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NATIONAL COOPERATIVE NCHRP HIGHWAY RESEARCH Project 08-58 PROGRAM Final Research Report: Development of Guidebook for Corridor-Based Statewide Transportation Planning TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM NCHRP Project 08-58 Final Research Report: Development of Guidebook for Corridor-Based Statewide Transportation Planning John L. Carr, P.E. Carl D. Dixon, P.E. Wilbur Smith Associates Lexington, Kentucky AND Michel Meyer, Ph.D., P.E. Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia Subject Areas Planning and Administration Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD WASHINGTON, D.C. 2008 www.TRB.org TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 1-1 Organization and Contents of the Report .............................................. 1-1 Background ........................................................................................... 1-2 Research Objective and Approach ......................................................... 1-3 CHAPTER 2 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .................................... 2-1 Information on the State of the Practice ................................................ 2-1 Literature Review .................................................................................. 2-1 Transportation Agency Surveys ........................................................... 2-2 Case Studies .......................................................................................... 2-2 Interim Report ...................................................................................... 2-9 Development of The Statewide Corridor Planning Guidebook .............. 2-9 CHAPTER 3 - STATE OF THE PRACTICE: RESEARCH FINDINGS ... 3-1 Literature Review .................................................................................. 3-1 Transportation Agency Surveys ........................................................... 3-8 Case Studies ........................................................................................ 3-22 CHAPTER 4 - STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ............ 4-1 Early Federal Transportation Legislation ............................................. 4-1 Other Pre-Istea Legislation and Regulations ........................................ 4-5 Istea ...................................................................................................... 4-6 Tea-21 .................................................................................................... 4-8 SAFETEA-LU: Statewide Planning Requirements ................................. 4-9 Types of Statewide Transportation Plans ............................................ 4-11 Common Elements of Statewide Plans ................................................. 4-13 Relationship between Planning and Programming ............................. 4-14 CHAPTER 5 - STATEWIDE CORRIDOR PLANNING ......................... 5-1 Rationale for Corridor-Based Statewide Planning ................................ 5-1 Corridor Planning ................................................................................. 5-2 Statewide Corridor Planning ................................................................ 5-6 CHAPTER 6 - STATEWIDE CORRIDOR PLANNING FRAMEWORK . 6-1 Purpose of Guidebook ............................................................................ 6-1 Swcp Conceptual Framework ............................................................... 6-2 Development of the Statewide Corridor Planning Guidebook ............. 6-12 Input from Practitioners ...................................................................... 6-12 Input from the NCHRP Review Panel ................................................... 6-13 CHAPTER 7 - STATEWIDE CORRIDOR PLANNING GUIDEBOOK ... 7-1 Purpose of the SWCP Guidebook ............................................................ 7-1 Organization of the SWCP Guidebook .................................................... 7-1 Why Statewide Corridor Planning? ....................................................... 7-2 Statewide Corridor Planning Framework ............................................. 7-2 Technical Guidance ................................................................................ 7-3 Application of Technical Guidance ........................................................7-4 Special Emphasis Areas .........................................................................7-4 State Examples ....................................................................................... 7-5 Additional Guidance .............................................................................. 7-5 Additional Research ...............................................................................7-6 CHAPTER 8 - DISSEMINATION OF STATEWIDE CORRIDOR PLANNING GUIDEBOOK FINDINGS AND GUIDANCE .................... 8-1 Publication of Documents ...................................................................... 8-1 Distribution of Documents ..................................................................... 8-1 Meetings and Conferences ..................................................................... 8-1 Training ................................................................................................ 8-2 APPENDIX A LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................... A-1 APPENDIX B STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SURVEY FORM ..... B-1 APPENDIX C CASE STUDY FORMAT AND INTERVIEW GUIDE .......... C-1 APPENDIX D CASE STUDY FINDINGS ................................................. D-1 APPENDIX E BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................. E-1 ii AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS National Cooperative Highway Research Project 8-58 was performed by Wilbur Smith Associates (WSA) as the prime contractor in collaboration with Michael Meyer, Ph.D., P.E., of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The Principal Investigator for WSA was John L. Carr, P.E., and the Deputy Project Manager was Carl D. Dixon, P.E. of WSA’s Lexington, Kentucky office. Other contributors from various WSA offices included Don Vary of the Falls Church, Virginia office (statewide transportation planning); Rob Bostrom of Lexington, Kentucky and Dave Powers of Columbia, South Carolina (travel demand modeling); Paula Dowell of Atlanta, Georgia (economics and freight); Tim Sorenson of Lexington, Kentucky (transit planning); Jeff Carroll of Columbia, South Carolina (literature research); Abra Horne of Orlando, Florida and Bob Hamm of Tallahassee, Florida (Florida statewide planning); Rebecca Ramsey of Lexington, Kentucky (survey research, literature research, case study research, and report preparation); and Amanda Spencer of Lexington, Kentucky (corridor planning, statewide transportation planning, follow-up research, and report preparation). Special thanks are extended to the transportation agency participants who gave of their time to participate in interviews for the case study research. Those participants included George Gerstle, formerly with the Colorado DOT (currently with the City of Boulder); Jerry Blair and Donna Day, East-West Gateway Council of Governments (St. Louis MPO); Bob Romig, David Lee, Ed Hutchinson, and Warren Merrell, Florida DOT; George Schoener, I-95 Corridor Coalition; Eryn Fletcher and Steve Smith, Indiana DOT; Calvin Leggett, David Wasserman, and Alpesh Patel, North Carolina DOT; and Bob Hannigan, Brian Wall, and Jeff Reid, Pennsylvania DOT. Thanks are also given to the staff from the 33 state DOTs who took the time to respond to our initial survey; the staff from the state DOTs who participated in our practitioners outreach; and the staff members from state DOTs that provided updated and additional information during our follow-up research. Finally, WSA and Dr. Meyer wish to express our appreciation to the members of the NCHRP 8-58 Research Panel who provided valuable guidance, review, and input into this research project and its products. CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION The objective of this research is to develop a guidebook for a multimodal statewide corridor planning (SWCP) process. The purpose of this report is to describe the methodology and products of this research project, thus, serving primarily as a resource for researchers and individuals who are seeking background information on the research process, resources, and findings. The audience for the SWCP guidebook is envisioned to be state transportation agency officials and practitioners in the United States who are responsible for the development of the federally-mandated statewide transportation plan. In particular, the guidebook is intended for those who wish to focus on specific major modal or multimodal corridors in the state transportation system. Elements of this multimodal corridor planning process may also be adapted for use by metropolitan planning organizations and rural planning organizations for their regional planning efforts. The guidebook may also be useful to consultants and academics who work in the field of systems-wide transportation planning. The guidebook is published separately as National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) 635, Guidebook for Corridor-Based Statewide Transportation Planning. Throughout this report, that document will commonly be described as the “guidebook,” the “Statewide Corridor Planning Guidebook” or the “SWCP Guidebook.” State