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2040 Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan Adopted April 18,2018 2040 METRO VISION REGIONAL better! life make We TRANSPORTATION PLAN CONTENTS 1. Introduction .....................................................................1 A. What is the Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan? ........................................................1 B. Relationship to DRCOG’s Metro Vision .......................................................................3 C. Federal Requirements .....................................................................................3 D. Public Involvement and Decision-Making Process. .4 i. Cooperative Decision-Making Process .......................................................................................................6 2. Transportation Challenges and Planning Assumptions ................................9 A. Growth Challenges ........................................................................................9 B. Land Development Challenges ..............................................................................9 C. Social Challenges .......................................................................................10 D. Transportation Challenges ................................................................................ 13 E. Environmental Challenges .................................................................................17 F. Funding Challenges ...................................................................................... 18 3. Metro Vision integration ........................................................21 A. A Connected Multimodal Region ...........................................................................23 4. Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan System Components ......................35 A. Regional Roadway System ...............................................................................35 i. Roadway System Background .............................................................................................................35 ii. Congestion Management Process .........................................................................................................38 B. Public Transportation ....................................................................................41 i. Rapid Transit System ....................................................................................................................41 ii. Fixed Route Bus and Other Transit Services ................................................................................................41 C. Active Transportation (Bicycle and Pedestrian Travel) ........................................................ 41 i D. Transportation Demand Management ......................................................................42 i. Transportation Demand Management Background ...........................................................................................42 ii. Transportation Demand Management Structure and Providers in the Denver Region ..............................................................43 iii. Transportation Demand Management Strategies ............................................................................................45 E. Technology .............................................................................................47 i. Connected Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles ...............................................................................................47 F. Safety .................................................................................................48 i. Safety Background ......................................................................................................................48 ii. Safety Improvements ....................................................................................................................49 G. Aviation ...............................................................................................50 H. Freight and Goods Movement .............................................................................52 I. Transportation System Management and Operations Improvements .............................................53 i. Roadway Operational Improvement Projects ................................................................................................53 ii. System Management and Operations Improvements .........................................................................................54 J. Transportation Security. 56 i. Transportation Security Partners ..........................................................................................................56 ii. Transportation Security Improvements .....................................................................................................58 K. Asset Management and System Preservation ...............................................................59 i. Roadway System and Bridge Preservation ..................................................................................................59 ii. Transit System Preservation ..............................................................................................................60 iii. Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Preservation ...............................................................................................60 L. Conclusion .............................................................................................60 5. 2040 Fiscally Constrained RTP Financial Plan .....................................63 Introduction ...............................................................................................63 A. Background ............................................................................................63 B. Financial Plan Preparation Process ........................................................................64 ii i. Revenues ...............................................................................................................................64 ii. System Category Needs/Costs and Allocations ...............................................................................................73 iii. Regionally Significant Projects Evaluation and Prioritization ...................................................................................75 C. Summary Fiscally Constrained Revenue and Expenditure Results .............................................. 76 i. Needs and Expenditure Allocations ..........................................................................................................77 6. 2040 Fiscally Constrained Regional Transportation Plan ............................85 A. Freeways, Interchanges, and Roadways ....................................................................89 B. Freight and Goods Movement .............................................................................90 C. Rapid Transit ...........................................................................................91 D. Fixed-Route Bus and Other Transit Service ................................................................. 91 E. Managed Lanes .........................................................................................93 F. Other Modes, Services and Facilities .......................................................................93 G. Vision (Unfunded) Projects ...............................................................................93 H. 2040 Fiscally Constrained RTP System Characteristics ......................................................94 I. Amendments to the 2040 MVRTP. 98 7. Performance and Outcomes of the 2040 Fiscally Constrained RTP ..................101 A. Transportation System Performance Measures .............................................................101 i. Travel and Mobility Performance Measures ................................................................................................101 ii. Facility and Infrastructure Condition Performance Measures .................................................................................104 iii. MAP-21/FAST Act Performance Measures and Targets .....................................................................................108 iv. Energy Consumption Performance Measures .............................................................................................109 v. Metro Vision Performance Measures .....................................................................................................109 B. Environmental Justice ...................................................................................110 C. Environmental Mitigation ...............................................................................116 D. Air Quality Conformity. .123 iii E. Conclusion ............................................................................................123 Appendix 1 .......................................................................125 Regionally Significant Roadway Capacity Project Selection Process ..............................................125 DRCOG-Funded Projects ....................................................................................................................125 Project Scoring Evaluation Criteria ...........................................................................................................125 DRCOG Board Approved April 16, 2014 .......................................................................................................127 Appendix 2 .......................................................................129
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