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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005 - TRANSPORTATION BOARD - WORK PLANTRANSPORTATION BOARD 2005 WORKPLAN The goal of the Transportation Board is to promote the implementation of a balanced transportation system that provides choice, mobility, access, congestion mitigation and safety for all people while achieving: 1) A reduction in the rate of VMT growth to equal the rate ofpopulation growth; and 2) Enhanced mobility through emphasis ofmodal shifts. TRANSPORTATION METRICS (All Modes) Scheduled regular updates (1-2 years) of the transportation metrics. • Rate of VMT Growth vs. Population Growth • Modal Shift Data • Pavement management index • Lane Miles (bike, vehicle, trail) • Transit Service Related, i.e. Bus Service Hours • Congestion Metrics (LOS at intersections), mobility metrics • Travel Patterns — Local and Regional • Shortfalls in Funding - Capital - Maintenance - Operations • Safety Compliance at intersections - Worst 10 intersections (accidents) - Accident trends - Enforcement - Number of safety related traffic violations, categorized by type of violation - Number of traffic enforcement officers Actions: • Determine how to represent the metrics data in a report card -like form. • Plan future meeting agenda items to cover selected metric topics II. TRANSPORTATION FINANCING A. Maintenance 1. Adequately fund pavement management needs from a''/. cent sales tax and champion making up any additional funds from the General Fund or other sources. Include an inflation -proofing to recover costs due to increases in construction prices and additions to the street network. B. Operating 1. Promote and support long-term funding for transit. 2. Determine an appropriate balance between user paid parking fees and operating/maintenance costs for public parking. 3. Encourage business contributions/partnerships. Transportation Board 2005 Work4n 11/17/04 • Page 2 C. Capital 1. Work with City Council to address the chasm in capital funding for streets by: - Finding new ways to provide leveraging such as seeking funds from the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council (NFRT & AQPC). - Assess and manage Street Oversizing and other fees to ensure that sufficient impact fees are generated to cover the community wide cost of development to ensure adequate public facilities 2. Support long-term funding for the enhanced travel corridors, such as the Mason Transportation Corridor Plan. D. General 1. Monitor availability of revenue sources and how they are applied. 2. Continue to promote and support increases of statewide transportation funds including equitable "shareback" of statewide funds for regional needs. 3. Develop and promote a package of transportation projects for the City's budget exception process. 4. Participate in the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) resource allocation process. III. BUILDING on Basics (BOB) A. Monitor of the projects remaining in BCC: • The Mason Transportation Corridor project • The non route based strategies for 1-25/1-80 truck diversion • East Prospect Road improvements • The N. College Avenue access plan. B. Continued involvement in developing transportation projects for Building on Basics (BOB). IV. TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS A. Work with City staff and advise Council on the development and installation of Intelligent Transportation Systems. B. Promote the new Traffic Control System as an information network for monitoring and improving traffic flow. Determine new ways of utilizing the completed Traffic Control information network. C. Investigate and promote other technology and innovation such as: • Bus -system GPS (global positioning system), • Pedestrian count -down devices and audible crossing devices, • Integration of transportation data with the GIS system, • Implementation of compliance data studies, • Increased traffic enforcement (i.e. photo radar, red light cameras, etc.), • Implementation of a rating system for bike lanes and paths • Real time transportation network condition monitoring system • Better collection of accident data • Increased accessibility of transportation data by the general public • Bicycle and pedestrian detection devices at intersections • Telecommuting efforts • Improved security through right-of-way coordination • Demonstration projects for clean fuel technologies Transportation Board 2005 Worfln • Page 3 11/17/04 V. COORDINATE WITH COUNCIL AND OTHER BOARDS AND AGENCIES A. Network with other City boards and commissions in advising City Council on transportation planning and construction projects. Designate e-mail links to boards. Provide specific liaisons to the: • City Council — Chair Henderson • Planning and Zoning Board — Gould • Air Quality Board — Thordarson • Natural Resources Board —Johnson • Parks & Recreation Board — Henderson • Chamber of Commerce — Grigg • Innovative Trends — Moe Informal liaisons: • Loveland Transportation Board — Gary Thomas • Transit Accessability Advisory Board The Transportation Board will review its liaison assignments at the January 2005 meeting. B. Provide periodic recommendations to Council throughout the year. C. Continue to participate in the activities of the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council (designate e-mail links). 1. Monitor projects, planning activities, funding and issues — Grigg, Trantham, and Thordarson VI. COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON TRANSPORTATION A. Promote and provide the publication of accurate, factual information in the local news media and on the Transportation Board web site, which will be generated this year. The plan is to have a link on the City's web site to get to the Board's site. B. Educate citizens on transportation needs, and, in particular, promote the importance of maintaining and enhancing mobility in the face of increasing congestion. Identify and utilize communication channels for the education of citizens. • Increase the public awareness of the rapid growth in Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), its effects on congestion and air quality, and alternative methods of dealing with this problem. • Develop methods to illustrate more clearly the community costs of providing a transportation system, including such things as "social and hidden costs;" costs associated with congestion; total costs of transportation for the community and the individual; how costs can be reduced; and how needs can be met. • Identification of and education about specific behaviors of users of the system that cause safety problems. Education methods to include: • Community Booth at Foothills Mall • Working with City Public Relations staff • Convincing Coloradoan to run a transportation focused series. • Board member to write the Coloradoan soapboxes. • Write a soapbox for the quarterly transportation issues of the Utility Bill Newsletter (Written Route). Examples of Soapbox topics: • Transportation Master Plan • Mason Street Transportation Corridor • Arterial standards cap problem Transportation Board 2005 W040n 11/17/04 • Page 4 • Pavement Management "Sweet spot" • Safe cycling history (addition of lanes on Lemay once considered good, no longer) • Specific projects • Pedestrian Program • Transit • Hostility Factor C. Work with City staff on development and communication of metrics identified in Section I. VII. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY A. Promote transportation safety as it affects all modes of transportation, through engineering, education and enforcement. B. Make recommendations for enforcement and its funding in all modes of transportation. C. Be proactive in the planning and promoting of enforceable pedestrian safety regulations. D. Identify specific portions of the infrastructure and transit system where safety issues exist. E. Identify embedded hazard issues (i.e. equinox visibility, weather) Vill. PLANNING ACTIVITIES A. Monitor City staff planning activities. B. Monitor the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council's planning activities. C. Monitor RTA planning and discussions and evaluate appropriate action. D. Examine the problem of increased truck traffic on Fort Collins city streets.