The Southeast Michigan Council of GovernmentsThe Southeast Michigan Council of Governments

Context for the MeetingContext for the Meeting

SEMCOG TMIP Peer Review Panel MeetingSEMCOG TMIP Peer Review Panel MeetingDecember 12-13, 2011December 12-13, 2011

Regional Realities:Regional Realities:

• Since 2000Since 2000– nearly 500,000 jobs lostnearly 500,000 jobs lost

– $10,000 drop in median household $10,000 drop in median household incomeincome

– household vacancy rate has doubledhousehold vacancy rate has doubled

– declining property valuesdeclining property values

– High unemployment rateHigh unemployment rate

Motivation/NeedsMotivation/Needs

• The travel model is used in:The travel model is used in:– policy decision making processes,policy decision making processes,

– transportation planning, andtransportation planning, and

– alternative project analysis.alternative project analysis.

Goals/Uses:Goals/Uses:develop/analyze scenariosdevelop/analyze scenarios

• transit oriented development,transit oriented development,

• urban growth/shrinking policies,urban growth/shrinking policies,

• compact developmentcompact development

Goals/Uses:Goals/Uses:transportation planningtransportation planning

• RTP and TIP development processRTP and TIP development process

• project evaluation and prioritizationproject evaluation and prioritization

• environmental justice analysis environmental justice analysis

• transportation economicstransportation economics

• congestion managementcongestion management

Goals/Uses:Goals/Uses:transportation planning (cont.)transportation planning (cont.)

• freight planningfreight planning

• vehicle emission estimationvehicle emission estimation

• conformity determinationconformity determination

• climate change and green house gas climate change and green house gas (GHG) needs(GHG) needs

• traffic operationstraffic operations

Goals/Uses:Goals/Uses:project levelproject level

• construction impact and mitigation strategiesconstruction impact and mitigation strategies

• light rail and commuter rail projects, e.g. light rail and commuter rail projects, e.g. New StartsNew Starts

• highway improvement projects and traffic highway improvement projects and traffic projections. projections.

• intersection improvementsintersection improvements

Modeling ChallengesModeling Challenges

• address region’s new reality & address region’s new reality & development patternsdevelopment patterns

• reallocation of developmentreallocation of development

• transportation investment strategy and transportation investment strategy and prioritypriority

• EJ AnalysisEJ Analysis

• traffic improvement (hot-spot)traffic improvement (hot-spot)

The Southeast Michigan Council of GovernmentsThe Southeast Michigan Council of Governments