Transcript TPB Hand-Out Item 12 Proposed Amendments to the FY2006 Unified Planning Work Program National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board November 16, 2005 11/6/2015

TPB Hand-Out Item 12
Proposed Amendments to
the FY2006 Unified
Planning Work Program
National Capital Region
Transportation Planning Board
November 16, 2005
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SAFETEA-LU
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Provides more funding for
Metropolitan Planning
Organizations (MPOs)
 Requires more planning
activities
 Increases funding by about
40 percent ($3 million) for
remainder of FY2006 –
through June 30, 2006
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Activities for New Funding
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Begin to Address SAFETEA-LU Planning
Requirements
Enhance Current Work Activities
Conduct Fine Particles Standards
(PM2.5) Analysis
Survey and Monitor Current Travel
Patterns
Provide Technical Assistance to
Implementing Agencies
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How New Funding is Allocated
SAFETEA-LU
Related
15%
Enhance
Current Work
Activities
27%
Technical
Assistance
13%
PM2.5
Analysis
12%
Survey and
Monitor
Travel
33%
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1. Begin to Address SAFETEA-LU
Planning Requirements
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Long-Range Plan
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Visualization
Public-friendly materials
Consultation
Public Participation Plan
 Human Service Transportation Coordination Plan
 Emergency Preparedness
 Land use and transportation consistency
 Freight Planning
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2. Enhance Current Work Activities
 Increase
funding for the Regional
Mobility and Accessibility Study
 Update and refine Regional
Activity Centers and Clusters
 On-going assessment and
enhancement of the travel demand
model
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3. Conduct PM2.5 Analysis
 Analyze
the Plan and
TIP for the PM2.5 mobile
emissions
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Develop network for 2009
Inventory the number and
location of non-road
vehicles and engines
Incorporate and test new
PM2.5 software
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4. Survey and Monitor Current
Travel Patterns
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Household Travel Survey
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Last TPB Household Travel Survey was in
1994
Used to inform decision-makers and public
about travel patterns and preferences
Helps make travel forecasts more accurate
Highway Performance Monitoring
System (HPMS)
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Provides enhanced sample of traffic
counting locations in TPB region
Used to improve estimates of regional
vehicle miles of travel (VMT)
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5. Technical Assistance to
Implementing Agencies
 Increase
funding for technical assistance to
state transportation and transit agencies
 Work activities include assistance with
corridor or sub-regional studies, traffic
counts and data requests
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Next Steps
December 2005:
 Board
will be asked to approve amended
FY 2006 UPWP document
January 2006:
 Draft
FY2007 UPWP budget outline
presented to Board, reflecting continued
SAFETEA-LU funding
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