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8-1 Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions

Policy Shapes Implementation

2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan 8-2

Action Responsible

Entity Timeframe

Partnership Connections

Applicable Goal(s)

CP-A Update the Anchorage Bowl and Chugiak-Eagle River comprehensive plans to reference the 2035 MTP, the Anchorage Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, and the People Mover Blueprint (RLS & Associates, 2001 and 2009 updates).

MOA Community Development

0-5 years

Public Transportation

DOT&PF

AMATS

6

CP-B Monitor effects from the major transportation projects (Seward Highway improvements, Knik Arm Crossing, Glenn Highway improvements, People Mover expanded bus service, etc.) on land-use patterns and the need to update the Anchorage Bowl and Chugiak-Eagle River comprehensive plans.


Ongoing

DOT&PF

KABATA

Mat-Su Borough

JBER

AMATS

1, 2, 6

CP-C Develop subarea plans. MOA Community

Development Ongoing

DOT&PF

AMATS 1-8

CP-D Continue database maintenance and use of the AMATS travel demand model in accordance with latest planning assumptions.

AMATS Ongoing

DOT&PF

KABATA

Mat-Su Borough


1, 2, 6


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Action Responsible Entity Timeframe Partnership Connections Applicable

Goal(s)

FI-A Provide staffing levels and resources to plan, operate, monitor, manage, and maintain the transportation system and improvement programs.

MOA

DOT&PF Ongoing 3, 6

FI-B Continue regional collaboration on the establishment of a Regional Transit Authority.

MOA Public Transportation

Mat-Su Borough Ongoing

Mat-Su Borough

DOT&PF

Public transportation providers

Alaska Mobility Coalition

AMATS

6

FI-C Continue regional collaboration on projects, priorities, resources, and strategies mutually affecting Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough.

AMATS Ongoing

Mat-Su Borough

DOT&PF

MOA

3, 6

FI-D Identify and fund staff resources to pursue discretionary funding programs available from federal agencies such as Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and other applicable federal agencies.

AMATS Ongoing

DOT&PF


3, 6

FI-E Meet annually with the Anchorage legislative caucus to discuss Anchorage transportation needs.

AMATS Fall, before Alaska Legislature session

Elected officials

DOT&PF

3, 6

FI-F Explore and seek alternative funding sources and work to reduce cost of funding. AMATS Ongoing Elected officials

DOT&PF 6

FI-G Support development of the Alaska Transportation Fund. AMATS 0-2 years Elected officials 6

FI-H Increase funding for maintenance, infrastructure preservation, and snow clearance for roads and paths for pedestrians and bicyclists.

MOA

DOT&PF 0-5 years Elected officials 3, 5



Goal(s)

PI-A Update the AMATS PPP as identified in the PPP.

AMATS 2-5 years

MOA

DOT&PF

Public transportation providers

Identified stakeholders in SAFETEA-LU

6

PI-B Continue implementation of the AMATS PPP.

AMATS Ongoing MOA

DOT&PF 6

PI-C Develop Title VI and Limited English Proficiency Plan defining outreach to environmental justice populations.

AMATS 0-2 years DOT&PF 1, 6, 7, 8

PI-D Develop additional visualization techniques to be used in conjunction with MTP and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) development.

AMATS 0-2 years DOT&PF

MOA


Action Responsible

Entity Timeframe

Partnership

Connections

Applicable

Goal(s)

TS-A Develop multimodal LOS standards within the Anchorage metropolitan area in accordance with 2010 Highway Capacity Manual procedures

AMATS 0-2 years

MOA Traffic

MOA Project Management and Engineering (PME)


DOT&PF

1, 6

TS-B Reevaluate the existing set of transportation system performance measures and the need for additional data-collection efforts.

AMATS 0-2 years

MOA Traffic

MOA PME


DOT&PF

1, 2, 6

TS-C Conduct periodic (4-year cycle) systemwide review of traffic conditions and system performance using updated data (Status of the System Report).

AMATS

2014

2018

2022, etc.

MOA Traffic

MOA PME


DOT&PF

1, 2

TS-D Collect new traffic data, including volume and travel time before and after a roadway construction is completed and new traffic patterns are established.

AMATS Ongoing MOA Traffic

DOT&PF 1

TS-E Investigate modifications to the roadway LOS standards within the Anchorage metropolitan area.

AMATS

0-2 years DOT&PF 1


Action Responsible Entity Time frame Partnership Connections

Applicable

Goal(s)

R-A Participate in meetings with site and land use developers during pre-application and development plan reviews to provide timely direction on requirements for supporting transportation plan goals and objectives.

MOA Transportation Planning

Ongoing DOT&PF 5, 6

R-B Complete the signal timing update currently in progress and implement corridor signal coordination.

MOA Traffic Ongoing DOT&PF 6

R-C Conduct a congestion management system analysis for all roadway capacity expansion projects before inclusion in the TIP.

AMATS

MOA Traffic Ongoing DOT&PF 6

R-D Continue implementation of MOA projects using the context sensitive solutions (CSS) document A Strategy for Developing Context Sensitive Transportation Projects.

Project development teams

Ongoing AMATS 3

R-E Incorporate sidewalk, pathway, and trail facilities shown in the MOA Non-Motorized Transportation Plan in roadway project plans.

Project development teams

Ongoing AMATS 1, 3

R-F Update the Official Streets and Highway Plan (OS&HP). AMATS 1st quarter

2012


MOA PME

3

R-G Review and update the Design Criteria Manual following the adoption of new Title 21, if necessary to accommodate relevant changes in code.

MOA PME Ongoing AMATS

DOT&PF 3

R-H Complete subarea traffic studies in key areas or corridors such as Midtown, Downtown Eagle River, Seward Highway at O’Malley Road interchange, Glenn Highway corridor from Airport Heights to Eklutna, and the Hillside Intersections.

AMATS

DOT&PF 0-5 years MOA Traffic 6

R-I Discourage high-speed cut through traffic through implementation of a traffic-calming program.

MOA Traffic Ongoing 2, 3

R-J Require transportation circulation plans before development of large tracts of land, as required by OS&HP.


Ongoing MOA Traffic 1, 5

R-K Develop a process to implement street typology. MOA Community

Development

DOT&PF

MOA PME 3, 6

R-L Continue development review of site plans to ensure system connectivity. MOA Community

Development

MOA Traffic

DOT&PF 6

R-M Promote improved street connectivity through changes in Title 21 standards and requirements.


MOA Traffic

R-N Develop a right-of-way acquisition program to implement needed street connections. MOA Traffic 0-5 years MOA PME


Action Responsible Entity Timeframe Partnership Connections

Applicable Goal(s)

PT-A Develop steps and programs to implement the recommended MTP public transportation plan in Chapter 7.

MOA Public Transportation Ongoing AMATS

1, 5, 6, 7

PT-B Continue and refine route-by-route operational analyses to fine-tune service and build riders. Establish performance benchmarks and monitor progress.


6, 7

PT-C Continue partnerships with schools, universities, government agencies, and employers to market public transportation and achieve ridership goals.


6, 7

PT-D Coordinate improvements for roadways and for bicyclist, and pedestrian facilities with public transportation improvements to increase accessibility to public transportation facilities.

MOA Non-Motorized Transportation Coordinator


Ongoing AMATS

6

PT-E Coordinate planning and development for public transportation corridors and public transportation center locations.


MOA Public Transportation Ongoing AMATS 6

PT-F Continue coordination of public transportation services among transportation service providers in the region.


6

PT-G Promote public transportation services partnerships with major employers (such as incentives, commuter tax benefits, and bus passes rather than free parking) to increase public transportation use.


5, 6, 7

PT-H Actively participate in regional discussions and forums about regional public transportation services. MOA Public Transportation Ongoing AMATS

DOT&PF 6

PT-I Strive to improve public transportation efficiency that meets the needs of schools as well as Anchorage metropolitan area residents.


DOT&PF 5, 6

PT-J Develop educational programs to promote carpool, vanpool, and other public transportation. MOA Public Transportation Ongoing AMATS

DOT&PF 6

PT-K Promote the development of a public transportation system (local and/or regional) that serves the Glenn Highway corridor as an alternative to the single-occupancy vehicle.

MOA Public Transportation Ongoing

AMATS

Mat-Su Borough

DOT&PF

6

PT-L Continue to consider and evaluate the feasibility of commuter rail as a travel choice. AMATS

ARRC Ongoing Mat-Su Borough 6

PT-M Investigate alternative methods of providing public transportation services to low-density developments to, from, and within the Chugiak-Eagle River area and expand alternatives that are proven to be efficient.

MOA Public Transportation Ongoing AMATS 5, 6

PT-N Prepare comprehensive route selection study for high-capacity public transportation corridors, including Bus Rapid Transit.

MOA Public Transportation 0-2 years AMATS 1, 6

PT-O Prepare periodic updates to the Public Transportation Development Plan. MOA Public Transportation 2-5 years AMATS 1, 6


Action Responsible Entity Timeframe Partnership Connections

Applicable Goal(s)

NM-A Create Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Committee as part of AMATS committee structure. AMATS 1st Quarter

2012

DOT&PF

MOA Parks & Recreation

3, 6

NM-B Complete the Anchorage Non-Motorized Transportation Plan (focusing on paved and non-paved recreational trails).


0-2 years

DOT&PF

MOA Parks & Recreation

5, 7

NM-C Implement the Anchorage Bicycle Plan. MOA Non-Motorized

Transportation Coordinator Ongoing AMATS 1, 7

NM-D Implement the Anchorage Pedestrian Plan. MOA Non-Motorized

Transportation Coordinator Ongoing AMATS 1, 7

NM-E Create design guidelines and checklists for pedestrian plan streetscapes with street design standards for sidewalks, trails, landscape, signage, lighting, and traffic calming.


2-5 years DOT&PF

AMATS 1, 3, 5, 7

NM-F Review commercial and retail development plans for pedestrian and bicyclist accessibility. MOA Community Development Ongoing AMATS 5, 6, 7

NM-G Develop and promote an educational awareness program for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians to create a better understanding of the rights for shared-use facilities.


0-2 years MOA Traffic

AMATS 6

NM-H Develop Title 21 ordinance requirements for subdivision development and commercial redevelopment that cover sidewalks to meet Americans with Disabilities (ADA) requirements and pedestrian safety and access needs, and to further the sidewalk connectivity goals.

MOA Community Development 0-2 years MOA Traffic

DOT&PF 2, 5

NM-I Set pedestrian and bicyclist safety priorities by using available crash data. MOA Traffic

DOT&PF Ongoing AMATS 2

NM-J Promote ordinances to require property owners beyond the Central Business District to clear sidewalks adjacent to their properties.

MOA 2-5 years Business owners

Municipal Assembly 2

NM-K Encourage and promote programs providing safe access to schools and walking as a healthy exercise, such as the Walking School Bus.

AMATS 0-5 years

MOA Community Health

Anchorage School District (ASD)

6, 8



Goal(s)

F-A Improve the National Highway System and the access and circulation for trucks in major transportation corridors, such as the Port of Anchorage.

DOT&PF Ongoing

Port of Anchorage

TSAIA

Alaska Railroad

1, 4

F-B Integrate freight requirements and objectives into roadway planning and design, including access and mobility in balance with other community planning objectives.

MOA PME

DOT&PF Ongoing

AMATS

MOA Community Planning 1, 4, 6

F-C Establish consistency between the State of Alaska and the MOA with respect to maximum weight and size regulations and design requirements for roadways.

MOA Traffic


F-D Create and adopt a freight route map. MOA Traffic 4th Quarter

2012

AMATS Freight Advisory Committee

DOT&PF

Municipal Assembly

1, 4, 6

F-E Coordinate and update the MOA Design Criteria Manual and the DOT&PF Alaska Preconstruction Manual to address freight movement needs.

DOT&PF

MOA PME 0-5 years AMATS Freight Advisory Committee 6

F-F Create a regional freight strategy to address and prioritize future freight movement projects and needs.


0-2 years DOT&PF 4, 6



Goal(s)

F-G Encourage AMATS Freight Advisory Committee input and involvement in transportation policy, funding, legislation, and planning matters affecting goods movement.

AMATS Ongoing DOT&PF 4, 6

F-H Provide opportunities for input to AMATS, MOA, and DOT&PF from the freight community and other stakeholders on matters affecting freight funding, operations, and movements.


Ongoing DOT&PF 6

F-I Provide routine data collection and updates of freight volumes and tonnage that enter Alaska through the Port of Anchorage and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (TSAIA) to better forecast transportation facility needs. Collect freight data from the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) and the freight industry.

Port of Anchorage

TSAIA

ARRC

Ongoing AMATS

DOT&PF 4, 6

F-J Examine and monitor intersection LOS for noted freight corridors and zones. MOA Traffic Ongoing AMATS 1

F-K Establish freight safety improvement projects, such as signage and intersection upgrades. AMATS Ongoing AMATS Freight Advisory Committee 2

F-L Implement National Highway System improvements and Commercial Vehicle Intelligent System Network (CVISN) elements.

AMATS

DOT&PF Ongoing AMATS Freight Advisory Committee 6

F-M Monitor commercial vehicle crashes and causes. MOA Traffic


F-N Examine strategies to improve freight movement through signal timing, road design, and platting actions.


MOA Traffic

Ongoing AMATS Freight Advisory Committee 6

F-O Collaborate with the trucking industry and create educational materials to help drivers and non-motorized users understand commercial vehicle requirements, particularly for stopping and sight distances, and how to operate safely within heavily used freight areas.


Ongoing DOT&PF 6

F-P Ensure that conditional use permits for resource extraction give full consideration to minimizing impacts from sand, gravel, and rock operations on surrounding neighborhoods; reducing impact to traffic on public roadways from increased hauling; and minimizing damage to vehicles on public roadways caused by gravel and rocks falling from trucks.


Ongoing DOT&PF

MOA Traffic 2, 5

F-Q Identify and fund resources for AMATS staff to pursue freight mobility measures and grants. AMATS Ongoing DOT&PF 6


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Action Responsible

Entity Timeframe

Partnership

Connections

Applicable

Goal(s)

RC-A Improve access, mobility, and signage to marine, aviation, rail, intermodal facilities, and other industrial and commercial sites.

DOT&PF

MOA Traffic Ongoing AMATS 4, 6

RC-B Develop policy positions for regional transportation investments, such as future freight corridors and zones, potential economic development projects (such as the natural gas pipeline), freight security, land-use impacts, cost responsibility, and multimodal mobility principles, and strategies

MSB

AMATS

Ongoing DOT&PF 4, 6

RC-C Conduct regional household survey. AMATS 0-2 years DOT&PF 6

RC-D Update and improve regional travel demand model.

AMATS 2-5 years DOT&PF 6


Action Responsible Entity Timeframe Partnership

Connections

Applicable

Goal(s)

CM-A Revise the AMATS Uniform Planning Work Program (UPWP) to include the following:

1) Update of the congestion management process after completion of the MTP development.

2) Continuation of Travel Options Coordinator work.

AMATS Coordinator Fall 2011

DOT&PF


6

CM-B Assess MTP transportation system performance every 4 years or more often through the following:

1) Expand the coverage of the system performance analysis to include all of the Anchorage metropolitan area (Anchorage Bowl and Chugiak-Eagle River).

2) Assess LOS performance at specified intersections and for limited-access roadway segments.

3) Study corridor travel time in peak- and off-peak periods.

4) Track Texas Transportation Institute mobility statistics and results and compare MOA performance to that of other urban areas.

5) Track public transportation patronage and productivity statistics.

6) Review building permits and trends with respect to progress in achieving the goals of the MOA comprehensive plans.

AMATS


0-4 years

MOA Traffic


1, 6, 7

CM-C Establish and maintain an ongoing and highly focused intersection improvement program to improve mobility trouble spots.

MOA Traffic


CM-D Accelerate funding and implementation of upgrades for signal system technology and construction of an MOA traffic management center.

AMATS

MOA Traffic Ongoing

DOT&PF

1, 6

CM-E Complete update of systemwide traffic signal timing and coordination in 2014 and every 4 years thereafter. MOA Traffic Ongoing AMATS

CM-F Expedite implementation of a traffic signal pre-emption system for emergency vehicles. MOA Traffic Ongoing DOT&PF 2

CM-G Implement organization restructuring, scoping, and contractor services for a new travel-options program and employer-collaboration.


Ongoing AMATS 6

CM-H Design pilot strategies for congestion management and an implementation program for the Glenn Highway and for Northern Lights Boulevard east of the Seward Highway.


AMATS

2-5 years DOT&PF 6

CM-I Continue and expand the guaranteed ride-home program for ride sharing participants (carpools or vanpools) and expand the vanpool program as rapidly as possible.


AMATS

Ongoing DOT&PF 6

CM-J Enhance the 511 Travel in the Know program for emergency roadside assistance to expedite emergency response and dissemination of traveler information advisories.


CM-K Continue deployment and implementation of ITS strategies such as CVISN, automated data collection, incident response, and weather and traffic reporting.



Action Responsible Entity Timeframe Partnership

Connections

Applicable

Goal(s)

CM-L Work with Anchorage Police Department (APD) to obtain data on incident clearance times to determine if trends indicate potential problem locations, and recommend next update of ITS architecture to address incident response.

AMATS

APD 0-2 years AMATS 2, 6

CM-M Update the ITS architecture to include real-time traffic monitoring and parking management. AMATS 0-2 years MOA Traffic

DOT&PF 1, 6

CM-N Create an ITS subcommittee as part of the AMATS committee structure. AMATS 0-2 years MOA Traffic

DOT&PF 6

CM-O Develop a concept of operations for the MOA Traffic Operations Center for a 10- to 15-year planning horizon. MOA Traffic 2-5 years AMATS

DOT&PF 6

CM-P Evaluate methods of improving travel-time data collection. AMATS 0-2 years MOA Traffic 6

CM-Q Investigate implementation of a freeway incident-management program. AMATS 0-2 years APD

DOT&PF 2, 6

CM-R Complete single-occupancy vehicle (SOV) checklist for each roadway expansion project before inclusion of the project in the TIP.

AMATS Ongoing DOT&PF 6

CM-S Complete DOT&PF ITS Systems Engineering Analysis checklist for each federally funded transportation project that has ITS elements.

Project Manager Ongoing AMATS

DOT&PF 6


Action Responsible

Entity Timeframe

Partnership

Connections

Applicable

Goal(s)

CLP-A Continue to work closely with and consider MOA land-use codes, comprehensive plans, pedestrian plans, bicycle plans, public transportation plans, freight mobility, and design standards in project selection and development.

AMATS Ongoing MOA Community

Development 6

CLP-B Integrate MTP recommendations into the AMATS UPWP.

AMATS Once every

2 years DOT&PF 6


Action Responsible

Entity Timeframe

Partnership

Connections

Applicable

Goal(s)

MO-A Continue to coordinate State of Alaska, local road service area, and MOA street maintenance responsibilities, including street and sidewalk snow clearing.

MOA Street Maintenance

DOT&PF

Ongoing ASD

AMATS 2, 3, 6, 7

MO-B Develop improved information system and records for the pavement management program to prolong existing surfaces.

MOA Street Maintenance

DOT&PF

Ongoing AMATS 3


Action Responsible

Entity Timeframe

Partnership

Connections

Applicable

Goal(s)

EC-A Review new information on health effects of air pollution, including the development of new air quality standards, and incorporate this new information in the local transportation planning process.

AMATS Air Quality Advisory

Committee

Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS)

Ongoing AMATS 8

EC-B Investigate state-of-the-art methodologies to identify the carbon footprint of the transportation system components and to serve as a baseline condition for the next Status of the System update.

AMATS Air Quality Advisory

Committee

DHHS

2-5 years AMATS 8

EC-C Develop or work with health service providers to develop educational materials that identify the health benefits of non-motorized and public transportation system improvements.

AMATS Non-Motorized

Transportation Committee

Ongoing

MOA Health Department

Local health care providers

ASD

8

EC-D Comply with AMATS PPP by holding the joint AMATS Technical Advisory Committee/Policy Committee meeting with environmental and regulatory agencies annually in the fall.

AMATS Annually DOT&PF

Regulatory agencies 8


Process—From the MTP to

Project Implementation Recommendations for Consultation and Environmental Mitigation Activities


Figure 8-1 Project Decision-Making Process


Figure 8-2 Typical Schedule for a Federal-Aid Highway Requiring

an Environmental Impact Statement

Source: Brooks and Associates

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