Update - 2010Policy Plan Update Related Studies

Today’s Agenda

What is the Transportation Policy Plan? (TPP)

What is the Transportation Policy Plan? (TPP)

Why is an update needed?

• Incorporate new study results since the last update in January 2009

• Include major changes to Highway and Aviation chapters

• Minor updates to other chapters.• This update resets 4-year schedule for next

plan update (due 2014)

Schedule

June- August • TAC committees• TAC, TAB Policy, TAB• Transportation Committee – July 26• Council Adopted for Public Hearing – July 28• Public Comment Process – through Oct. 7• Plan Adoption - November

Schedule

Outreach & Public Comment• Aug. 31 (Blaine), Sept. 1 (Edina), Sept. 14

(Apple Valley), Sept. 21 (St. Paul)• Public Hearing – Sept. 27 (Heywood Facility,

Minneapolis)• Public Comment closes Oct. 7, 5 p.m.

Significant changes

• Regional Mobility• Highways• Aviation – first major update since 1996

Less significant adjustments

• Overview – updates for consistency• Policies and Strategies – updates to reflect

rest of document• Finance – updated forecasts• Land Use – its role in transportation demand

Less significant adjustments

• Transit – update status, maps• Freight – update data• Bike/Ped – Complete Streets language• Federal Requirements – updates for

consistency

Chapter 5: Regional Mobility• Defines Congestion Management Process

(CMP) as required by federal law.• Emphasizes multi-modal approach to

addressing congestion― Highway System Management (TSM)― Transportation Demand Management (TDM)― Transit Opportunities― Land Use Policy

Chapter 5: Regional MobilityRecent TDM Study recommendations include:

• Focus local and regional TDM efforts on• employment centers• corridors with significant investments in multimodal

options

• Develop consistent regional performance measures for program evaluation

• Allocate future funding based on monitored performance

Chapter 6: HighwaysRegion has a strong foundation for implementing management solutions:

• Mn/DOT is a national leader in management infrastructure investments

• 300 miles of bus-only shoulders• Successful experiences with lower-cost/

high-benefit projects• Existing use of pricing

Chapter 6: HighwaysBuilding a flexible highway strategy:

• Manage rather than eliminate congestion• Lower-cost projects• Fully utilize right-of-way, pavement, capacity• Multi-modal system investments • Reservoir of future policy-consistent projects• Guidelines for locally initiated highway

projects

Chapter 6: HighwaysRegional Highway Investment 2011-2030

TIP 2011-2014Local and Mn/DOT Highway $1.3 BChapter 152 Bridge $1.1 B

2015-2030 Funds (est.) State Road Construction $3.6 - $4.2 BCh. 152 Bridge (2015-2018) $.3BRegional Solicitation $1.7 - $1.8 B

Total Investment $8.0 - $8.7 B

Chapter 6: HighwaysState Road Construction Funds, Metro District

(in millions)

Federal * State Total

2015 - 2020 $ 430 $ 900 $ 1,330

2021 - 2030 $ 950 $ 1,550 $ 2,500

TOTAL $ 1,380 $ 2,450 $ 3,830

*Mn/DOT Metro receives an average 45% of the federal funds that come to the region.

Chapter 6: Highways2015-2030 Congestion Mitigation Funding

(in millions)

2015-20 2021-30 2015-30

Active Traffic Management $ 30 $ 50 $ 80

Lower-Cost / High-Benefit (CMSP Projects)

$ 120 $ 200 $ 320

Managed Lane / Strategic Capacity Enhancements

$ 170 $ 330 $ 500

TOTALS $ 320 $ 580 $ 900

Chapter 6: Highways

MHSIS “Reservoir” of Projects• Approximately $1 billion to $1.5 billion in

projects• Final recommendations being developed

• How to grow MnPASS system• Integrate with MnPASS 2 analysis

Chapter 6: Highways

Non-Freeway Trunk Highway Investments: Policy Direction

• Preservation, safety and management investments

• Lower-Cost/High-Benefit Projects• Intersection conversion/mobility projects

based on Mn/DOT reassessment

Chapter 6: HighwaysIntersection Conversion: Policy Direction

• Land use authority incorporates access standards into subdivision and zoning ordinances

• In urban service area (MUSA)• Adjacent to existing interchange• Principal Arterials (PA) can only intersect with

other PAs and “A” minor arterials• Interchange space at least 2 miles outside ring

Chapter 6: Highways

Non-Freeway Trunk Highway Investments: Funding Sources

• Preservation Set Asides• Transportation System Management

(CMAQ)• Highway Safety Improvement Project (HSIP)• Cooperative Agreements• STP

Chapter 6: HighwaysProject Funding Priorities 2015 - 20

Category Projected Budget

Active Traffic Management (ATM)Add and Enhance Electronic Infrastructure of Trunk Highways ATM required for I-494 Managed Lane, Westbound from I-35W to TH 100

$30 million$23 million

$7 million

Lower-cost/High-benefitSet aside to be programmed through CMSP process under developmentAvailable for lower cost/high benefit projects in Table 6-ABC and othersHighway 252, add general purpose lane north and south of 81st Ave.

intersection to complete 3 general purpose lanes northbound

$120 million$60 million

$57 million

$3 million

Capacity EnhancementsAllocate money to Highway 610 to I-94 with lower-cost investment35E/Cayuga managed lane, direct connection to CBD and/or extensionMnPass 2 set aside; This would be reduced if Highway 610 or I-35E

costs increase

$170 million$85 million

$15-50 million

$35-70 million

Chapter 6: HighwaysRight-of-way (ROW) preservation:

• Policy 7: Focus RALF expenditures on projects consistent with this plan.

• Designation of Highway 101 as a PA replaces Dayton/Ramsey bridge as a PA

• Local preservation of ROW for future minor arterial connecting Dayton/Ramsey

• Mn/DOT to reassess Highway 41 for lower cost solution and determine ROW needs

Chapter 6: HighwaysAdditional Highway Needs

• New principal and “A” minor arterials • Non-Mn/DOT principal arterials

Chapter 7: Transit• Updates project status/maps • Adds Midtown, intercity rail, multimodal hubs

to transitway map• Revises language on revisiting commuter

rail feasibility• Acknowledges work on transitway guidelines

Chapter 10: Aviation

Aviation Plan• New 2030 Forecast• Incorporates results of technical evaluation• Keeps current functional classifications• Changes role of Forest Lake

Chapter 10: Aviation

Aviation Plan• Eliminates Search Area A• New LTCP’s for MSP, 3 reliever airports• Updates appendices

MnPASS System Study Phase 2

Minnesota Department of TransportationAugust 2010

MnPASS Project Overview

Update to 2005 study – based on:• Proven MnPASS ability to safely provide

increased trip reliability as well as user choice in a cost-effective manner

• Met Council support for continued MnPASS/Managed Lane implementations

• New low cost design options

MnPASS Study Tasks• Developed criteria to identify viable

MnPASS projects• Developed prioritized list of MnPASS

corridors that can be implemented in the near term (2-10 years)

• Performed traffic and revenue analysis• Performed conceptual engineering analysis• Identified technological, policy, financial, and

institutional issues and barriers

MnPASS Corridor Selection Process

• Initial set of 19 corridors identified through stakeholder involvement, general assessment of need

• Narrowed down through high-level geometric screening

• List further refined through iterations of analysis and stakeholder meetings – ultimately leaving eight good candidates for consideration as MnPASS corridors

MnPASS Performance EvaluationSelected Performance Measures

• Measures consistent with MHSIS and Mn/DOT Long-Range Transportation Plan

• Some variation in MnPASS 2 and MHSIS results due to additional MnPASS study model refinements, different forecast years

Travel Time ReliabilityTravel Time Reliability

ThroughputThroughput

Travel Time Reduction/Travel Time Reduction/Average Trip TimeAverage Trip Time

Change in Congested Change in Congested VMTVMT

Transit Suitability:Transit Suitability:Daily bus volumesDaily bus volumesPeak bus volumesPeak bus volumesExisting bus-only Existing bus-only

shoulder lanesshoulder lanesFuture plansFuture plans

MnPASS Financial Analysis Approach

• Financial analysis assumptions consistent with standard practice and typical Mn/DOT values

• B/C analysis consistent with analysis performed for the MHSIS as well as Mn/DOT standard B/C methodologies

― Benefits = vehicle operating and maintenance benefits and travel time savings

― Costs = capital costs, operating and maintenance costs, and salvage costs

Summary of Project Tiers for

Short-Term ImplementationPriority to Tier I and Tier II corridors

• Can be built early, easily and opportunistically • Strong transit services• Direct linkages to the downtowns• Regional equity• Build on the existing MnPASS system

Tier III corridors • Built in the mid- to longer-range• Serve as a powerful MnPASS beltway system

for growing outlying markets

Study Timeframe

Two to ten years

Policy ConsiderationsContext

Minnesota has been at the forefront for developing educational efforts and researching policy issues with respect to HOT lane acceptance

I-394 and I-35W have converted existing HOV lanes• Federal implications /rules • Equity issues (treatment of carpools) • There are no more HOV lanes in the Twin Cities; the next

MnPASS corridor creates/requires new policy decisions• Usage of toll revenues

New operations issues will be established by the next corridor, these are critical policy decisions for long term• Hours of operation• Occupancy requirements- a key issue for

revenue and performance• Pricing strategy

Policy ConsiderationsIssues related to Context (cont.)

Update Available here:

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/programmanagement/pdf/amendmentrelease.pdf

For more information: Karen Clysdale Principal Planner651-234-7784 phonekaren.clysdale@state.mn.us

Mn/DOT Metro District Plan

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