21st Century Task Force Recommendation

• Go OHIO Transportation Futures Plan will deliver a detailed blueprint for transforming Ohio’s vast road, rail, transit, maritime, aviation and bicycle/pedestrian assets into one, safe, fully integrated, technically-advanced system that will help ignite the economy and add value to communities across the state.

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Go OHIO Goals

• Comprehensively evaluate Ohio’s transportation system, policies, and decision-making processes

• Identify potential improvements• Tie transportation system investment to job

retention and attraction• Target transportation resources to gain the most

bang for the buck

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OHIO ECONOMIC GROWTH & PROSPERITY

Go OHIO Framework4

Increase State Competitiveness

Connect Transportation

System Investment to

Targeted Industries

Understand Impact of

Government Land Use &

Transportation Policies

Embrace Environmental Stewardship to

Advance a Green Economy

Policy Plan

• Identify policy/process gaps and conflicts• Sample Action Steps

• Increase State’s Competitiveness• Provide real-time traveler information• Increase reliability/connectivity between modes

• Connect Transportation with Targeted Industries• Address last-mile and intermodal connection needs • Participate in statewide freight planning efforts

What policies need to be adjusted in Ohio?

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Which transportation assets are of the greatest strategic

importance for economic prosperity in Ohio?

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Go OHIO Asks:

Ohio Transportation System

Ohio Transportation System

• Maritime

Ohio Transportation System

• Maritime• Rail

Ohio Transportation System

• Maritime• Rail• Highway

Ohio Transportation System

• Maritime• Rail• Highway• Aviation

Ohio Transportation System

• Maritime• Rail• Highway• Aviation• Public

Transportation

Ohio’s Targeted Industries

• Advanced Energy and Environmental Technologies• Aerospace and Aviation• Agriculture and Food Processing• Bioscience and Bioproducts• Corporate and Professional Services• Distribution and Logistics• Instruments, Controls, and Electronics• Motor Vehicle and Parts Manufacturing• Polymers and Advanced Materials

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System DesignationFreight and People Movement

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Find the Dots

Identify the major business clusters for each of Ohio’s nine key industries

1Identify residential locations and work sites for employees in target industries.

Connect the Dots by IndustryFind assets that support each industry

2Identify corridors connecting home and work

Put the Pieces TogetherCombine results for all industries to define assets most critical for Ohio

3Combine results for all industries to define assets most critical for Ohio

FreightFreight

PeoplePeople

System Designation Example Freight: Polymers and Advanced Materials

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Note: Designation as of 7/29/10

•Employers and Jobs

System Designation Example Freight: Polymers and Advanced Materials

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•System Designation-Road/Rail

System Designation Freight: Targeted Industries Goods Movement

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•All Target Industries

Potential ODOT Uses

Statewide planning and programming • Identify transportation assets most critical for

economic development and prosperity• Prioritize supporting transportation investments

Business interested in locating or expanding in Ohio• Identify locations with appropriate transportation

infrastructure• Identify supporting transportation investments

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How You Might Use Go OHIO19

Develop/ PrioritizeDevelop/ PrioritizeTransportation Transportation

ProjectsProjects

Conduct Economic Conduct Economic Development Development

PlanningPlanning

ConsiderConsiderEnvironmental Environmental

Benefits/ImpactsBenefits/Impacts

Inform Local Land Inform Local Land Use PlanningUse Planning

Next Steps

• Complete Regional Business Leader Meetings• Meet with Target Industries• Statewide Public Involvement• Continue Analysis• Project completion expected in December

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For More Information

Contact:

Andrea Stevenson, Administrator

Office of Multi-Modal Planning

1980 West Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43223

(614) 466-7880

andrea.stevenson@dot.state.oh.us

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