Delaware-Muncie Transportation Plan Update (2009-2030)
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PUBLICATION NOTICE This program is the result of tax supported initiatives and as such is not subject to copyright. It has been financed in part through a grant from the United States Department of Transportation, administered through the Federal Highway Administration. WORK PROGRAM FULFILLMENT The 2009-2030 Transportation Plan fulfills in part Work Element Number 700 of the Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission's Fiscal Year 2009-10 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The purpose of Program Number 700 hereby fulfilled is to produce a Long range Transportation Plan that is in compliance with Transportation Conformity requirements in Delaware County, Indiana. DELAWARE-MUNCIE METROPOLITAN PLAN COMMISSION STAFF Marta Moody, Executive Director Hugh Smith, Principal Planner Lorey Stinton, Environmental Planner Pam Spoonemore, Zoning Planner Mary Ann Gervolino, Planning Technician Cheryl McGairk, Transportation Planner Carol Fisher, Office Manager Fred Daniel, GIS Planner I Kimberly Cuthbertson, Secretary ACKNOWLEDGMENTS DELAWARE-MUNCIE METROPOLITAN PLAN COMMISSION Dave Howell, President Deane Rundell, Vice President Gary Alexander Julius Anderson Larry Bledsoe Jerry Dishman Tom Green Stan Hiatt John Kelley Lance Lillie Bill O’Rourke DELAWARE COUNTY BOARD OF MAYOR OF MUNCIE COMMISSIONERS Honorable Sharon McShurley Todd Donati, President Don Dunnuck Larry Bledsoe MUNCIE CITY COUNCIL DELAWARE COUNTY COUNCIL Alison Quirk, President Chris Matchet, President Mary Jo Barton Mark Conatser Brad Bookout Ted Bowman Jerry Dishman Linda Gregory Mary Chambers James King Mike King Robert S. Marshall Kevin Nemyer Ron Quakenbush Monte M. Murphy Brad Polk TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES AND AFFILIATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mayor Sharon McShurley, Chairman Represented by: Marta Moody, Chairman Dick Shirey, Deputy Mayor Randy Walter, INDOT Program Section Larry King, Muncie Indiana Transit System Indiana-American Water Co. Jack Klingensmith, Citizen Representative Mary Gaston, MITS (Transit System) Marta Moody, DMMPC Executive Director MaryAnn Gervolino, DMMPC Planner Gary Alexander, Plan Commission Michael Linn, Delaware County Airport Ken Schuck, Chamber of Commerce Nita Barnard, SBC/AT&T Todd Donati, County Commissioners Stan Hiatt, Muncie City Engineer Thomas Kinghorn, Ball State University Brian Jones, INDOT Transit Section Represented by: Pete Olson, Yorktown Town Manager Kevin Kenyon, Facilities & Planning Shahnaz Afzaal, INDOT Greenfield District Dwane Myers, INDOT Greenfield Dist. Jim Lowe, Ball State University Diane Michener, Vectren Energy Delivery Advisors: Larry Heil, Federal Highway Administration Stan Hiatt, Consulting City Engineer Jim Riggle, American Electric Power Angie Moyer, County Project Manager Larry Robinson, Chamber of Commerce Hugh Smith, DMMPC Trucking Industry Representative Larry Heil, Federal Highway Admin. Fred Ludington, Parker City Town Council John Kelley, Delaware Co. Surveyor Cheryl McGairk, Recording Secretary Angie Moyer, Delaware Co. Engineer Dept. Dick Shirey, Deputy Mayor, Muncie Hugh Smith, DMMPC Principal Planner Cheryl McGairk, Recording Secretary AIR QUALITY CONSULTING PARTIES Indiana Department of Environmental Management – Shawn Seals, Gale Ferris, Brian Callahan Indiana Department of Transportation – Steve Smith, Laurence Brown, Randy Walter Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates – Vince Bernardin, Jr. Madison County Council of Governments – Jerry Bridges, Peter Mitchell Federal Highway Administration – Larry Heil Federal Transit Administration – Andy Minyo Environmental Protection Agency – Pat Morris Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission – Marta Moody, Hugh Smith CONSULTANTS Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates, Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SECTION NUMBERS Section I: Introduction: Mission & Goals 1 – 5 Section II: Demographics: Socioeconomics & Growth Trends 6 – 12 Comprehensive Plan Implementation Section III: Western Growth Study 13 – 18 Section IV: Base Transportation System 19 – 36 Section V: Travel Characteristics 37 – 48 Section VI: Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan 49 – 64 Section VII: Long Range Transportation System Plan 65 – 85 Section VIII: Environmental Justice 86 – 91 Section IX: SAFETEA-LU Updates 92 - 95 Section X: Public Input and Implementation 95 – 96 APPENDIX A: Transportation Conformity Documentation – Separate Document FIGURES Page Page Figure 1: Muncie MPA 2 Figure 15: Existing Trail System 53 Figure 2: Non-Attainment Airshed 4 Figure 16: Sidewalk Inventory 54 Figure 3: Household Change by TAZ 8 Figure 17: Preferred Co Bike Routes 56 Figure 4: Employment Change by TAZ 9 Figure 18: Urban Bike-Ped System 57 Figure 5: Land Use Map 15 Figure 19: Arterial Multi-Use Pathways 58 Figure 6: Western Growth Area 16 Figure 20: Bike-Ped & Road Projects 62 Figure 7: Functional Class System 21 Figure 21: Road Needs Assessment-Muncie 80 Figure 8: Delaware County Bridges 24 Figure 22: Road Needs Assessment-Co 81 Figure 9: Freight Transportation Facilities 26 Figure 23: Expansion Projects 83 Figure 10: Transit Routes 35 Figure 24: Air Quality Exempt Projects 85 Figure 11: Existing Trail System 36 Figure 25: Street Projects-Low Income Areas 87 Figure 12: Future Needs 40 Figure 26: Street Projects-Minority Areas 88 Figure 13: Del Co Environmental Inventory 47 Figure 27: Bike/Ped Projects-Low Income 90 Figure 14: Final Alternate-Western Gr. Study 48 Figure 28: Bike/Ped Projects-Minority 91 TABLES Page Page Table 1: Forecast Control Totals-BLA 10 Table 5: Base Year Revenues 67 Table 2: Socio-Economic Data by TAZ-BLA 11 Table 6: Projected Local Funds 67 Table 3: Population Change 12 Table 7: Projected Federal Funds 68 Table 4: Public Survey Response-BLA 45 Table 8: Projects by LPA, Class, Funding 72-4 SECTION I INTRODUCTION: MISSION AND GOALS The 2009-2030 Delaware-Muncie Transportation Plan updates and replaces the 2005-2030 transportation plan developed in 2005, though many of the previous sections remain intact with minor updates. The purpose of this plan is to provide long-range guidance toward developing and maintaining the transportation systems within Delaware County. The federal guidance toward this effort began with the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), extended further with the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century in 1998 (TEA-21), and was further enhanced in 2005 by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA- LU). ISTEA expanded the role of Metropolitan Planning Agencies, set up the transportation plan process, and encouraged the inclusion of transportation enhancement projects in transportation improvement programs. Tea-21 carried those efforts further and added environmental justice. SAFETEA-LU expanded the safety and equity aspects of transportation improvements while maintaining and expanding the previous efforts. Delaware County was declared a Non-attainment Area for air quality on June 15, 2004 and we will have to show that the projects listed in this plan will not contribute toward poorer air quality. Delaware County reached air quality attainment and became a Maintenance Area in late 2005, but we are still be required to provide air quality conformity analysis for our Transportation Plans and Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP). Because we lost our original attainment status, it is a federal requirement that the Delaware Muncie Transportation Plan be updated every four years. The TIP is a four-year program of federal aid projects and draws its projects from the Transportation Plan. A TIP is effective for four years or until the next TIP is approved, usually every one or two years. The projects listed in the last two years of a TIP can be moved up a year or two to replace projects delayed. Delays generally occur because of the effort to ensure that projects are designed and built to appropriate federal standards. SAFETEA-LU set eight factors that must be considered in developing a transportation plan. The factors are: 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 the 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; and 8) Emphasize the preservation of the existing transportation sytem. The 2009-2030 Transportation Plan was developed using those factors. MISSION The mission of the 2009-2030 Delaware-Muncie Transportation Plan is to guide the continuous development of an integrated intermodal transportation system that facilitates the efficient, effective and environmentally sound movement of people and goods. This document covers all federal aid 1 Figure 1 Muncie MPA transportation projects in the metropolitan planning area (MPA) and all air quality significant transportation projects within Delaware County. The Muncie MPA is shown in Figure 1 and covers approximately 386.6 square miles of Delaware County, Indiana, and 4 square miles of Randolph County near Parker