Georgia Statewide Transportation Plan/ Statewide Strategic Transportation Plan

2040 Update

Radney Simpson, Assistant State Transportation Planning Administrator

Presented to Georgia Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations June 26, 2015

Purpose of the Statewide Plan Update

• Develop a document to meet state requirements for a Statewide Strategic Transportation Plan (SSTP) and federal requirements for a Statewide Transportation Plan (SWTP)

• Combine elements of a traditional, statewide long-range transportation plan with the business case for transportation investment

• Reflect changes in planning context since the last 2005 SWTP and 2013 SSTP Transportation Investment Act (TIA) and referenda MAP-21 performance-based planning requirements Revenue updates (work is currently underway for projecting HB 170

revenue stream) Integration with other key statewide studies

Traditional

Long-Range Plan

Business

Case

SWTP / SSTP

Update

Governor’s Strategic Goals

• Mobile: Transport people and products

• Improve the movement of people• Expand role as major logistics hub for global

commerce• Leverage PPPs and intergovernmental

coordination for successful infrastructure • Growing: Create jobs and businesses• Safe: Reduce injury and death on roadways

Statewide Long-Range Plan PrinciplesMultimodal

Focus on the policy and programmatic rather than project

level

For example, how much money to spend on bridges, not which

bridges

Can be fiscally constrained or not

This plan will include fiscally constrained and unconstrained components

Key Differences from Previous Plans

• Financially constrained at program level

• Tradeoff analysis to inform program funding levels

• Performance-based approach

Schedule/Remaining Phases of Plan Development

I. Update revenue projections with HB 170 & update funding scenarios/tradeoff analysis

II. Economic impact analysis

III. 4th & Final Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting

IV. Draft final report for review

V. Final report approved & adopted

JUNE/JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER

DECEMBER 2015

Trade-Off Analysis Example

• Objective – Define preferred funding allocation across investment programs

• Structured approach • Define revenue available – federal, state, local

• Allocate revenue across set of investment programs (e.g., modal; interstate, other NHS & other FAS/GDOT owned)

• Evaluate performance of each investment program given funding allocation

• Discuss results and define optimal funding allocation

• First critical link between long-range goals and policy direction to funding support

GAMPO Outreach• Continuous throughout study process

• Have previously presented twice at GAMPO conferences

• Ongoing input via: Project web site GAMPO reps on Stakeholder Advisory Committee On-line survey & trade-off analysis tool

QUESTIONS?

CONTACT INFORMATION

Project Manager: Kelly Gwin Phone: (404) 631-1987Email: sstp@dot.ga.gov

Project web site –

www.dot.ga.gov/SSTP-SWTP