2030Long Range

Transportation PlanUpdate

2030Long Range

Transportation PlanUpdate

Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council

2nd Public Meeting Fernando de Aragón

TCPL May 26, 2009 Staff Director

ITHACA-TOMPKINS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

ITHACA -TOMPKINS COUNTY LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION PLAN

2030 LRTP

Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Ithaca-Tompkins County

• established in urban areas over 50,000 population• supervises expenditure of Federal transportation funds • provides technical assistance and planning

ITHACA-TOMPKINS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

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Urbanized Area 2000 Population:

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ITCTC StructureITCTC Structure

Final Decision-makingAuthority

PLANNINGCOMMITTEE

STAFF

Technical Review &Recommendation

Technical AnalysisAnd Support

POLICYCOMMITTEE

Long Range Transportation Plan

(LRTP)

TIP UPWP

operations

studies

technicalassistance

transit

safety/mobility

highway/bridge

ITCTC Transportation PlanningITCTC Transportation Planning

Focus on broad (macro) planning concepts

Long Range Transportation PlanLong Range Transportation Plan

20-year LRTP – updated every 5 yearsCurrent 2025 LRTP from 2005-2025Update 2030 LRTP from 2010-2030Update due for completion – Dec. 2009

Looking Ahead – LRTP TimelineLooking Ahead – LRTP Timeline

October ’08Public Mtg.#1

May ’09Full LRTP DraftPublic Mtg.#2

Spring-Summer ’09•Outreach•Incorporate comments•Fine tuning of analysis

Aug. ’09Near Final DraftPublic Mtg.#3

Sept.-Dec.’09ITCTC CommitteeReview Process

(open to public)

Dec.’09FinalLRTP

Approval

PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OUTREACH

IMPLEMENTATIONPUBLIC COMMENTS

LRTP StatusLRTP Status

Climate Change and Energy Position Statement Background

– about the MPO and the LRTP Demographic Overview

– transportation data and County description Vision Statement

– Goals and Objectives Transportation System

– Existing conditions and opportunities

COMPLETED DRAFT CHAPTERS:

AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW: WWW.TOMPKINS-CO.ORG/ITCTC

LRTP StatusLRTP Status

Transportation and Energy Analysis of Comprehensive Plan Future Scenarios

– Coordinated with Tompkins County Planning

Department and NYSDOT

Transportation Planning Projects for Implementation

– proposed transportation planning projects

Financial Element Section

– Expenditures and Available Resources:

local, state, federal - highway and transit

IN THE WORKS:

LRTP StatusLRTP Status

Federal Requirements Narrative

Addressing and responding to comments

- Ongoing effort through plan development

- Will be included as appendix

IN THE WORKS ALSO:

1. Background1. Background

Description of the ITCTC and LRTP. Putting the plan in context.

Census Demographic Data

Travel Trends and Characteristics

Inter county travel

Journey to work

Travel time to work

Vehicle Population

Traffic Accidents

2. Demographic Overview

Trip Purpose

Work based……………………… 17.8%

Family and personal business… 42.8%

Educational/Religious………….. 11.5%

Social/Recreational…………….. 26.7%

Miscellaneous…………………… 1.17%

Very similar to U.S. and NYS

MODE SPLIT Public transportation share = 6% (3.3 million in 2008)

Carpool = 10.8% Walked to work = 17% Worked at home = 5.3% Bicycle = 2.1%

>40% of commuters use a mode other than Drive Alone!

Tompkins County Commute to WorkA Few Facts

Tompkins County Commute to WorkA Few Facts

Jurisdictions where Public Transportation >= 5%

V. Lansing 12% V. Cay. Heights 10% City of Ithaca 10.8% T. of Ithaca 8.6% V. Trumansburg 5% T.Caroline 5% T.Lansing 5%

Highlights Per Mode: Public

Transportation

Highlights Per Mode: Public

Transportation

Jurisdictions where Walk to Work > 10% City of Ithaca -- 42% Town of Ithaca -- 20% V. Cay. Heights -- 12%

V. of Trumansburg -- 9%

Highlights Per Mode: Walk to

Work

Highlights Per Mode: Walk to

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Jurisdictions with lowest Drive Alone rates

City of Ithaca=36% Other mode=64% Town Of Ithaca=54% Other mode=46% V. Cayuga Heights=56% Other mode=44%

Highest Drive alone rate: Newfield - 79% Below State average (76%) in all but 2 towns

Highlights Per Mode:Drive

Alone

Highlights Per Mode:Drive

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Total Number of Vehicles Continues to Increase:

1998=59,915 2007=64,902

Number of VehiclesNumber of Vehicles

3. Goals and Objectives3. Goals and Objectives

G&Os provide vision and direction for ITCTC policies and guide expenditure of Federal transportation funds.

Important guiding component of LRTP Interrelational structure

2030 LRTP Goals and Objectives2030 LRTP Goals and Objectives

Sustainable Accessibility

Proximity

Connectivity

Mobility

Environment

Quality of Life

Integration

Contains technical information and analyses on the existing transportation system and addresses specific transportation issues categorized under the following elements:

Connectivity

System Integration

Environmental

Financial*

4. Transportation System4. Transportation System

*still under development

Providing Your InputProviding Your Input

After public meeting – contact the ITCTCTelephoneE-mailWriteVisitWeb site

Monthly ITCTC meetingsFuture public meetingsPresentations to community groups

At this public meetingTalk to staffWrite your comments

Access to the Plan

WWW.TOMPKINS-CO.ORG/ITCTC

OR CALL US

ITCTC Contact InformationITCTC Contact Information

121 E. Court St.

Ithaca, NY 14850

Phone: 607-274-5570

Fax: 607-274-5578

E-mail:

itctc@tompkins-co.org

Web site:

www.tompkins-co.org/itctc

Thank you for attending this public meeting.

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