Chattanooga-Hamilton County/N. GA Transportation Planning Organization

2040 Regional Transportation Plan

Community Advisory Committee MeetingOctober 23, 2012

Chattanooga-Hamilton County/N. GA Transportation Planning Organization

2040 Regional Transportation Plan

Core Technical TeamMeetingOctober 23, 2012

• Overview• Results of Public Outreach Activities• Review of Goals & Objectives• Travel Demand Model Update• Needs Identification Exercise• Public Workshops• Next Steps

Agenda

Overview

Progress to date

Public Outreach Schedule

COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE + CORE TECHNICAL TEAM

Community leaders and technical experts comprise these two committees, whose input will help form plan goals and validate recommendations.

Meeting #1: July 25-26, 2012

Status report to committees: Late August

Meeting #2: Mid October 2012

Status report to committees: Late November

Meeting #3: January 2013

Meeting #4: Mid March 2013

Status report to committees: April 2013

LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUMS

Large forum events where regional initiatives, strategies, and integration are contemplated by political and community leaders from throughout the region

Visioning Event: August 23, 2012

Project Summit: Early December 2012

WORKSHOPS

Transit Aspirations: August 22, 2012

Visioning: Mid October 2012

Priorities: January 2013

Draft Fiscally Constrained Plan: Mid May 2013

STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS

One-on-one and small group interviews with key community figures, agencies, service providers, and other relevant groups.

August 21-24, 2012

Mid October 2012

PUBLIC MEETINGS

Community Open House (kickoff): August 23, 2012

Community Open House: Early December 2012

Final Plan Open House: October 2013

Questionnaire

325 Questionnaires have been completed to date

Transit Aspiration Workshop

• The “Chattanooga Way”• Multi-modal mobility

• High Speed Rail to Atlanta• Connectivity

Open House

32 people attended

Leadership SymposiumOver 80 people attended the event

Mobility Chip Game

Leadership Symposium

Stakeholder Interviews

2 stakeholder interviews completed during August event period

6 interviews scheduled this week, including economic development, quality of life, and service providers

1 jurisdiction meeting with City of Soddy-Daisy

Defining Goals and Objectives

First critical step in the processBased on outreach efforts summarized previously

Performance-Based Plan

• TPO advancing previous performance-based planning efforts from 2035 RTP

• Performance-based plan process:– Supports transparent decision-making in competitive funding environment– Provides context for plan development and helps balance analysis across competing needs– Applies key metrics to track positive outcomes– Ensures investment decisions align with long-term goals– Allows MPO to manage expectations

Goals and Objectives

Performance Measures

Target Setting

Allocate Resources

Measure and Report Results

Quality D

ata

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Defining Goals and Objectives

• First critical step in the process• Based on outreach efforts

conducted summer 2012– Community Advisory Committee

and Core Technical Committee meetings

– Regional leadership symposium– Transit visioning workshop– Public open house and public

questionnaires– Stakeholder interviews

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“Community to Region” Framework

Within CommunityCommunity to Region

Region to Region

INVESTMENT NEEDS THAT SUPPORT:

•Local, multimodal connections and access to community resources

•Advance livability and quality of life principles

INVESTMENT NEEDS THAT SUPPORT:

•Strategic, multimodal connections between communities and regional activity/economic centers to support economic development

INVESTMENT NEEDS THAT SUPPORT:

•Mobility and intermodal improvements to ensure region is well connected within the state and the nation • Support economic competitiveness and advance overall economic development potential

GAAL

KY

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Goals and ObjectivesWithin Community Goal: BUILD AND MAINTAIN SAFE AND HEALTHY

COMMUNITIES

Objectives:• Support walkable and bicycle-friendly communities that promote safe, connections to community resources• Provide incentives for complete streets project design• Encourage investments anchored in integrated transportation and land use planning, that support desired community character•Improve safety through improved system operations, preventative maintenance, and ADA compliance• Prioritize investments in areas where local land use and

development regulations support healthy, safe communities• Prioritize investment that improves multimodal access

to existing or planned transit hubs or that fills gaps in existing multimodal system•Encourage connected street network

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Goals and Objectives

Community to Region

KY

Goal: CONNECT COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION BY PROVIDING MULTIMODAL TRAVEL OPTIONS TO ACTIVITY AND ECONOMIC CENTERS

Objectives:• Preserve, maintain and improve existing infrastructure before adding new capacity• Provide incentives for complete streets project design• Encourage corridor improvements anchored in integrated transportation and land use planning, that support desired community character• Improve mobility and support economic development by providing expanded set of travel options, with emphasis on public transit• Improve travel time reliability through improved system operations• Incentive corridor protection plans

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Goals and ObjectivesGoal: GROW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY THROUGH STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN CRITICAL REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Objectives:• Preserve, maintain and improve existing

infrastructure before adding new capacity• Support continued economic growth of the region by improving intermodal connections that reduce delay for both people and goods• Reduce delay on critical regional thoroughfares with minimal impact to community, historic and environmental resources• Improve the efficiency and reliability of freight, cargo and goods movement by reducing delay on corridors critical to freight movement• Improve travel time reliability through

improved system operations

Region to Region

GAAL

KY

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Performance Framework Outcomes

• Enable balanced consideration of investment needs across three geographic scales

• Infuse context into the project evaluation process to better match solutions to needs

• Provide flexible approach to project evaluation to support livability considerations at community level without impeding mobility and economic considerations at regional level

Within CommunityCommunity to Region

Region to Region

GAAL

KY

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Identifying Future Needs

• Addressing congestion• Preservation of existing system• Assuring safety and security• Active transportation: pedestrian

and bicycle mobility; complete streets; health

• Transit alternatives• Climate resilience

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Needs: Congestion

• Air quality • Safety impacts• Cost of congestion• Competitiveness• Quality of life

• Future year demand on E&C network– Travel demand model– Congested corridors– Hotspots– Managing operations

2010 2040 % Growth

Population 445,000 560,000 26%

Future Year Congested Highways

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Purpose• To understand future

transportation demand• To test transportation scenarios• Inputs to air quality analysis

Travel Demand Modeling

Model Features• Standard 4-Step Model• Time of Day• Mode Choice• Truck Model• Vehicle Availability• High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes

Travel Demand Modeling

Data Inputs• Land Use• Travel Characteristics• Roadway and Transit

Characteristics

Travel Demand Modeling

Model Operation• Trip Generation• Trip Distribution• Mode Choice• Assignment

Travel Demand Modeling

Schedule• Base Year

• Model Input – approved September 11• Trip Behavior – approved October 15• Trip Assignment – draft for review October 25• Calibration and Validation – draft October 25

Travel Demand Modeling

Schedule• Future Year – draft October 31

• Future Year on Existing Network• Future Year on Existing and Committed Network• Future Year on Major Route Plan

• Model Interface – draft October 31• Model Training – Mid-December

Travel Demand Modeling

Needs: Congestion

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Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O) includes:

• Traffic Incident Management• Travel Information Services

(for roadways and for transit)

• Freeway Management • Automatic Vehicle Location

for Transit• Traffic Signal Coordination

• Work Zone Traffic Management

• Roadway Weather Information

• Electronic Payment (for transit, parking, tolling)

• Freight Management (ports and transfer areas)

Applied individually or in combination

Needs: Congestion

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Incidents

Special EventsWeather

Work Zones

Why Is TSM&O Important? To take back as much of the road as we can !

C apa

c it y

Recurring congestion

TSM&O

Needs: System Preservation

• Focus of MAP-21• Impact to National competitiveness

– 1 in 4 bridges deficient (2009)– Wilcox Tunnel (1931)– Chickamauga Lock (1940)

73%

18%

9%

Good

Fair

Poor

Pavement Analysis

78%

19%

3%

Not Deficient

Functionally Obsolete

Structurally Deficient

Bridge Analysis

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Needs: System Preservation

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Needs: System Preservation

• Data sources:– National Bridge Inventory (FHWA)– State (TN, GA), County and Municipal

departments– National Transit Database (FTA)

• Develop costs to address deficiencies

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Needs: Safety and Security

• Traffic crashes leading cause of death 5-34yo

• 55 deaths; 330 injuries annually in region

• $1,700 per person

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

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404 386 366 319 261 252 332

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58 56

71

4449

62

Serious Injuries Fatalities

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Needs: Safety and Security

• Emphasis areas:– Roadway departure– Aggressive driving– Intersection crashes– Seat belt use– Young drivers

Pedacylists/Bicyclists*

Work Zone**

Pedestrian*

Heavy Trucks

Older Drivers (65+)

Alcohol Impaired

Motorcycles*

Young Drivers (15-24)

Seat Belt Use

Intersection

Aggressive

Roadway Departure

0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0%

0.2%

0.5%

1.3%

3.0%

8.7%

12.3%

12.5%

19.1%

25.2%

32.6%

33.3%

33.4%

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Needs: Active Transportation

• Human-power replaced by automobile and other powered modes

• Resultant decline in national health– Childhood obesity– Cost to families

• Lack of suitable facilities– Topographic, geographic challenges– Average home 1.6 miles from a facility

→ Complete streets

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Needs: Active Transportation

• Where are the greatest needs?

• What facilities are needed?

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Needs: Active Transportation

• Pedestrian trips– Short-distance focus– Land use pattern– Generators– Barriers– Topography

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Needs: Active Transportation

• Bicycle trips– Longer distance– Generators– Road and traffic

conditions– Bicycle level of service

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Needs: Active Transportation

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Needs: Transit Alternatives

Investment Job Creation

Every $1 billion invested in transit capital and operations

Creates and supports an

average of 36,000 jobs

Source: American Public Transportation Association

• Not served by auto travel:– Tourist market– Aging population– Youth less inclined to drive– Zero-car households

• Jobs and economic development

• Fuel cost and oil dependence

• Environment and air quality40

Transit Benefits: Economy

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Investment Economic Return

For every $1 invested in

public transportation

$4 is generated in economic

returns

Source: American Public Transportation Association

Transit Benefits: Quality of Life

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Transit Use Annual Savings

Americans living in areas

served by public

transportation

796 million hours in travel time

4,400 fewer miles driven

Source: Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Report on Congestion and American Public Transportation Association

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Transit Benefits: Energy

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Transit Use Savings

In 2011, Americans took

10.4 billion trips

on public transportation

4.2 billion gallons of gasoline

per year

900,000 automobile fill-ups

every day

Source: American Public Transportation Association

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Transit Benefits: Environment

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Mode Shift Savings

20 mile roundtrip commute Decrease CO2 air pollutant

emissions by 4,800 pounds per year

= 10% less carbon footprint

in a two-car household

Source: American Public Transportation Association

from driving to transit

Needs: Transit Alternatives

• What’s in our future?– Continued growth in suburban

residential and employment– Aging population– Airport growth focus– High Speed Rail– Limited highway expansion– Fuel costs and air quality impacts– Impact of new technologies

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Needs: Transit Alternatives

• Vision for Transit– Electric vehicle technology– Connect downtown, airport, Enterprise S

• Strategies– Collaboration & Leadership– Private sector; education partners– Technology– Integration with land use– Service levels by area– Funding

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Needs: Transit Alternatives

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Needs: Climate Resilience• September Climate Adaptation

Workshop• Increasing frequency:

– Extreme precipitation– Extreme temperature

• Potential Climate Impacts:– Flooding, erosion, road closures– Landslides and other earthwork failures– Pavement cracking and rutting– Bridges – Scour critical and expansion– Airport take off and landing issues

Needs: Climate Resilience

• Critical Transportation Assets

– Chickamauga Lock and Dam,

– Chattanooga Airport and SR 153 access,

– Interchange of I-75/I-24,

– Enterprise South road and rail access, and

– Downtown bridges.

Needs: Climate Resilience

• Potential Adaptation strategies:– More resilient infrastructure design and

materials– Establish network redundancy and

emergency detours– Better maintenance of drainage systems– Conduct more detailed vulnerability and

risk assessment of certain assets

• Relation to RTP– Performance measure for network

redundancy– Flag RTP projects on identified

critical/vulnerable assets and work with project sponsors on resilient design

Needs: What Next?

• Develop alternative scenarios to address deficiencies:– Spatial component of growth– Balance of modal options

– Focus on systems management?– Focus on transit

and alternative modes?

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DISCUSSIONDon’t Forget the Workshops

Public Workshop Schedule

OCTOBER 22, 2012 –Constitution Hall – 6:00-8:00 p.m.Soddy-Daisy High School Cafeteria – 6:00-8:00 p.m.

OCTOBER 23, 2012 –Downtown Chattanooga – 4:30-7:00 p.m.Collegedale Municipal Building – 6:00-8:00 p.m.