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On the Road to a New Metropolitan Transportation Plan Spokane Regional Health District Board of Health April 25, 2013 Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) 1 • Purpose is to ensure that the expenditure of federal transportation funds is based on a continuing, cooperative & comprehensive (3-C) process 2 • Lead agency for transportation planning and decision-making in the metropolitan planning area 6 7 8 4 9 5 3 10 11 • State designated Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) 12 • 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 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 Summary Chapter 1 – Who We Are Chapter 2 – Where We’re At Chapter 3 – Where We’re Going Chapter 4 – How We’ll Get There Appendices Summary Folio – Maps, Exhibits Introduction/Purpose Current Conditions Future Conditions Strategies Prelim. 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Draft July √ √ √ 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.” Housing Affordability 2011 Median Income Spokane County = $49,257 Washington State = $58,890 Housing + Transportation Costs - Affordability $8,964 (sedan average @ 15,000 miles per year) AAA Your Driving Costs, 2012 Edition Spokane County Households 8% Single-person households 29% Families with children 35% Families without children 28% Other non-family households (34% in 1990) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census 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 Pavement 2008 – 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 Estimated Square Feet of New Development What About Transit? New Transit Has Spurred Development • Urban corridors are: 12,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 Commercial Residential 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 Minneapolis Hiawatha Line (2003 - 2009) Denver SE Corridor (2004 - 2009) Charlotte Blue Line (2005 - 2009) Source: LEHD 2008; Center for Transit-Oriented Development 2010 ▫ Neighborhoods/districts that can accommodate new mixed-use development ▫ Roads that can accommodate multimodal travel: cars, transit, bikes, and pedestrians Employment Centers Transit Focused Jobs = 113,612 Freight Focused Jobs = 80,932 Guiding Principles Performance Metrics Technical Planning Data Collection and Analysis Scenario Planning (What if?) Community Engagement Member Agencies Citizens and Stakeholders TDM Bridges ITS Bicycle Pedestrian Street Capital Street Maint. Transit Financially Constrained Revenue Estimate $ (finite resource) Policy Planning 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 QUESTIONS? Ryan Stewart Senior Transportation Planner Phone: (509) 343-6370 Web: http://www.srtc.org On the Road to a New Metropolitan Transportation Plan