On the Road to a New Metropolitan Transportation PlanSpokane Regional Health DistrictBoard of Health
April 25, 2013
• Purpose is to ensure that the expenditure of federal transportation funds is based on a continuing, cooperative & comprehensive (3-C) process
• Lead agency for transportation planning and decision-making in the metropolitan planning area
• 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 Planning Organizations (MPOs)
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• State designated Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO)
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 SummaryChapter 1 – Who We Are Introduction/Purpose Prelim.
DraftChapter 2 – Where We’re At Current Conditions Prelim.
DraftChapter 3 – Where We’re Going Future Conditions
Prelim. DraftChapter 4 – How We’ll Get There Strategies JulyAppendices
Summary Folio – Maps, Exhibits
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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.”
2011 Median IncomeSpokane County = $49,257Washington State = $58,890
Housing Affordability
$8,964 (sedan average @ 15,000 miles per year)AAA Your Driving Costs, 2012 Edition
Housing + Transportation Costs - Affordability
Spokane County Households
29%
28%
35%
8% Single-person households
Families with children
Families without children
Other non-family households
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census
(34% in 1990)
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 Pavement2008 – 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
What About Transit? New Transit Has Spurred Development
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4,000,000
6,000,000
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12,000,000
Minneapolis Hiawatha Line(2003 - 2009)
DenverSE Corridor
(2004 - 2009)
CharlotteBlue Line
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Source: LEHD 2008; Center for Transit-Oriented Development 2010
•Urban corridors are:▫Neighborhoods/
districts that can accommodate new mixed-use development
▫Roads that can accommodate multi-modal travel: cars, transit, bikes, and pedestrians
Employment Centers
Transit Focused Jobs = 113,612 Freight Focused Jobs
= 80,932
Policy Planning
Guiding Principles
Performance Metrics
Technical Planning
Data Collection
and Analysis
Scenario Planning(What if?)
Community
Engagement
Member Agencies
Citizens and
Stakeholders
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Pedestrian Transit
Bridges
StreetCapital
TDM StreetMaint.
Bicycle
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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
On the Road to a New Metropolitan Transportation Plan
QUESTIONS?
Ryan StewartSenior Transportation Planner
Phone: (509) 343-6370Web: http://www.srtc.org