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2040 Long Range Transportation Plan Long Range 2040 Transportation Plan October 2017 This document has been prepared by the Rockingham Planning Commission in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration; the New Hampshire Department of Transportation; and the Federal Transit Administration. The contents of the report reflect the views of the authors who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the Federal Highway Administration, the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, or the Federal Transit Administration. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. Long Range Transportation Plan Table of Contents Table of Contents ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Introduction Housing ....................................................................................... 3-8 Purpose and Scope ...................................................................... 1-1 Transportation ............................................................................ 3-9 The Planning Process .................................................................. 1-2 State and Local Roadway Network .................................... 3-9 Plan Structure & Contents .......................................................... 1-4 Vehicle Miles of Travel and Congestion ........................... 3-15 2. Planning Framework Commuter Flows .............................................................. 3-19 New Hampshire Livability Principles ........................................... 2-1 Traffic Safety .................................................................... 3-21 Vision for 2040 ............................................................................ 2-2 Pavement Conditions ....................................................... 3-28 Regional Goal .............................................................................. 2-3 Bridge Conditions ............................................................. 3-28 Federal Planning Factors ............................................................. 2-3 Freight Transportation ..................................................... 3-31 Performance Based Approach .................................................... 2-3 Public Transportation ....................................................... 3-34 National Performance Goals ....................................................... 2-4 Transportation Demand Management ............................ 3-37 National Performance Measures ................................................ 2-4 Bicycle Facilities and Programs ........................................ 3-39 MPO Transportation Goals and Performance Measures ............ 2-5 Pedestrian Facilities and Programs .................................. 3-42 Performance Measures and Targets………………………………...........2.6 4. Current Trends and Future Conditions Project Selection Criteria and Process ........................................ 2-8 Vision and Objective ................................................................... 4-1 3. Existing Conditions Basis in Projections...................................................................... 4-1 Population & Growth .................................................................. 3-1 Population Projections ....................................................... 4-1 Land Use ...................................................................................... 3-4 Employment Projections .................................................... 4-4 Climate Change ........................................................................... 3-6 Scenario Planning ............................................................... 4-4 i Long Range Transportation Plan Table of Contents Needs Assessment ...................................................................... 4-8 6. Implementation Strategies Mobility Needs ................................................................... 4-8 Mobility ....................................................................................... 6-1 Accessibility & Transportation Choice Needs .................. 4-13 Accessibility & Transportation Choice ........................................ 6-2 System Preservation & Modernization ............................ 4-19 System Preservation & Modernization ....................................... 6-3 Safety and Security Needs ............................................... 4-20 Safety and Security ..................................................................... 6-4 Land Use Integration Needs ............................................. 4-23 Land Use Integration ................................................................... 6-5 Resource Protection Needs ............................................. 4-24 Resource Protection .................................................................... 6-7 Economic Vitality Needs .................................................. 4-28 Resiliency..................................................................................... 6-8 Resiliency Needs .............................................................. 4-30 Economic Vitality....................................................................... 6-10 Public Health Needs ......................................................... 4-35 Public Health ............................................................................. 6-11 Planning Process Needs ................................................... 4-35 Planning Process ....................................................................... 6-12 Resource Needs ............................................................... 4-37 Funding Availability ................................................................... 6-13 5. The Constrained Transportation Plan Plan Impacts and Mitigation ..................................................... 6-13 Projects and Financing ................................................................ 5-1 Appropriate Types of Mitigation ...................................... 6-14 Anticipated Revenues ................................................................. 5-2 Identifying Opportunities for Mitigation ......................... 6-16 Anticipated Costs ........................................................................ 5-8 Environmental Justice ...................................................... 6-17 Fiscally Constrained Projects List .............................................. 5-10 Transportation Improvement Program ........................... 5-10 Transportation Plan Projects ........................................... 5-10 Unfunded Projects .................................................................... 5-10 2 Long Range Transportation Plan Introduction 1. Introduction RPC Communities covered by this The Rockingham Planning Commission region’s vitality and the more severe coastal flooding related to storm Plan: quality of life for its residents depend greatly on the mobility of events and sea level rise will increasingly people and goods, the accessibility of destinations by multiple impact transportation infrastructure along Atkinson modes of travel, and the safe accommodation of all users of the the coastline. Lastly, the aging of the Baby Brentwood transportation system. The region enjoys a strong interregional Boom generation will result in a near Danville backbone transportation system, with an excellent highway doubling of the senior population in the East Kingston network, airport, deep water port and intercity bus and rail coming 25 years, creating demands for new Epping access. Public transit and human service transportation are more transit options and other changes to the build Exeter readily accessible in the region than in many parts of the state, environment to support aging in place. These Fremont Greenland between the COAST and CART public transit systems and non- existing conditions, system needs and Hampstead profit providers. The region has seen improvement in travel challenges are set out in greater detail in the Hampton options in the past decade, with the expansion of transit services following pages, together with regional goals Hampton Falls and greater attention to bicycle and pedestrian accommodation. and strategies to improve mobility, Kensington accessibility, and safety; and otherwise Kingston At the same time the region, and the state as a whole, face maintain and enhance the region’s economic New Castle significant challenges in maintaining, modernizing and improving vitality and quality of life. Newfields the safety of our transportation system. Among these are Newington Newton changing travel demand patterns associated with economic Purpose and Scope change and demographic shifts; and perennial funding North Hampton Plaistow constraints. New Hampshire suffers from a lack of funding for the This Transportation Plan serves as the short Portsmouth transportation system in general, including system maintenance and long-range transportation planning Raymond and operation, and there is a particular lack of funding for modes document for the Rockingham Planning Rye other than highways. Public transportation availability varies Commission (RPC), which is the designated Salem significantly across the region by community, with major gaps in Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Sandown access in the middle of Rockingham
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