TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF FINDINGS......................................... 1 PURPOSE AND VISION ............................................................................. 1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................ 1 STUDY PROCESS ..................................................................................... 1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS.......................................................................... 6 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................. 8 2. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES AND PLANS AND CURRENT PROGRAMS ...........................................................................10 PREVIOUS STUDIES AND PLANS ..............................................................10 COUNTY TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, PROGRAMS, AND FUNDING .............. 21 STATEWIDE AND AREA PROGRAMMED IMPROVEMENTS ...........................25 3. SUMMARY OF EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS ...............................27 SOCIOECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS.........................................27 CURRENT TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONS...............................................37 TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ......................................................................53 FUTURE SOCIOECONOMIC AND TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONS ...............57 4. MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN ................................................61 EVALUATION OF DEFICIENCIES AND NEEDS ............................................61 CANDIDATE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT CRITERIA ..................................63 ROADWAY PROJECTS .............................................................................63 IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO TRAIL SYSTEM ................................72 5. TRANSIT ELEMENT ...............................................................................78 MULTIMODAL INVENTORY.....................................................................78 TYPES OF TRANSIT VEHICLES AND SERVICES ..........................................81 ESTIMATING TRANSIT DEMAND..............................................................84 TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT ............................................87 EXCURSION RAIL ...................................................................................90 6. BEST PRACTICES IN RURAL TRANSPORTATION......................................95 ANALYSIS OF LOW VOLUME DIRT ROADS ................................................95 PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR RURAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.........96 ANALYSIS OF HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS ....................................98 ACTIVITY BASED BUDGETING.................................................................98 NEW PARADIGMS FOR RURAL AND SMALL URBAN TRANSIT SERVICE DELIVERY.............................................................................. 100 RURAL TRANSIT ITS ............................................................................. 101 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page 7. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN..................................................................... 104 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ...................................................................... 104 8. REVENUE SOURCES............................................................................. 111 FEDERAL FUNDS ................................................................................. 111 ARIZONA STATE SHARED REVENUE ...................................................... 117 OTHER FUNDING SOURCES ................................................................... 121 REVENUE ESTIMATES .......................................................................... 125 9. COUNTY ROAD STANDARDS AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT ..................... 127 ROADWAY CRITERIA............................................................................ 127 EXAMPLE ROADWAY CROSS-SECTIONS.................................................. 129 DEFINITION OF ACCESS MANAGEMENT ................................................. 129 LEGAL ISSUES OF ACCESS CONTROL ..................................................... 133 BENEFITS OF ACCESS MANAGEMENT .................................................... 133 ACCESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES.......................... 134 RECOMMENDED ACCESS MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES ............................ 136 10. GOALS AND POLICIES FOR CIRCULATION ELEMENT............................ 141 APPENDIX A - ESTIMATING TRANSIT DEMAND.......................................... 143 APPENDIX B - FREEPORT-MCMORAN EMPLOYEE SURVEY......................... 147 APPENDIX C - SAMPLE RIDESHARE APPLLICATION................................... 149 APPENDIX D - SAMPLE ON-BOARD SURVEY............................................... 151 REFERENCES........................................................................................... 154 iii LIST OF TABLES Page 1. PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ............ 4 2. PARTICIPANTS IN THE SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC INVOLEMENT .......... 5 3. SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS STUDIES, PLANS, AND PROGRAMS .................10 4. HISTORY OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS ....................................................13 5. FORECASTED AIRPORT OPERATIONS...................................................14 6. SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF HAZARDS................................16 7. SUMMARY OF GREENLEE COUNTY MITIGATION ACTIONS/ PROJECTS - SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY STUDY AREA ....................17 8. CORRIDOR VISION - SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY STUDY AREA ........19 9. PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS OF ARIZONA TRAILS 2005 PLAN............20 10. GREENLEE COUNTY ROADS OIL PROJECT SEVEN-YEAR PLAN ...............22 11. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION/ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, FY 2006-2010 PROJECT REQUEST FORM ...............................24 12. TOWN OF DUNCAN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS..........................................25 13. 2007-2011 FIVE-YEAR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM – GREENLEE COUNTY ................................26 14. SEAGO-ADMINISTERED TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT APPLICATIONS IN STUDY AREA ............................................26 15. GREENLEE COUNTY SPECIES STATUS..................................................28 16. STATUS OF LAND OWNERSHIP IN SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY STUDY AREA .......................................................................30 iv LIST OF TABLES (Continued) Page 17. MAJOR EMPLOYERS...........................................................................32 18. POPULATION.....................................................................................33 19. MINORITY AND AGE 65 AND OVER DEMOGRAPHICS .............................35 20. DEMOGRPAHIC DATA FOR MOBILITY-LIMITED, POVERTY- LIMITED, AND HOUSEHOLDS WITH NO AUTOMOBILES .........................36 21. SUMMARY OF CHARACTERISTICS OF REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT ROADS..........................................................................38 22. SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY BRIDGE SUFFICIENCY RATINGS – COUNTY AND LOCAL STRUCTURES ....................................................43 23. BRIDGE SUFFICIENCY RATING METRICS..............................................45 24. DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES – COUNTY AND LOCAL ROADS SOUTHERN GREEENLEE COUNTY STUDY AREA ...................................45 25. AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC BY VEHICLE TYPE SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY STUDY AREA .....................................45 26. AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAYS IN SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY ...........47 27. SUMMARY OF TRAFFIC CRASHES IN STUDY AREA ...............................49 28. POPULATION ESTIMATES - GREENLEE COUNTY ...................................57 29. ESTIMATED FUTURE DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES COUNTY AND LOCAL ROADS IN STUDY AREA .....................................58 30. ESTIMATED FUTURE DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES ARIZONA STATE HIGHWAYS IN STUDY AREA.......................................58 31. ANALYSIS OF ROADWAY DEFICINCIES 2005-2010 SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY .........................................................60 32. CANDIDATE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY ........................................................71 v LIST OF TABLES (Continued) Page 33. SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL TRAILS FOR SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY ..........................................................................74 34. DRIVE TIMES AND DISTANCES BETWEEN GREENLEE COUNTY COMMUNITIES AND COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS ......................................80 35. GREENLEE COUNTY AIRPORT STATISTICS ...........................................80 36. SUMMARY OF TRANSIT MARKETING DATA GATHERING TECHNIQUES.....................................................................................90 37. SAMPLE LOW VOLUME UNPAVED ROADS EVALUATION MATRIX ..........97 38. SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY - SHORT-TERM PROJECTS .................. 105 39. SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY - MID-TERM PROJECTS ...................... 107 40. SOUTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY - LONG-TERM PROJECTS ................... 108 41. MATRIX OF KEY FUNDING SOURCES ................................................. 112 42. ESTIMATED FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY APPORTIONMENTS AND ALLOCATION FOR ARIZONA ............................................................ 113 43. FY 2005 ADOT REVENUE SOURCES – STATE ....................................... 117 44. ARIZONA HIGHWAY USER REVENUE FUND DISTRIBUTIONS TO GREENLEE COUNTY AND TOWNS OF CLIFTON AND DUNCAN, FY 2002 – 2006.................................................................................