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Title: Level of Service F for Grade A Streets Track: Prosper Format: 90 minute panel Abstract: Relying solely on Level of Service criteria for street design, which evaluates vehicle congestion, leads to poor outcomes on many of our roadways. LOS F, far from a failure, creates opportunities to reallocate roadway space for more livable street designs. In this session, learn about projects in Cambridge and San Francisco that overcame opposition and generated community support in prioritizing better bicycling and walking over vehicle capacity during the peak hour of travel. Presenters: Presenter: Michael Sallaberry San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Co-Presenter: Jeffrey Rosenblum City of Cambridge, MA
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Level of Service F for
Grade A Streets Massachusetts’ Project Selection Advisory Council
September 9, 2014
Scott Hamwey, Manager of Long Range Planning
MassDOT
September 9, 2014 | Leading the Nation in Transportation Excellence | www.mass.gov/massdot
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Created in 2009
Consolidation of several independent
authorities/departments resulted in a statewide
multimodal DOT including:
Roads, bridges and tunnels (tolled/untolled)
Mass transit (commuter rail, subway, buses, ferries,
paratransit)
Bicycle/shared used paths
Intercity Rail
Registry of Motor Vehicles
September 9, 2014 | Leading the Nation in Transportation Excellence | www.mass.gov/massdot
2 MassDOT: Background
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GreenDOT a comprehensive implementation plan outlining
MassDOT’s approach to reducing
transportation-related GHG emissions
Healthy Transportation Directive a policy requiring all MassDOT project designs to accommodate
all system users (or secure a waiver from the Secretary)
Mode Shift a goal to triple the share of travel conducted
by transit/bike/ped by 2030
September 9, 2014 | Leading the Nation in Transportation Excellence | www.mass.gov/massdot
3 MassDOT: Key Goals and Policies
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Purpose - Created by the Massachusetts Legislature
to recommend :
A set of uniform project selection criteria
A project prioritization formula to be used in
development of statewide transportation plan
Membership - 8 seats filled by (3) gubernatorial and
(4) legislative leadership appointments (plus
Secretary)
Deadline - 12/31/14
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Project Selection Advisory Council
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September 9, 2014 | Leading the Nation in Transportation Excellence | www.mass.gov/massdot
Massachusetts Experience with
Project Prioritization
MassDOT Project Review Committee – scores
projects as they are submitted by municipalities to
enter the pipeline
MBTA – used third party software and facilitation to
develop scoring system
MPOs – comprehensiveness and use varies by MPO;
typically applied only to roadway projects
weMove – scenario planning tool
Statewide, multimodal set of evaluation
criteria are entering uncharted territory
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Applicable across modes and project types
Simple and transparent (quantitative metrics
where possible)
Consider regional equity and cost
Focus on existing data; but identify
aspirational data and metrics
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PSA Council Goals
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Challenges to Aligning Criteria with
MassDOT Goals
Addressing existing auto-dependency and realistic
potential for mode shift given existing land use
Overcoming sub-par bicycle, pedestrian, and safety
data and forecasting abilities
Comparing projects across and within
modes with one set of criteria
Avoiding metrics becoming a box to
check
Recognizing political context
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Specific Challenges for Bike/Ped with
Proposed Objectives
It is tempting to reward projects with
bike/ped elements for both real and
imagined (or at least distant) outcomes
Mode Shift: How closely should the metric align with
this goal? How meaningful is the metric if it doesn’t?
Reliability: Unlike transit, harder to improve upon the
reliability/predictability of travel via biking/walking
Safety: What if the near-term consequence of
encouraging shift to a “safer” mode is more
injuries/deaths?
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Other Proposed Objectives and
Considerations
Increase persons per hour capacity
Reduce GHG emissions
Increase physical activity
Support sustainable development
Reduce exposure to noise/air/water pollution
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What do you think?
How do you prioritize all projects against
the same goals? – Some roads need to
be auto focused.
If we were to get a 6 month extension –
what other approach should we
consider?