On the Road to a New Metropolitan Transportation PlanSpokane Regional Health DistrictBoard of Health

April 25, 2013

• Purpose is to ensure that the expenditure of federal transportation funds is based on a continuing, cooperative & comprehensive (3-C) process

• Lead agency for transportation planning and decision-making in the metropolitan planning area

• SRTC is also a federally designated Transportation Management Area (urban areas over 200,000) which brings more discretion in selecting projects for certain federal funds

Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)

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• State designated Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO)

Metropolitan Transportation Plan – Purpose

•Satisfy federal and state planning requirements

•20+ year blueprint that establishes regional priorities and guides multi-modal transportation investments

•All federally funded transportation projects must be consistent with the MTP and must be included in SRTC’s 4-Year Transportation Improvement Program▫Regionally significant projects

Document Organization

Executive SummaryChapter 1 – Who We Are Introduction/Purpose Prelim.

DraftChapter 2 – Where We’re At Current Conditions Prelim.

DraftChapter 3 – Where We’re Going Future Conditions

Prelim. DraftChapter 4 – How We’ll Get There Strategies JulyAppendices

Summary Folio – Maps, Exhibits

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Quality of Life

•Livability•Partnership for Sustainable Communities▫Provide more transportation choices▫Promote equitable, affordable housing

Increase mobility Lower combined cost of housing and

transportation▫Value communities and neighborhoods

Invest in healthy, safe and walkable neighborhoods

Quality of Life (cont’)

•Centers for Disease Control (CDC)▫Transportation Strategies

Enhance infrastructure supporting bicycling and walking

Improve access to public transportation Enhance personal and traffic safety in areas

where persons are or could be physically active

•SRHD and City of Spokane – 2012 “mixed land uses, residential and

employment density, and street connectivity are all positively correlated with fewer vehicle miles traveled, greater use of transit, and increased physical activity.”

2011 Median IncomeSpokane County = $49,257Washington State = $58,890

Housing Affordability

$8,964 (sedan average @ 15,000 miles per year)AAA Your Driving Costs, 2012 Edition

Housing + Transportation Costs - Affordability

Spokane County Households

29%

28%

35%

8% Single-person householdsFamilies with childrenFamilies without childrenOther non-family households

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census

(34% in 1990)

Diverse Transportation Needs - Today

•Economic Vitality/Jobs▫Freight corridors▫Urban

transportation corridors

•Seniors/65 and over (12.9% of population)

•People with disabilities (13.5% of population)

•Low income (14.4% of population)

Diverse Transportation Needs – Tomorrow

Pavement Preservation - Washington State

Very Good Pavement2008 – 43.2%2010 – 31.5%The Gray Notebook 44, February 22, 2012

Spokane County Bridges - 2011 National Bridge Inventory Data

• 377 total entries (bridge “structures” or spans) • 275 of the 377 spans were evaluated for

condition▫21 (7.6%) are structurally deficient (SD)▫65 (23.6%) are functionally obsolete (FO)

• 140 bridges were built before 1962▫ 26 “reconstructed” within the last 50 years (majority

in the 1990s and 2000s)• Total estimated cost for bridge improvements ▫ $226,252,000 for SD (2 do not have entries for

costs)▫ $567,575,000 for FO (15 do not have entries for

costs)▫ $1,910,180,000 for all structures

•  Washington State has 7,627 bridges-5% SD and 21% FO

Vacant Industrial and Commercial Lands

What About Transit? New Transit Has Spurred Development

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Source: LEHD 2008; Center for Transit-Oriented Development 2010

•Urban corridors are:▫Neighborhoods/

districts that can accommodate new mixed-use development

▫Roads that can accommodate multi-modal travel: cars, transit, bikes, and pedestrians

Employment Centers

Transit Focused Jobs = 113,612 Freight Focused Jobs

= 80,932

Policy Planning

Guiding Principles

Performance Metrics

Technical Planning

Data Collection

and Analysis

Scenario Planning(What if?)

Community

Engagement

Member Agencies

Citizens and

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Pedestrian Transit

Bridges

StreetCapital

TDM StreetMaint.

Bicycle

ITS

Current MTP$7.8 billion

Next Steps

•Financial Plan•Scenario Analysis•Strategies•Chapter 4 preliminary draft ~July•Executive Summary ~August •Agency review period ~mid-Aug. through

mid-Sept.•Public comment period ~mid-Sept. to mid-

Oct.•SRTC Board approval

~November/December

Closing Thoughts

• Today’s transportation questions are more complex than they were 20 years ago

• The next 25 years will be very different from the

previous 25 years

• Funding is limited• prioritize transportation projects/programs

•Our transportation systems need to be more integrated to serve the diverse needs of our region

•Regions that can build and maintain consensus are more effective than those that cannot

On the Road to a New Metropolitan Transportation Plan

QUESTIONS?Ryan Stewart

Senior Transportation Planner

Phone: (509) 343-6370Web: http://www.srtc.org