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Transportation In Northern Virginia
Dinner & Discussion
Providence District Democratic Committee &
Fairfax County Democratic Committee Finance Committee
April 16, 2014
Whitaker Associates
Stuart M Whitaker
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Outline
I. (My) Goals
II.Regional Framework: Transportation Planning Board (TPB)
III.Virginia
I. Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA)
II. Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
www.Whitaker.com
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I. Let’s Start With Goals
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•Avoid climate disasters
•Transport is 2nd largest source of GHG
•Efficiency plus behavioral change
•Increase Energy Security
•94% of transportation energy is from oil
•72% of oil is used for transportation
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•Ensure Balanced Economic Growth
•Transit is essential for everyone
•Consider intergenerational issues
•Foster individual independence
•48% of non-elderly poor in DC w/o auto
•7.8% of US residents w/o auto
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•Foster health and communities
•20 minutes moderate-intensity aerobics daily = 1 mile walk (CDC)
•Better neighborhoods – Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
•Protect life and limb
•In 2010: 33,687 unintentional motor vehicle deaths (vs 11,078 firearm homicides) (CDC) http://tinyurl.com/bwj9crl
•Other Goals?
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II. Transportation Planning Board (TPB): Our MPO
•1962 Mandate
•TPB Goals:
•Range of options
•Strong economy
•Maintenance
•Effectiveness
•Environment
•Inter-region & Intl
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TPB Plans
•Regional Transportation Priorities Plan (RTPP)
•Activity Centers
•Constrained Long Range Plan (CLRP) & TIP
•All projects ~750
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III. Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA)
•4 counties, five cities, towns, others
•Balanced decisions
•First new funding in quarter century
•Good and bad
•Finally!
•Yet … regressive sales taxes
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NVTA Issues
•NVTA’s authority
•Pay as you go (PAYGO) versus Debt
•Project Selection
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PAYGO?
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Or Debt?
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$209 M Projects Selected
•Bonds: $93 M
•PAYGO:
•Roads: $68 M
•Transit: $47 M
•Total: $116
•Largest projects:
•$41 M Innovation Center Metrorail Station
•$28 M Prince William Rte 28
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VDOT “Evaluating Significant Projects”
•Muddling toward objective measures?
•Legislation: rate “all significant transportation projects”
•NVTA Chairman: projects that reduce congestion and emergency evacuation
•VDOT: reduced congestion and emergency capacity, NOT transit, NOT current projects
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VDOT Candidate Projects
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