LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” -- Benjamin Franklin 2016 PENNSYLVANIA LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Message................................................................................................................................... 1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Purpose of ‘PA On Track’ .................................................................................................................................................3 History of Transportation Planning in Pennsylvania .........................................................................................................4 Document Navigator ........................................................................................................................................................5 Outreach Summary ................................................................................................................................ 7 Stakeholder Involvement .................................................................................................................................................7 Public Outreach ...............................................................................................................................................................7 Planning Context .................................................................................................................................. 13 Population Trends ..........................................................................................................................................................13 Employment and Commuting Pattern Trends ................................................................................................................17 Land Use Trends and Issues .........................................................................................................................................18 Freight Trends and impacts ...........................................................................................................................................19 Travel Demand ...............................................................................................................................................................26 Multimodal Investment Needs ............................................................................................................ 27 Roadways and Bridges ..................................................................................................................................................27 Public Transportation .....................................................................................................................................................31 Passenger Rail ...............................................................................................................................................................35 Rail Freight .....................................................................................................................................................................36 Ports and Waterways .....................................................................................................................................................38 Aviation ..........................................................................................................................................................................40 Bicycle and Pedestrian ..................................................................................................................................................43 Transportation Revenues ..................................................................................................................... 47 Revenues .......................................................................................................................................................................47 Act 89 of 2013 ................................................................................................................................................................47 Findings .................................................................................................................................................. 49 Strategic Direction................................................................................................................................ 54 Pennsylvania’s Transportation Vision ............................................................................................................................54 Goals, Objectives, Performance Measures ...................................................................................................................55 System Preservation ......................................................................................................................................................56 Safety .............................................................................................................................................................................57 Personal and Freight Mobility ........................................................................................................................................59 Stewardship ...................................................................................................................................................................61 Implementation Steps ....................................................................................................................................................63 Appendix A: Projects ............................................................................................................................. 64 Appendix B: Glossary of Acronyms ..................................................................................................... 65 Acknowledgement of Steering Committees ...................................................................................... 67 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Public Comments on Alternative Investment Scenarios ...................................................................................11 Table 2: History of Population Growth in Pennsylvania and the United States, 1970-2010 ...........................................13 Table 3: Pennsylvania Total Freight Traffic by Mode (2011 and 2040) ...........................................................................19 Table 4: Top Commodities Being Moved (2011 and 2040) .............................................................................................19 Table 5: Summary of Pennsylvania’s Transportation Infrastructure and Services .........................................................28 Table 6: NEC Service Departures by Day ......................................................................................................................35 Table 7: Commercial and General Aviation Airports .......................................................................................................40 Table 8: Commercial Service Airport Activity ..................................................................................................................42 Table 9: Act 89’s Estimated Additional Annual Investment .............................................................................................48 I PENNSYLVANIA LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN 2016 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Pennsylvania’s Planning Partners, MPO and RPO Regions .............................................................................................5 Figure 2: Location of Project Concerns Identified by the Public ......................................................................................................8 Figure 3: Alternative Investment Scenario Definitions ...................................................................................................................11 Figure 4: National and State Decennial Growth Rates, 1960s-2000s .........................................................................................14 Figure 5: Pennsylvania Change in Population by County, 2000-14 ..............................................................................................15 Figure 6: Age Distribution of Pennsylvanians, 2010, 2040 ...........................................................................................................16 Figure 7: Mode of Commuting to Work, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, 2009-13 .................................................17 Figure 8: Travel Time to Work, Pennsylvania and the Nation, 1990, 2000, 2008-12 .................................................................17 Figure 9: Pennsylvanians’ Work Location, 2008-12 ..................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 10: Pennsylvania Vehicles Available per Household, 2000, 2013 ................................................................................... 18 Figure 11: Pennsylvania has 2,562 Units of Local Government .................................................................................................. 18 Figure 12: U.S. Mega-Regions ..........................................................................................................................................................21