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Welcome! 2045 (AO45) Steering Thecommittee fifth Access meeting Ohio Ohio’s Statewide Transportation Planning was held on May 13, Newsletter.Welcome to Ourthe secondgoal is that edition this of newsletter PlanIt Ohio, Transportation Policy, Mr. Lloyd MacAdam welcomed highlights transportation planning initiatives 2019.the group ODOT and Chief discussed Engineer the and recently Assistant approved Director House for and best practices throughout Ohio’s Bill 62 State Motor Fuel User Fee increase and its transportation planning community. impact on Ohio’s transportation programs. The AO45 development team then updated the committee on the AO45 goals and objectives and revisions and introduced partners showcasing their projects. Please We welcome articles from our planning article suggestions. a high level over view of the muti-modal financial needs contact ODOT statewide planning staff with assessment. Based on their areas of modal expertise, Steering Committee members identified opportunities In This Issue:  to refine the needs assessment. In an afternoon session, the Steering Committee Access Ohio 2045, participated in a “guided walkabout” exercise to develop Steering Committee #5 Meeting AO45 implementation progress indicators for each of the seven goals. The goals are: Safety, Preservation, Ohio’s Statewide Bicycle & Stewardship.Efficiency & Reliability, The AO45 Mobilitydevelopment & Accessibility, team will synthesizeEconomic Pedestrian Plan theCompetitiveness, progress indicator Quality concepts of Life, the and steering Environmental committee recommended and present a pared down list at the OKI’s Job Hubs App Launch

Hyperloop committee’s next meeting, in August 2019. plan implementation strategies. ODOT Planners  The August meeting will also focus on developing AO45

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1 / PlanIt Ohio Ohio’s Statewide Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan

bicycleThe ODOT and Office pedestrian of Statewide plan. Known Planning as Walk. is kicking off development of Ohio’s first statewide support Ohio’s active transportation policies andBike.Ohio, investment the plan strategies. will guide, inform, and

The Walk.Bike.Ohio planning process will lead to detailed policy recommendations. A key part

willof the be recommendations taken to meet the isrecommendations an implementation plan that will identify the necessary steps that will cover active transportation policy and will Additionally, there will be two rounds of notafter select the plan individual is complete. construction Recommendations projects. stakeholder outreach meetings. Each round will include six meetings across the state and Walk.Bike.Ohio will be guided by a steering Stakeholderwill be open outreachto the general will also public. be accompaniedThe first round of meetings is scheduled for July 2019. agencies, FHWA, local jurisdictions, advocacy direction. In addition to the stakeholder andcommittee policy groups,comprised and of state regional agencies. planning The by an online survey to gain feedback on plan conducted on targeted themes. meetings, six focus group meetings will also be steering committee will meet six times at key project milestones, to inform the development process developed visions, goals, and objectives of the plan. The first step in the Walk.Bike.Ohio planning

to guide plan development. The first steering committee meeting, held May 2019 informed the vision, goals, and objectives for the plan. Walk.Bike.Ohio will also include a review of existing and future conditions, research into the willbenefits impact of bicycling biking and and walking. walking, an audit of existing data, and a review of how new mobility Walk.Bike.Ohio is scheduled to be completed in late 2020. ODOT’s website will be updated with planned deliverables as they are completed.

2 / PlanIt Ohio OKI Launches App to Examine Employment Hubs

Governments has launched an interactive map (Thehttp://jobhubs.oki.org/ Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of region’s densest employment hubs. It also details ) that identifies the by car or public transit. their accessibility to the workforce Development Initiative, Cincinnati and the OKI partnered with the Regional Economic Commerce on this initiative. Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of The Job Hubs tool highlights areas where “Getting workers to and from work is the number one challenge facing employers and employees,” accessibility could be improved for regional OKI,said Markcan greatly Policinski, help CEOin solving for OKI. that “This challenge.” dynamic connectivitytransit access. by The public map and provides private significant sectors. map, the data backbone of which was supplied by data to help the analysis of hub activity and governmentHubs were defined patterns based and oneconomic employer development density and number of employers, alignment with local The Job Hubs maximize resources including, county Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana region, and utilities, transportation and infrastructure, opportunities. The project focused on OKI’s eight- thereby providing unique opportunities for talent attraction and developing industry- used United States Department of Labor data. growingspecific hubs. new businesses. These assets can help differentiate the OKI region from others when attracting and Planners At ODOT

Andrew is a transportation planner Mark manages the Maritime, Freight Mobility and Logistics program in Statewide Planning & in the office of Statewide Planning as & Research. manages Ohio’sAt ODOT, State he Planningworks & Marine Transportation System with Ohio’s MPOs and RTPOs as well National Research. Advisory He was appointed Council advising to the Freight and Maritime matters.

Research (SPR) PART A Program. Mark Locker He serves on AASHTO, MAASTO

Andrew Shepler undergraduate He is a proud graduate degrees of in the economics special Committees on Freight, and University journalism. of Missouri, He also where has master’s he has Water and State Transportation

and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers, and the Mid cyclingdegrees and in City cheering and Regional on the Columbus Planning andCrew. Civil Engineering Innovation Council, the bi-national Conference of Great Lakes from The Ohio State University. In his spare time, he enjoys and a proud Ohio State University Buckeye. America Freight Coalition. He is a professional AICP planner You can reach Andrew at 614-446-2348 or You can reach Mark at 614-466-2347 or via via email at: email at: [email protected] [email protected]

3 / PlanIt Ohio MORPC and NOACA Hyperloop Studies revolutionize travel by moving people and goods Megaregion Hyperloop. visit the NOACA website. Hyperloop is a new mode of transport that will cohesion. For more information on the great lakes Ohio, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agencywith unprecedented (NOACA) have speed, launched safety projects and efficiency. to attract In an evacuated guideway tube within a magnetic Hyperloop to the state. Hyperloop consists of capsules carrying either passengers or cargo. The levitation system which propels self-contained energyvery low-pressure requirements. environment makes it possible for vehicles to reach very high speeds with minimal

The Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission connectivity(MORPC) launched among the Chicago, Rapid Columbus Speed Transportation and Initiative (RSTI) that is focused on improving

Pittsburgh through exploration of traditional technology,passenger rail with and a heavyhyperloop. emphasis The first on the of twoimpacts initial studies explore the feasibility for hyperloop

on economic markets and freight movements. The second study includes components of an environment impact statement (EIS) for the with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies passenger rail corridor, as well as taking the first-of- NOACA signed an official Public-Private Partnership its-kind endeavor at forming parallel EIS components routes have been developed and analyzed between for the hyperloop corridor. Virgin Hyperloop One Chicago(HTT,HyperloopTT). and Cleveland. Three The differentpartners representativeand consulting is providing in-kind technical expertise related to hyperloop technologies for both studies. For more and public involvement activities will begin in information on the Rapid Speed Transportation springteams are2019. completing the technical feasibility study, Initiative, visit the MORPC website. Mark Your Calendars: Technical Advisory Committee is strategizing and designing a system with an emphasis on regional Sept. 1st Contact Us MPO/RTPO Agencies with Dec. 31st fiscal year end shall submit annual CAP Office Phone: Sept. 30th Proposal to Office of External Audits. [email protected] Email: MPO/RTPO Completion Reports are 614-466-2307 Sept. 30th http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ due to ODOT Central Office Webpage: updated budgets are due to ODOT Plan RevisedCentral MPO/RTPO Work Program with Staffning/SPR/StatewidePlanning/Pages/default.aspx Contacts: http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divi Sept. 30th Office - sions/Planning/SPR/Pages/Statewide-Planning-Staff. MPO Annual Obligations Reports are aspx due to ODOT Central Office 4 / PlanIt Ohio