Successful Strategies for Multimodal-Transit Inclusion in Statewide Transportation Planning

MTAP – March 18, 2021

Grant Sparks, AICP

Manager of Transit Planning and Corridor Development

Overview

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• Virginia Multimodal Planning :

• Multimodal Transportation Plan

• Multimodal Project Pipeline

• Performance-Based Funding Programs

• Performance Measurement

• Virginia Project Programming:• SYIP

• TIP

• STIP

Virginia Multimodal Planning Process

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Multimodal Transportation

Plan

Multimodal Project Pipeline

Multimodal Funding

Programs

Multimodal Performance

Measurement

Virginia Multimodal Planning Process

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Multimodal Transportation

Plan

VTrans

• Long-range, multimodal transportation plan that establishes statewide goals, objectives and funding priorities

• Driven by federal and state statutory requirements for planning, programming and performance reporting

• Developed by the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment (OIPI) with input from DRPT, VDOT, and other stakeholders

• Identifies mid-term and long-term needs

• Data-driven needs

• Needs reviewed/verified by stakeholders

Virginia Multimodal Planning Process

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Multimodal Transportation

Plan

Virginia Multimodal Planning Process

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Multimodal Transportation

Plan

• VTrans needs are mapped as nodes or segments

• Comments received directly on Interact VTrans webpage

Virginia Multimodal Planning Process

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Multimodal Project Pipeline

• Process under development

• Wide distribution of multimodal needs statewide

• Prioritize mid-term needs identified in VTrans

• Informs how the Commonwealth can best utilize planning funds to further explore solutions to high-priority needs

• Multimodal pipeline studies advise project planning and development

• Potentially fewer projects submitted through the Commonwealth’s performance-based funding programs, but higher quality projects

Virginia Multimodal Planning Process

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Multimodal Project Pipeline

• Mid-term needs classified and mapped as priorities 1-4

• Project Pipeline studies indented to take a deeper dive on Priority 1 needs

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Multimodal Funding

Programs

• VTrans need eligibility for statewide multimodal funding programs and initiatives

• Performance-based approach to project evaluation and scoring

• SMART SCALE prioritizes funding using six primary factors:

• Congestion mitigation

• Safety

• Accessibility

• Environmental quality

• Economic development

• Land use

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Multimodal Funding

Programs

• Projects submitted through the SMART SCALE program are scored based on a benefit to cost ratio

• Transit/TDM projects score well

• SMART SCALE scoring process is used for other funding programs and initiatives:

• Interstate Corridor Improvement Plans

• DRPT MERIT MAJ

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Multimodal Performance

Measurement • Measures and targets are developed to evaluate the performance of the multimodal transportation network

• Informs needs and investment decisions

Virginia Multimodal Planning Process

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Multimodal Performance

Measurement

• Project dashboards developed for transparency

• Data sharing platform under development

Virginia Project Programming Process

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Six Year Improvement

Program (SYIP)

Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP)

State Transportation Improvement

Program (STIP)

Questions?

Grant Sparks, AICP

Manager of Transit Planning and Corridor Development