare draft report
• November receive comments from public, TAC and CAC and update to Draft Final
• Review and approval by TAC, CAC and Policy Board