MAG, WFRC, UTA & UDOT 2015

Regional Transportation PlanUpdate Process & Schedule

Transportation Plan Update Timeline2013Jan

2013 May

2013 Oct

2014 May

2014July

2014Oct

2015 May

2015 June

4 - Scenariosdevelopment

4 - Scenarios performanceAnalysis

1 - Preferred scenario dev.

Financial assumptions

Phase trans.projects 2024, 2034 & 2040

Public hearing& document

Approval & conformity determined

RTP Scenarios

• Scenario planning is in addition to standard RTP development activities.

• Internal Staff and Technical committee exercise.• Based on current land uses, future projections and

Wasatch Choice for 2040 Vision.• Will help us better understand how land use

choices and densities affect transportation needs and options.

As part of the MTP development process, MPO staff in coordination with WFRC, UDOT and UTA will develop 4 land use and transportation scenarios.

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RTP ScenariosFour Land Use/Transportation Scenarios

Base/Trend

CurrentLand Use

Trends and Planned

Transportation Network

Vision

Increased Densities and

Network Adjustments

VISION +

Medium Density Activity

Centers with Moderate Network Changes

VISION ++

High Density Activity Centers

and Network that serves

them

PREFFERRED SCENARIO A hybrid of the above scenarios as developed and selected

by the MAG Technical and Regional Planning Committie

Scenario Evaluation Criteria“Performance Goals”

SCENARIO PERFORMANCE

GOALSNATIONAL PLANNING STRATEGIES

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LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES &WASATCH CHOICES 2040

NATIONAL PERFORMANCE GOALSMAP – 21

TRANSIT GOALS - UTA

STATE GOALS - UDOT

Efficiency

Economy

Sustainability

Health, Safety Security

Congestion & Choice

Preservation

Urban Form Performance Measurements

√ Cost per user

√ Optimized use of the transportation system

√ Freight movement

√ Redevelopment and economic revitalization

√ Cost of living (transportation)

√ Total infrastructure costs

√ Natural resource impacts

√ Air quality

√ Accidents

√ Bicycle and pedestrian opportunities

√ Accessibility to employment & education

√ Travel time and reliability

√ Miles traveled by car

√ Transit ridership

√ Infrastructure maintenance costs (Roads, Transit, Sewer, Water, etc.)

√ Community Impacts (parks, disadvantaged communities, properties, and places of worship, etc.)

√ Community or corridor specific needs previously stated by the community (may be too time consuming)

√ Walkability

√ Urban area expansion (Sprawl)

√ Housing Choice (Options)

Goals

Performance Measurements

Goal: Min. Congestion & Max. Choices • Performance Measures:

– Accessibility to employment and education– Travel times– Miles traveled by car– Transit ridership

Each Goal will use specific Performance Measurements to evaluate the four land use scenarios

Questions?

MAG Staff:Robert AllenShawn Eliot

Shawn Seager