Transcript URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MODEL

PennPlan Moves!
Pennsylvania Statewide Long Range Transportation Plan
2000-2025
What is PennPlan?
PennPlan is Pennsylvania’s Statewide Long Range
Transportation Plan. It is a decision support tool for
PennDOT and its planning partners.
PennPlan is:
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A 25-year blueprint
Corridor-based
The result of an innovative public outreach program
Based on the priorities of Pennsylvania’s county and
regional planning partners
 Multi-modal/Inter-modal
Why is the Plan Needed?
 To identify and clarify specific transportation
policies.
 To coordinate regional priorities from statewide and
interstate perspectives.
 To provide the framework for measuring the
implementation of long term policies.
 To provide a direct relationship between long term
policies and the short term programs and services
that PennDOT and its partners deliver.
Policy
Planning
Federal Policy
for
Environment
and Transport
Governor’s
Policy
PennDOT
Policy
Plan
Other rules &
Regulations
Programming
Twelve
Year
Program (1)
PennPlan
2000
&
Annual
PennPlan
Score Card
&
Simulation Assessments
Capital and
State Budgets
(3)
Transportation
Improvement
Programs (2)
Statewide
Transportation
Improvement
Programs (4)
Proj. Develop.
Corridor
Assessments and
Project Needs
Studies
Federal and State
Environmental
Reviews and
Approvals
Engineering
Design
Construction
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Existing Conditions
(Data Collection &
Analysis)
Social
Economic
Demographic
Transportation System
Land Use
Perspectives (Research)
Travel Demand
Environment
Land Use
Economic Development
Partnerships
Institutional Framework
Technology
Finance
Historical Trends &
Events (Data Collection
& Analysis)
System Supply
Travel Demand
Institution
Federal & State Funding
Land Use
PennDOT Rules,
Regulations, Issue
Specific Plans,
Standards
Public Involvement
Phase 1 (Data
Collection &
Analysis)
PennPlan Deliberation & Consensus
Partners
Public Input Phase 2
PennDOT Bureaus
Federal agencies
Other constituencies
Federal Rules &
Regulations –
Mandates and
Funding
Allocations
Goals
Objectives
Performance
Measures
Corridors &
Their Objectives
Targets
Revisions & Updates for Statewide and Corridor Components
New goals
New objectives
Existing conditions at subsequent times
Major new events
New data for public involvement
Needs assessments by corridor and population segments
New research evidence
Yearly Feedback & Exogenous to PennPlan
Global, Federal, Statewide, and Regional
Events/Changes and Other Factors
Public Involvement Phase 3 Data Collection - Yearly Evaluation & Score card - Needs Assessment and
Project Impact Evaluation - Other Evidence of Performance and PennPlan Research in Special Studies
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Who Uses the Long Range Plan?
 State Transportation Decision Makers
 State Transportation Commission
 Regional Planning Partners
 Transportation Customers
 PennDOT
PennPlan’s Relationship to Regional
and Local Planning
PennPlan is built on the foundation of the long range plans of
Pennsylvania’s Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Local
Development Districts, and the county comprehensive plans
through a synthesis of these many plans.
PennPlan:
 Attempts to find common ground throughout the State and
translates emerging themes into statewide policy.
 Coordinates multi-regional improvements to ensure corridor
consistency.
 Elevates local public involvement activities to a statewide basis.
 Serves as input for future local and regional planning activities.
A Starting Point
Five basic, overriding principles were established, and
were adhered to in the development of the Plan.
Plan must be:
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Concise.
Written in understandable language.
Useable.
Corridor-based.
The success in implementing the Plan must be easily
measured.
PennPlan — Table of Contents
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Introduction
Public Input
Visions of the Future
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Existing Conditions
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Perspectives
Statewide Goals & Objectives
Statewide Corridors
Conclusion
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Public Input
Key Objective of Public Involvement Process
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To provide
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To identify the best combinations of values
an opportunity to all residents to voice
their opinions and concern;
representing their needs and desires;
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To geographically represent the state; and
 To create a plan that is understandable to all
Public Involvement Research Design
“Product Development”
“Test Marketing”
“Bringing to Market”
Phase I : public input and suggestions were collected before the plan was written
Phase II : “did we get it right?”
Phase III: extensive outreach program to inform and educate the public about the plan.
Populations Surveyed
Suburban
Rural
Business
Tourism
Ag/Dairy
Auto
Truck
Visionary
Millennials
TOTAL
OTHERS
Urban
VISITORS
Professional
COMMERCIAL
Elected Officials
RESIDENTS
Appointed
PLANNERS
Total Contacted
102
86
60
984
1098
808
219
75
83
264
48
19
300
4146
Refusals
24
11
10
684
698
508
60
18
28
118
0
0
0
2159
Completions
78
75
50
300
400
300
159
57
55
146
48
19
300
1987
Refusal Rate
24%
13%
17%
70%
64%
63%
27%
24%
34%
44%
0%
0%
0%
52 %
Visionaries Input
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Spatial Distribution of Public Involvement
Resident Respondents
Legend
 Rural
 Suburban
 Urban
Importance / Grade Matrix
M = MOBILITY
A high degree of mobility is enjoyed Pennsylvania; this should
not be diminished.
O = OPTIONS
Transportation is too “unimodal” with a focus on the car.
Options should be provided, promoted and linked seamlessly.
V = VOICES
Public involvement, the voices of constituencies, must be a
major focus of transportation planning.
E = EFFICIENCY
Transportation systems must generate the most benefits per
resources expended.
E = ENVIRONMENT Transportation should have minimal negative effect on the
environment - it should be sustainable.
E = EQUITY
Transportation should not give disproportionate advantages or
disadvantages to any group.
E = ECONOMY
Transportation must maintain and promote economic
development.
S = SAFETY
Transportation systems should be designed to maximize safety.
Statewide Goals
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Promote safety of the transportation system.
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Improve the environment.
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Retain jobs and expand economic opportunities.
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Make transportation decisions that support land use planning
objectives.
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Maintain, upgrade, and improve the transportation system.
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Inform and involve the public and improve customer service.
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Advance regional and corridor-based planning.
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Develop transportation alternatives and manage demand.
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Promote smooth, easy connections between transportation
alternatives.
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Ensure accessibility of the system and mobility for everyone.
Moves Themes/Statewide Goals Matrix
1. Promote safety of the transportation system.
X
2. Improve the environment.
3. Retain jobs and expand economic opportunites.
X
X
X
X
4. Make transportation decisions that support land use planning
objectives.
5. Maintain, upgrade, and improve the transportation system.
S = SAFETY
E = ECONOMY
E = EQUITY
E = ENVIRONMENT
E = EFFICIENCY
V = VOICES
O = OPTIONS
GOALS
M = MOBILITY
PUBLIC INPUT - MOVES THEMES
X
X
X
X
X
6. Inform and involve the public and improve customer service.
X
7. Advance regional and corridor-based planning.
X
X
X
X
X
X
8. Develop transportation alternatives and manage demand.
X
X
X
X
9. Promote smooth and easy connections between transportation
alternatives.
X
X
X
X
10. Ensure accessibility and mobility for everyone.
X
X
X
X
X
X
2. Implement a statewide congestion management strategic plan.
X
X
X
X
3. Implement the objectives identified in the updated Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) Strategic Plan.
X
X
X
X
X
4. Reduce the number of fatalities and severity of crashes on the
state's highways.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
6. Consistently meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act, and
achieve compliance with all relevant environmental laws and
regulations.
X
X
X
7. Incorporate strategies identified under the Pennsylvania Greenways
Partnership Commission Action Plan and the 21st Century Commission
Report into the project development and design processes.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
9. Expand PennDOT's Agility Program.
X
X
X
X
X
10. In cooperation with local and regional planning organizations,
create a state airport system plan.
X
X
X
X
11. Promote the enactment of airport hazard zoning ordinances.
X
X
X
X
Ensure accessibility and
mobility for everyone.
X
5. Develop and implement a program to analyze environmental impact
in conjunction with the PennPlan corridor analysis program.
8. In cooperation with private rail interests, clear all strategic rail freight
corridors for doublestack capacity.
Promote smooth and easy
connections between
transportation alternatives.
X
X
Develop transportation
alternatives and manage
demand.
Maintain, upgrade, and
improve the transportation
system.
X
1. Adhere to "maintenance first" policies in the allocation of financial
and other resources.
Advance regional and
corridor-based planning.
Make transportation decisions
that support land use
planning objectives.
X
Inform and involve the public
and improve customer service.
Retain jobs and expand
economic opportunities.
Improve the environment.
OBJECTIVES
Promote safety of the
transportation system.
GOALS
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
14. Implement physical and service upgrades to the Keystone
Corridor.
X
X
X
Inform and involve the
public and improve
customer service.
Maintain, upgrade, and
improve the transportation
system.
Ensure accessibility and
mobility for everyone.
13. Improve pavement ride quality; reduce the number of posted and
closed bridges.
Promote smooth and easy
connections between
transportation alternatives.
X
Develop transportation
alternatives and manage
demand.
X
Advance regional and
corridor-based planning.
12. Maintain depth of shipping channels to accommodate all freight
ships in the Commonwealth's three ports.
Make transportation
decisions that support land
use planning objectives.
Retain jobs and expand
economic opportunities.
Improve the environment.
OBJECTIVES
Promote safety of the
transportation system.
GOALS
X
X
X
X
X
X
15. Develop a 50-year facilities management plan.
X
X
16. Coordinate the development of a statewide mass transit strategic
plan.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
17. Increase urban and rural transit systems' ridership.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
18. Reduce dependence on single-occupancy vehicles.
X
X
X
19. Eliminate at-grade crossings of freight lines by state-owned roads
within strategic rail corridors.
X
X
X
20. Develop a statewide, passenger-rail needs assessment.
X
21. Support the creation and expansion of intermodal rail freight
facilities that connect to the National Highway System.
22. Promote telecommuting as an alternative to traditional work travel.
23. Connect all public-use airports to state traffic routes or high-access
transit systems.
24. Fully utilize the PA Infrastructure Bank's loan program as an
innovative financing tool for transportation projects through 2025.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Retain jobs and expand
economic opportunities.
Make transportation
decisions that support land
use planning objectives.
Maintain, upgrade, and
improve the transportation
system.
Inform and involve the
public and improve
customer service.
Advance regional and
corridor-based planning.
Develop transportation
alternatives and manage
demand.
Promote smooth and easy
connections between
transportation alternatives.
Ensure accessibility and
mobility for everyone.
25. Maintain Pennsylvania's historical share of the annual federal
transportation budget.
Improve the environment.
OBJECTIVES
Promote safety of the
transportation system.
GOALS
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
26. Reduce the number of state-maintained road miles.
X
X
27. Decentralize Driver & Vehicle Services, thereby improving
customer access, through private sector partnerships.
X
28. In cooperation with private rail interests, invest in doubletrack and
signal upgrade projects within strategic rail freight corridors.
X
X
29. Implement the objectives contained in the Statewide Bicycle and
Pedestrian Master Plan.
X
X
30. Standardize design and implementation procedures for regional
sign systems for tourists and wayfinders.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OBJECTIVES
Objective
Performance Measure
Target
1. Adhere to "maintenance first" policies in the
allocation of financial and other resources.
Percentage of PennDOT's resources expended on
maintenance programs and projects.
80 percent.
2. Implement a statewide congestion
management strategic plan.
Completion of plan and biennial updates.
Plan completed by June 30, 2001.
Establishment of statewide operations center and
regional traffic management centers, with field
communications equipment brought on line.
Contract for design and construction of
operations center in place by Dec. 31, 2000.
Operations center and Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh traffic management centers
functional by Dec. 31, 2005.
Field equipment deployed by Dec. 31, 2001.
Identification of badly congested corridors and
development of improvement strategies.
Congested corridors identified by June 30,
2001, and 3 corridors improved per year.
Implementation of statewide incident management
system encompassing all interstates, and
implementation of incident management pilot
initiatives.
50 percent of interstates covered by the
incident management system by Dec. 31,
2003, 100 percent by Dec. 31, 2005.
Pilot initiatives implemented in two regions per
year.
Number of objectives implemented.
100 percent of short-term objectives
implemented by Dec. 31, 2001.
100 percent of mid-term objectives
implemented by Dec. 31, 2004.
75 percent of long-term objectives
implemented by Dec. 31, 2010.
3. Implement the objectives identified in the
updated Intelligent Transportation System
(ITS) Strategic Plan.
PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OBJECTIVES
Objective
Performance Measure
4. Reduce the number of fatalities and severity Number of:
of crashes on the state's highways.
Injuries overall.
Fatalities overall.
Fatalities
- of 16- and 17-year-old drivers/passengers.
- of 65-and-older drivers/passengers.
- related to drivers with revoked/suspended licenses.
- related to heavy trucks.
- related to buses.
- involving alcohol.
- related to failure to use seat belts.
- involving pedestrians and bicyclists.
- involving motorcyclists.
- in collisions with fixed objects.
- in head-on collisions.
- at stop-controlled and signalized intersections.
- on curves.
Target
Fatalities reduced across all categories by:
2002:
10%
2004:
15%
2008:
20%
2020:
40%
5. Develop and implement a program to
analyze environmental impact in conjunction
with the PennPlan corridor analysis program.
Number of environmental impact analyses completed.
2 analyses completed per year.
6. Consistently meet the requirements of the
Clean Air Act, and achieve compliance with
all relevant environmental laws and
regulations.
Number of conformity analyses completed.
Conformity analyses performed for all
non-attainment and maintenance areas.
Number of highway funding sanctions imposed.
No sanctions imposed.
Expansion of the Transportation Management
Association (TMA) program.
New TMAs established in Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh by June 30, 2000.
Strategies made part of the project design and
development processes.
Strategies incorporated into design and
development processes by 2002.
7. Incorporate strategies identified under the
Pennsylvania Greenways Partnership
Commission (GPC) Action Plan and the 21 st
Century Commission Report into the project
development and design processes.
Development of working partnerships with localregional governments to focus on land use impacts of
transportation planning.
PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OBJECTIVES
Objective
Performance Measure
Target
8. In cooperation with private rail interests,
clear all strategic rail corridors for
doublestack capacity.
Doublestack clearance on strategic corridors.
100 percent doublestack clearance in strategic
rail corridors achieved by July 31, 2003.
9. Expand PennDOT's Agility Program.
Number of agility agreements executed annually.
4 agility agreements executed annually.
Certification of county maintenance organizations by
peer review team.
All county maintenance organizations certified
by June 30, 2000.
10. In cooperation with local and regional
planning organizations, create a state airport
system plan.
Development and adoption of a state airport system
plan.
Plan developed and adopted by Dec. 31,
2001.
11. Promote the enactment of airport hazard
zoning ordinances.
Number of airport hazard zoning ordinances in place
across the Commonwealth.
Number of airport hazard zoning ordinances
in effect increased 10 percent by 2005, using
1999 as the base year.
12. Maintain depth of shipping channels to
accommodate all freight ships in the
Commonwealth's three ports.
Continued port accessibility.
Annual channel impediments diminished to
none by 2007.
13. Improve pavement ride quality.
International Roughness Index (IRI) for:
Timely completion of channel maintenance projects.
Interstates
National Highway System (NHS)
Other PennDOT roads
Percent of miles rated poor reduced to:
Interstates:
NHS:
Other PennDOT:
2002
<5%
<10%
<20%
2005
<1%
<5%
<15%
2000 2010
5%
30%
10%
50%
Reduce the number of posted and closed
bridges.
Number of posted bridges.
Number of closed bridges.
Postings reduced:
Closures reduced:
14. Implement physical and service upgrades
to the Keystone Corridor.
Number of at-grade crossings eliminated.
Number of stations refurbished.
Age of equipment.
At-grade crossings gone by Dec. 31, 2003.
All stations refurbished by Dec. 31, 2004.
New rolling stock obtained by Dec. 31, 2010.
15. Develop a 50-year facilities management
plan.
Completion of the plan.
Plan adopted by Dec. 31, 2000.
PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OBJECTIVES
Objective
Performance Measure
Target
16. Coordinate the development of a statewide Development of a plan that includes both short-term
mass transit strategic plan.
(1 to 5 years) and long-term (6 to 25 years)
objectives.
Plan completed by Dec. 31, 2001.
17. Increase urban and rural transit
systems' ridership.
Percentage increase in transit ridership, using 1997
as the base year.
Ridership increased by:
2003: 9%
2010: 16%
2020: 26%
18. Reduce dependence on single-occupancy
vehicles.
Increase in vehicle occupancy rate (VOR).
VOR increased by:
2003: 5%
2010: 10%
2020: 20%
19. Eliminate at-grade crossings of freight
lines by state-owned roads within strategic rail
corridors.
Number of at-grade crossings of freight lines by stateowned roads within strategic rail corridors.
Such crossings eliminated by July 31, 2015.
20. Develop a statewide, passenger-rail needs
assessment.
Completion of the assessment.
Assessment completed by 2002.
21. Support the creation and expansion of
intermodal rail freight facilities that connect to
the National Highway System (NHS).
Access to NHS by intermodal rail freight facilites.
Satisfactory access of all intermodal rail
freight facilities to the NHS achieved by Dec.
31, 2010.
22. Promote telecommuting as an alternative
to traditional work travel.
Increase in telecommuting as reported in national
censuses, with 2000 census as the base.
Telecommuting increased by:
2010: 15%
2020: 22%
23. Connect all public-use airports to state
traffic routes or high-access transit systems.
Percent of public-use airports connected to state
traffic routes or high-access transit systems.
Public-use airports connected by:
2003: 50%
2008: 55%
2013: 60%
2018: 65%
24. Fully utilize the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Number of loans closed.
Bank's loan program as an innovative
financing tool for transportation projects
Positive cash balance through 2025.
through 2025.
Average of 6 loans per year closed through
2025.
25. Maintain Pennsylvania's historical share of
the annual federal transportation budget.
Pennsylvania's annual percentage share of the federal Annual share of 4.5 percent or higher
transportation budget.
maintained through 2025.
26. Reduce the number of state-maintained
road miles.
Total turned-back miles.
100 road miles turned back annually.
PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OJECTIVES
Objective
27. Decentralize Driver & Vehicle Services,
thereby improving customer access, through
private sector partnerships.
Performance Measure
Target
Number of customers served face-to-face.
Number of customers served face-to-face
increased to 45 percent of total by Dec. 31,
2004.
Customer wait time.
Average customer wait time decreased to
under 18 minutes by Dec. 31, 2002.
Customer Service Indexes (CSIs).
All CSI scores maintained at or above 4.5 (on
a scale of 0 to 5).
28. In cooperation with private rail interests,
invest in doubletrack and signal upgrade
projects within strategic rail freight corridors.
Number of strategic rail freight corridors considered
adequately doubletracked and signalized.
All upgrades completed by 2010.
29. Implement the objectives contained in the
Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Master
Plan.
Number of objectives implemented.
100 percent of short-term objectives
implemented by Dec. 31, 2001.
100 percent of mid-term ojectives
implemented by Dec. 31, 2004.
75 percent of long-term objectives
implemented by Dec. 31, 2010.
30. Standardize design and implementation
procedures for regional sign systems for
tourists and wayfinders.
Number of signing regions established.
Standard design and educational package
completed by June 2000.
Statewide oversight established by December
2000.
Statewide Corridors
The Mountaintop Corridor
This corridor connects Reading and Pottsville to Sunbury. Like corridor 27, this corridor
traverses the heart of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region and provides access to the
tourism industry of northeastern Pennsylvania.
Objectives:
 Provide intermodal opportunities along the corridor.
 Implement intelligent transportation systems along the corridor.
What’s Next?
Future PennPlan activities include:
 Establishing a baseline to measure future performance
 Implementation
 Performance reports
 Continued public involvement
 Future plan updates as needed
Post-PennPlan Work
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Annual Performance Report
 Implementation:
http://www.trafficpd.com/Projects/Statew
ide.htm
 Regional Planning input =
http://www.ntrpdc.com/pdfs/ExecSumma
ry.pdf
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