Hampton Roads 2040 Long-Range Transportation Plan HRTPO BOARD VOTING MEMBERS INCLUDE A representative from THE FOLLOWING: AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM EACH LOCALITY: Chesapeake James City County Southampton County Franklin Newport News Suffolk Gloucester County Norfolk Virginia Beach Hampton Poquoson Williamsburg Isle of Wight County Portsmouth York County PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCIES: STATE AGENCIES: Hampton Roads Transit Virginia Department of Transportation Williamsburg Area Transit Authority Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation Virginia Port Authority VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Two members of the Virginia State Senate Two members of the Virginia House of Delegates HRTPO BOARD NON-VOTING MEMBERS INCLUDE A representative from THE FOLLOWING: CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION ALL MEMBER LOCALITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION VIrgINIA DEparTMENT OF AVIATION MILITARY LIAISONS FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION NORFOLK AIRPORT AUTHORITY INIVTED PARTICIpaNTS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PENINSULA AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD HRTPO PROJECT STAFF ROBERT A. CRUM, JR. SARA KIDD, GISP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SENIOR REGIONAL PLANNER CAMELIA RAVANBAKHT, PH.D. KENDALL L. MILLER DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND TITLE VI ADMINISTRATOR DALE M. STITH, AICP, GISP ROBERT COFIELD PRINCIPAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WEB AND GRAPHICS DESIGNER THERESA K. BROOKS SHIRLEY CORE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER II ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II LEONARDO PINEDA II MICHAEL R. LONG TRANSPORTATION PLANNER GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER KEITH NICHOLS, P.E. CHRISTOPHER VAIGNEUR PRINCIPAL TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER ASSISTANT GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER 2040 LONG-RANGE TRANSPOrtATION PLAN THE REGIONAL TRANSPOrtATION PLAN FOR HAMPTON ROADS iii TABLE OF CONTENTS REGIONAL OVERVIEW ................................................................................................... 1 WHAT IS AN LRTP?.................................................................................................... 2 UPDATING THE LRTP .................................................................................................. 2 2040 LRTP VISION STATEMENT AND GOALS ..................................................................... 4 CURRENT STATE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE REGION ............................................................. 6 THE SHAPE AND PATTERN OF FUTURE GROWTH .................................................................... 9 THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN ............................................................................ 10 PLAN PERFORMANCE .................................................................................................. 14 PLAN HIGHLIGHTS ..................................................................................................... 15 SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 16 WHAT’S NEXT? ....................................................................................................... 17 FOR MORE INFORMATION ............................................................................................ 18 REGIONAL OVERVIEW Hampton Roads is home to more than 1.7 transportation planning, adopted the 2040 million residents and is projected to grow Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) – a to just over two million by the year 2040. Plan which examines these challenges and It is among the 40 largest Metropolitan identifies strategies for advancing long-term Statistical Areas in the country, the seventh transportation investments that will help largest in the Southeast. Over the next 20 achieve the regional vision for a well-balanced years, the Hampton Roads region will face transportation system that promotes good many transportation challenges, including quality of life while enhancing the unique enhancing mobility and accessibility for all character of Hampton Roads. users, increasing reliability across modes, improving safety, minimizing negative impacts to the environment, and identifying funding to maintain and improve the transportation system. On July 21, 2016, the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO), the regional agency responsible for Richmond VIRGINIA Hampton Roads The HRTPO is the agency responsible for regional transportation planning in Hampton Roads. 1 WHAT IS AN LRTP? To update the LRTP, HRTPO staff examines how the region may develop over the next 20 years based upon projected population and employment growth. Changes in growth can impact demand on the regional transportation system, therefore future plans must consider alternatives to effectively address these needs. Once alternatives are determined, funds are identified to pay for new or widened facilities. This entire process requires regional cooperation and public participation. UPDATING THE LRTP Updating the LRTP to the horizon year of 2040 occurred over several years, with critical input The LRTP is a from regional, state, and federal stakeholders, comprehensive as well as the public. The development of the and multimodal 2040 LRTP is documented in a compendium of reports that outline the following: transportation blueprint that identifies and plans • Visioning process to help define the plan’s vision and goals for critically important • Socioeconomic forecast for projected transportation population and employment growth improvements that • Collection of candidate transportation impact the region’s projects economic vitality and • Evaluation and prioritization of candidate every citizen’s quality projects of life. The LRTP has • Regional transportation challenges and associated strategies to meet these a planning horizon challenges of 20 years and is • Assessment of candidate projects from updated every five years a Title VI and Environmental Justice to reflect changing perspective conditions such as new • Documentation of the funding plan planning priorities, • A project information guide population projections, • Summary of forecasted plan performance economic changes, • Documentation of public outreach efforts and anticipated travel In addition to these reports documenting the development of the 2040 LRTP for the demand. metropolitan area of Hampton Roads, HRTPO staff also produced a Rural Long-Range Transportation Plan for the rural localities of the City of Franklin and Southampton County. 2 2040 LRTP DEVELOPMENT PLANNING MILESTONES 2040 LRTP COMPENDIUM OF REPORTS 3 2040 LRTP VISION STATEMENT “With an engaged public, the 2040 Long- Range Transportation Plan sets forth a vision to develop a well-balanced transportation system that promotes good quality of life while enhancing the unique character of Hampton Roads.” Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization #RegionalPriorities Utilizing a Vision Survey, regional priorities were solicited from stakeholders and interested citizens across Hampton Roads. These priorities were then used to help define the vision and goals that would help guide the development of the 2040 LRTP. Like Comment Share Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization Key Findings of Vision Survey Key findings from the 2040 LRTP Vision Survey. Like Comment Share 5 TRANSPORTATION FACTS CURRENT STATE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE REGION The total amount of roadway usage in Hampton Roads, The Hampton Roads transportation network measured in terms of vehicle-miles of travel (VMT), is comprised of an intricate system of roads, was nearly bridges, tunnels, bikeways, railroads, and 40 million miles waterways. These facilities are traveled by each day in 2015. The amount of roadway travel in buses, trucks, ferries, trains, pedestrians, Hampton Roads has decreased over the last decade - cyclists, and hundreds of thousands of between 2006 and 2015, there was a drivers in personal vehicles each day. There are a multitude of challenges related 1%1% declinedecline to efficiently moving 1.7 million residents in vehicular travel. and thousands of visitors each day on the existing transportation infrastructure, CHANGE IN VEHICLE-MILES OF TRAVEL IN HAMPTON ROADS, particularly due to the geographic features VIRGINIA, AND THE UNITED STATES, 2006 AND 2015 that make Hampton Roads a unique place. With the creation of a regional transportation 4.4% funding mechanism – the Hampton Roads 1.9% Transportation Fund (HRTF) – for the 1.0% construction of major roadway and bridge projects, and the implementation of a HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA UNITED STATES statewide prioritization process for funding projects through construction (SMART SCALE), there are many regionally significant The average vehicle trip in Hampton projects being built across the Hampton Roads takes Roads region. Improvements are also being 19% longer made at the region’s airports, multi-modal stations, active transportation facilities, and during the peak travel period as compared to uncongested conditions. marine terminals. Planning also continues on fixed-guideway transit extension projects in several localities. However, even with these ongoing and planned projects, the The average amount of time stuck in region still faces transportation challenges. congestion annually by peak period Despite the creation of HRTF, there is still a commuters traveling by automobile funding shortage for many transportation in Hampton Roads is projects; maintenance needs continue to 4545 hourshours increase as transportation infrastructure, and in particular the