Metropolitan Transportation Plan, and Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy in One
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2018 Chittenden County ECOS Plan Supplement 5 – Metropolitan For a healthy, Transportation Plan inclusive, and First Public Hearing Draft 1/5/2018 prosperous community This plan is the Regional Plan, Metropolitan Transportation Plan, and Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy in one. This plan can be found online at: www.ecosproject.com/plan 2018 Chittenden County ECOS Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................... II METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN ........................................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ................................................................................................. 1 TRANSPORTATION GOAL, ISSUES, AND SUMMARY OF MTP INVESTMENTS ........................................ 3 ISSUES, TRENDS, OBSERVATIONS & SUMMARY OF MTP INVESTMENTS .......................................................... 3 SUMMARY OF MTP INVESTMENTS ............................................................................................................... 5 KEY TRANSPORTATION INDICATORS & PERFORMANCE MEASURES .................................................. 6 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................. 10 EXISTING METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ................................................................... 16 CURRENT TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONS ................................................................................................. 16 FINANCIAL PLAN ........................................................................................................................... 36 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 36 FINANCIAL PLAN PART 1: OVERALL CONSTRAINT ....................................................................................... 36 FINANCIAL PLAN PART 2: SYSTEM OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE ELEMENT ............................................... 40 CONCLUSION AND PROPOSED FUTURE ALLOCATIONS ................................................................................ 42 SCENARIO PLANNING REVIEW AND FUTURE CONDITIONS ............................................................... 45 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 45 FUTURE TRANSPORTATION SCENARIOS ..................................................................................................... 46 SCENARIO RESULTS .................................................................................................................................. 48 MTP SCENARIO ........................................................................................................................................ 54 MTP SCENARIO RESULTS ......................................................................................................................... 55 MTP SCENARIO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ........................................................................................ 59 MTP CORRIDORS ......................................................................................................................... 60 REGIONAL CORE ...................................................................................................................................... 61 NORTHERN CORRIDOR ............................................................................................................................. 65 NORTHEASTERN CORRIDOR ...................................................................................................................... 67 ROUTE 15 WEST CORRIDOR ..................................................................................................................... 68 SOUTHEASTERN CORRIDOR ...................................................................................................................... 69 VERMONT ROUTE 116 CORRIDOR ............................................................................................................. 70 EASTERN CORRIDOR ................................................................................................................................ 71 SOUTHERN CORRIDOR .............................................................................................................................. 73 CROSS COUNTY CORRIDOR ...................................................................................................................... 75 CORRIDOR SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... 77 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN INVESTMENTS AND PROJECT LIST .................................. 78 MTP MAJOR INVESTMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 78 MTP PROJECT LIST .................................................................................................................................. 80 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTATION AND MITIGATION ....................................................................... 93 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 93 CONSULTATION BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................. 94 THE ECOS IMPACT IN DEVELOPING TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY ............................................................. 94 ii 2018 Chittenden County ECOS Plan ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION .................................................................................................................... 95 Table of Contents iii 2018 Chittenden County ECOS Plan Metropolitan Transportation Plan Introduction and Background The MTP is the region’s principal transportation planning document that sets regional transportation priorities. It consists of short- and long-range strategies to address transportation needs that lead to the development of an integrated, inter-modal transportation system that facilitates the efficient movement of people and goods. As mandated by federal regulations, the MTP must both articulate and work towards the region’s comprehensive long-range land use plans, development objectives, and overall social, economic, environmental, system performance and energy conservation goals and objectives. It should also be consistent with the statewide transportation plan. In addition, the CCRPC is required to make special efforts to engage all interested parties in its development. Federal regulations also mandate that the MTP considers the following: • Ten planning factors: “(1) Support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency; (2) Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users; (3) Increase the security of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users; (4) Increase accessibility and mobility of people and freight; (5) Protect and enhance the environment, promote energy conservation, improve the quality of life, and promote consistency between transportation improvements and State and local planned growth and economic development patterns; (6) Enhance the integration and connectivity of the transportation system, across and between modes, for people and freight; (7) Promote efficient system management and operation; (8) Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation system; (9) Improve the resiliency and reliability of the transportation system and reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts of surface transportation; and (10) Enhance travel and tourism.” • Look out a minimum 20 years into the future and be updated every five; Introduction and Background | Metropolitan Transportation Plan 1 2018 Chittenden County ECOS Plan • Identify existing and proposed projects and strategies that together function as an integrated metropolitan transportation system; • Maintain a multi-modal focus that includes transit and bicycle and pedestrian facilities; • Estimate costs and identify revenue sources that are reasonably expected to be available for operation, maintenance and capital investments; • Identify measures and targets to gauge transportation system performance; • Determine ways to preserve existing facilities and services and make efficient use of the existing system; and • Discuss potential environmental mitigation of MTP projects and strategies. The MTP is one of three primary responsibilities of Metropolitan Planning Organizations or MPOs (the CCRPC is serving as the MPO for Chittenden County). The others are the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The TIP is the annually updated four- year list of project priorities identified for federal funding. The UPWP, also updated every year, is the CCRPC’s work program that describes, and allots funding for transportation planning activities in the county by CCRPC staff, its consultants, and other transportation and planning partner agencies in the region. Following this introduction, here is the sequence of MTP elements of this ECOS Supplement: • Transportation Goal, Issues,