transportation planning 101: the role of resource and regulatory agencies in transportation planning
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Transportation Planning 101:The Role of Resource and RegulatoryAgencies in Transportation Planning
Webinar
August 23, 2010
Presenters
Mary E. GrayFederal Highway Administration
Office of Project Development and Environmental Review
Theresa HutchinsFederal Highway Administration
Office of Planning
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Purpose of Webinar
Describe how statewide and metropolitan transportation planning works:
• The role that resource and regulatory agencies play within planning
• Identify opportunities for successful engagement
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Intended Audience
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife
• NOAA Fisheries
• BLM/ Forest Service
• U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency
• Tribes
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• State Historic Preservation Offices
• State DOT(s)/ FHWA
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Interactive Poll
How would you rate your familiarity with the transportation planning process?
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What is Transportation Planning?
Transportation planning:• Establishing a vision• Demonstrating influence
or impact of demographics• Assessing future
opportunities and challenges
• Identifying short and long-term options
Transportation Planning Activities
• Monitoring
• Forecasting
• Identification
• Estimating
• Developing Plans
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Why Do We Plan?
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Laws and Regulations
• 23 USC 134/135 : Requires statewide and metropolitan transportation planning
• 23 CFR 450 :
Describes the general transportation planning process
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SAFETEA-LU
• Emphasizes environmental, tribal, and land management agency consultation
• Establishes funding levels for each year • Includes natural and human
environmental considerations• Emphasizes security • Requires states to consult with
local officials
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Planning Regulations Pertaining to Agency Involvement and Collaboration
• Consultation with agencies during development of long-range transportation plans
• Consideration of conservation plans, maps, and inventories of naturalor historic resources
• Discussion of potential environmental mitigationactivities
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The Transportation Process
Visioning & Goals
NeedIdentification
Objectives& Performance
Measures
Analysis &Evaluation
Alternatives
Monitoring
Plan Approval
ProjectDevelopment& Operation
ProgramDevelopment
ThePublic
RegionalAgencies
TribalGovernment
User/Special Interest
Groups
PrivateSector
LegalSystem
FederalGovernment
MPO
States
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Key Participation Points in the Planning Process: Vision & Goals
Visioning & Goals
NeedIdentification
Objectives& Performance
Measures
Analysis &Evaluation
Alternatives
Monitoring
Plan Approval
ProjectDevelopment& Operation
ProgramDevelopment
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Objectives and Performance Measures
Visioning & Goals
NeedIdentification
Objectives& Performance
Measures
Analysis &Evaluation
Alternatives
Monitoring
Plan Approval
ProjectDevelopment& Operation
ProgramDevelopment
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Problem Identification and Alternatives
Visioning & Goals
NeedIdentification
Objectives& Performance
Measures
Analysis &Evaluation
Alternatives
Monitoring
Plan Approval
ProjectDevelopment& Operation
ProgramDevelopment
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Selection, Analysis, Evaluation, and Decision-making
Visioning & Goals
NeedIdentification
Objectives& Performance
Measures
Analysis &Evaluation
Alternatives
Monitoring
Plan Approval
ProjectDevelopment& Operation
ProgramDevelopment
Arkansas' Ecoregion-Based Approach to Wetlands Mitigation
• Ecological connectivity
• Prevention of further environmental fragmentation
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Plan Approval and Programming
Visioning & Goals
NeedIdentification
Objectives& Performance
Measures
Analysis &Evaluation
Alternatives
Monitoring
Plan Approval
ProjectDevelopment& Operation
ProgramDevelopment
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Pennsylvania's Ecological Mitigation and Enhancement Projects
The Bigger Picture: a way to minimize road construction impacts on ecosystems
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Project Development, Operation, and Monitoring
Visioning & Goals
NeedIdentification
Objectives& Performance
Measures
Analysis &Evaluation
Alternatives
Measure &Monitoring
Plan Approval
ProjectDevelopment& Operation
ProgramDevelopment
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Role of Federal Agencies in Transportation Planning
• FHWA and FTA
• Approve the STIP
• Assist the State DOT with planning oversight
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Role of State DOTs in Transportation Planning
• Prepare and maintain Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan
• Develop Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
• Involve the public• Other duties
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Key Products of Statewide Transportation Planning Process
Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan (LRSTP)• Policy statements• Covers at least 20 years• Developed in consultation with Tribes and local governments• Public involvement• Updated periodically
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)• 4-year list of priorities• Fiscally constrained by year• Updated at least every four years• Approved by FHWA and FTA
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Role of the Metropolitan Planning Organization in Transportation Planning
• An MPO is a decision-making body made up of representatives from local government and transportation agencies with authority and responsibility in metropolitan planning areas.
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Typical functions of an MPO
• Establish a setting forregional decision-making
• Identify and evaluate transportation improvement options
• Prepare and maintain a Metropolitan Transportation Plan
• Develop a Transportation Improvement Program
• Involve the public
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Key Products of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process
• Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)
• TransportationImprovementProgram (TIP)
• Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
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Relationship between State DOT and MPO in Transportation Planning
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• Continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive process
• Plans and programs must be consistent
• Providing a forum to discuss issues and plan transportation improvements
• State DOTs have primary oversight for MPO planning processes
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Integrated PlanningLand UseSystem
TransportationSystem
Water ResourcesSystem
Other Natural,Cultural Resource
Systems
Integrated Approach
Opportunities to support multiple community goals and improve quality of life
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Planning and Environment Linkages
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Interactive Poll
Have you been involved in helping your DOT or MPO create a transportation plan?
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Role of the Resource and Regulatory Agencies in Transportation Planning
• Provide data and expertise on the natural and human environment
• Collaboration and information exchange, leading to:
- Better stewardship of the environment
- Improved project delivery
• Required by law and regulation
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When should information be provided?
• Early in the planning process
• At key decision points
• Whenever your expertise is needed
• Through out project development process
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Benefits to Resource Agencies from this Involvement
• Early involvement can beefficient and increase flexibility
• Early consultation can help avoid and minimize environmental impacts and improve advance mitigation
• Balance needs among agencies
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Important information to Provide
• Resource maps• Species recovery plans• State Wildlife action plans• Environmental Justice
population data • Identification of Tribal
Resources • Historic Properties Inventories• Expertise to interpret and use
data
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Tools & Methods for Integrating Planning and the Environment
• Education and training• Formalize interagency
coordination• Fund resource agency
positions• Data and information sharing• Analysis and decision support
tools• Joint scenario planning
Data and Information Sharing Example
North Carolina’s Conservation Planning Tool
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Joint Scenario Planning Example
Sacramento Blueprint
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Participation Plan:• Transparency• Involvement Opportunities• Meaningful Engagement• Effective Communication• Education• Continuous Evaluation
Long-Range Transportation Plan Participation Example
What Moves You Arizona
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What Types of Agreements are Helpful?
• MOA
• MOU
• Advance Mitigation Site Concurrence
• Agency Collaborations
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Documentation
There are three potential levels of process/decision documentation:
• Identification of issues or concerns that will need to be studied during NEPA
• Passing data or analysesfrom planning to NEPA
• Documenting decisionsmade in planning forNEPA
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• General public
• Elected officials
• Advocacy groups
• Tribal governments
• Private sector
Role of Other Stakeholders
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Role of Tribes
• Consultation applies to MPOs and State DOTs
• Maintain Sovereignty
• Tribal lands and Traditional Tribal Lands
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Local preservation commissions, historical societies, other NGOs
• Inform planners of historic places and preservation priorities
• Avoid and minimize transportation impacts to historic districts
• Promote heritage tourism and preservation efforts
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Other Involvement Opportunities
• Planning & Environment Linkages training
• Ecological Grants
• STARS Workshops
• SHRP 2 pilots
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Question and Answer Session
Federal Resource Agency Liaisons
Agency Contact Phone Email
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
James G. Gavin (202) 564-7161 Gavin.JamesG@epa.gov
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Catherine Liller (303) 236-4318 Catherine_Liller@fws.gov
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Michael Lamprecht (202) 761-4599 Michael.J.Lamprecht@usace.army.mil
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Carol Legard (202) 606-8522 clegard@achp.gov
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Valerie Hauser (202) 606-8530 vhauser@achp.gov
USDA Forest Service Paul T. Anderson (703) 605-4617 ptanderson@fs.fed.us
Thank you
Mary E. GrayFederal Highway Administration
Office of Project Development and Environmental Review
(360) 753-9487
mary.gray@dot.gov
Spencer StevensFederal Highway Administration
Office of Planning
(202) 366-0149
spencer.stevens@dot.gov
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