2035 Plan Summary Brochure

2035 Plan Summary Brochure

ation Vision fo ort r H p ill ns sb a o r r T o u A - g h n C a l o P u n 5 t t 3 y y 0 0 2 2 M y ob lit ilit ita y V Sustainability From Vision to Reality Starting Today www.mpo2035.orgww.mpo2035.org 2035 Vision We are well connected among places where people live, work, shop, and play in the Tampa Bay region. Our accessible streets are lined with green and paved with The Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization, known as the MPO, is working to improve space for people, bicycles, and motorized vehicles alike. our mobility, vitality, sustainability, accessibility, and livability for Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City, We have a variety of transportation choices, including rail, and unincorporated Hillsborough County. The MPO is directly responsible for making sure federal bus rapid transit, and other multi-modal options. and state dollars spent on existing and future transportation projects and programs are based We share rides, bike and walk securely, and deliver goods safely and on time. on a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive transportation planning process. This brochure We support local neighborhoods and the business summarizes the 2035 Plan adopted in December 2009 and amended in August 2010. community while competing in the global economy with our world-classworld-class portport anda aviation facilities. biggest on the Gulf of Mexico.. Hillsborough County is the A New Approach safe,s convenient options, people can take center of the region, with twicece transittr to get to work, and walk or bike as much traffi c as any adjacentent forfo short trips. Each of these alternatives to Transportation county. Even with the current takesta cars off the roads. Complete streets visionslowdown of people moving ttoo movemo people more effi ciently while using Solutions Florida, Hillsborough County lessles space. The 2035 Plan defi nes a multi-modal is expected to grow by more transportation network that will make it than ½ million new residents Transit-OrientedTra easier to get around and provide us choices— over the next 25 years. This whether we want to walk, bike, drive, or take growth will add 47% more DevelopmentD transit. Offering choices brings balance to people and 55% more jobs the transportation system that will benefi t our Transit-orientedTran development (or TOD for in Hillsborough County and short)short is a way of designing a community region’s economic and environmental health, will triple the amount of time we sit and our quality of life. around high qquality transit so that it is compact, in traffi c. walkable, and has a mix of uses—bringing schools, The future will not be like the past. The makeup Hillsborough County’s existing roadway network is jobs, shopping, and restaurants close to where you of our population is shifting along with their lacking in some areas and aging in others. It doesn’t live. The layout of the community encourages open lifestyle choices. And with global concerns about meet the needs of our community today, let alone space and parks, and even conserves land. TOD security, energy and dependence on foreign oil, our growing needs of tomorrow. makes it possible to live a better quality of life without we are moving from a strictly automobile-focused complete dependence on a car for mobility, thus transportation system to a vision for our future Complete leading to greater sustainability in our community. that meets the needs of our changing world. Streets With transit-oriented development, growth can be focused in major activity centers, saving space for Growing The 2035 Plan focuses on creating Complete recreational and agricultural opportunities. This also Streets, a concept that designs streets to be Needs preserves suburban and rural lifestyles, maintaining comfortable and safe for all users—walkers, a Hillsborough County where people have choices in The Tampa Bay region is the 19th largest bicyclists, drivers, and transit users. By providing metropolitan area in the United States and the 2nd where and how they want to live. CONTENTS What will this Plan do for me? ...........................3 What’s in the Plan? ........................................... 4 How much will all of this cost?.......................... 5 Transit projects ................................................6 Road, pedestrian, bike & trail projects ...............8 Smart spending .............................................. 10 Connecting our region .....................................11 Thank you .......................................................12 2 | 2035 Plan - A Transportation Vision for Hillsborough County | www.mpo2035.org What will this Plan Save do for me? Money. $9,453 Working families in our metro area spend about Offer 1/3 of their household budget on transportation.4 Choices. That’s more than nearly any other region in the country. According to APTA, the American Public On days that you cannot or do not want to drive, a Transportation Association, people who use public balanced transportation system gives the option to transit can save up to $9,453 per year when you participate in a carpool, walk, bike, or ride public consider the cost of owning and operating a car.5 transportation to get to where you need to go. choicesWith more choices available, many families would Tr a f f i c not have to own a second or third car. Some may even be able to not own a car at all! Relief. $1.2 billion Sources: 4 Center for Housing Policy, 2006. 5 American Public Transportation Association, May 2010. Today, an average commuter in Tampa Bay spends an extra 47 hours per year sitting in traffi c. This Go costs a total of $1.2 billion annually across the Green. 4,800 region.1 Although congestion will not disappear, public Growth in our local economy is forecasted Residents in our region use more energy for transportation allows you to better use your commuting to be 43% higher from 2015 to 2035 with the transportation than any other activity. Carpooling time to relax, read, or even work. improvements presented in this Plan.9 or using public transit is one of the most signifi cant Sources: 8 American Public Transportation Association, July 2009. Improvements in this plan will reduce traffi c ways a family can have a positive impact on the 9 Hillsborough MPO Economic Evaluation of LRTP Plans, congestion up to 90% on major roads such as environment. In fact, a 20-mile commute using November 2009. US 301, Bruce B Downs Blvd, Westshore Blvd, Fowler public transportation instead of driving alone can More Ave, CR 39, SR 574, Gunn Hwy, I-4, and I-75. Without save as much as 4,800 pounds of CO2 emissions per the improvements, by 2035 41% of travel year.6 Increased investment in public transportation Jobs. 36,000 2 will be on severely congested roads. mobilityis an investment in our planet and our community’s Not only does transit attract employers to our Sources: 1 Texas Transportation Institute, the 2009 Urban Mobility Report, sustainability. July 2009. region, building it also creates jobs. According to Source: 6 American Public Transportation Association, May 2010. 2 Tampa Bay Regional Planning Model of the FDOT District Seven MPOs APTA, for every billion dollars invested in public transportation infrastructure, 36,000 jobs are Better Breathe supported, including construction, operation and Easier. maintenance, and secondary jobs from supplies Accessibility. 96,000 and construction materials, to restaurants busy Public transportation generates 95% less carbon Having more ways to get around expands the serving hungry workers.10 monoxide and 92% less volatile organic compounds, independence of the 96,000 transportation Source: 10 American Public Transportation Association, April 2009. disadvantaged adults in Hillsborough County who cannot or VOCs, than private vehicles.7 VOCs create ozone, drive due to disability, age, or income but still need to get exposure to which can trigger asthma attacks. Improve to work, doctors offi ces, or the grocery store—and the Sources: 7 American Public Transportation Association and American Lung Association, 2002. populationjobs in our senior citizen Safety. category is growing.3 Healthy The Tampa Bay area ranks as one of the most Source: 3 Hillsborough MPO Transportation dangerous in the country for pedestrians and Disadvantaged Service Plan, June 2010. Economy. 600% bicyclists.11,12 The 2035 Plan places safety as a top An effi cient transportation system is an economic priority. Whether you are walking, bicycling, driving engine and job creator. Investing in transit brings a car, using public transit, fl ying out of town, or even about economic benefi ts, resulting from better taking a cruise, future improvements will get you access to jobs, less time wasted due to congestion, where you need to go in the safest manner possible. and increased productivity and activity of suppliers During major evacuations of urban areas, public and related services. For every dollar that’s invested transportation has the capacity to move millions in transit, research shows that as much as $6 is of people quickly and give critical support to fi rst generated in economic returns—that’s 6 times the responders by delivering emergency equipment and return on our investment!8 transporting emergency response personnel. Sources: 11 Transportation for America, 2008. 12 Hillsborough MPO Safety Technical Report, April 2009. 2035 Plan - A Transportation Vision for Hillsborough County | www.mpo2035.org | 3 What’soptions in the Plan? Photo courtesy: For a complete list of projects, see pages 6-7 Transit Tampa Bay & Company for transit and 8-9 for others. 46+ miles of rail Highways 90+ miles of bus rapid transitansit TransportationTransportatiortationo 150 square miles of Disadvantaged 244 new lane miles circulators & fl ex routes $36 million billion for safety and traffi c miles of $1 134+ Transportation is a major barrier for many people who fl ow enhancements new local bus routes are unable to drive or do not have access to a car.

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