Appendix I: Community Impact Assessment and EJ Analysis Community Impact Assessment and Environmental Justice Analysis Technical Report Sherman Minton Renewal Project Indiana Department of Transportation April 10, 2020 Des. No. 1702255 Appendix I: Community Impact Assessment I 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ES. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................................... 6 ES.1 Purpose and Need .................................................................................................... 7 ES.2 Public Perception.....................................................................................................10 ES.3 Existing Traffic Conditions .........................................................................................10 ES.4 Proposed Action and Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) Options ..........................................11 ES.5 Project Study Area and Timeline ................................................................................14 ES.6 CIA and EJ Methodologies .........................................................................................15 ES.7 Public Involvement Effort and EJ Outreach ..................................................................17 ES.8 Community Profiles and Demographics .......................................................................18 ES.9 CIA and EJ Impacts ...................................................................................................21 ES.10 CIA/EJ Findings and MOT Recommendations ...............................................................29 1. Project Purpose and Need ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Project Overview ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Need ............................................................................................................ 4 1.3 Project Purpose .......................................................................................................10 2. Sherman Minton Bridge and Public Perception ...................................................................11 2.1 Emergency Temporary Closure - Public Experience .......................................................12 2.2 Emergency Temporary Closure - Contributing Factors ...................................................13 2.3 What Is Different Now ..............................................................................................13 2.4 Existing Traffic Conditions .........................................................................................16 3. Proposed Action and Maintenance of Traffic (MOT).............................................................19 3.1 Project Study area and Timeline.................................................................................19 3.2 Proposed Action ......................................................................................................19 3.3 Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) Options ........................................................................22 4. CIA and EJ Methodologies................................................................................................25 4.1 Regulatory Framework .............................................................................................26 4.2 CIA Methodology .....................................................................................................26 4.3 EJ Analysis Methodology...........................................................................................27 4.3.1 Determining the Presence of EJ Populations and Establishing EJ Areas of Concern .........28 4.3.2 Environmental Justice Outreach Plan.......................................................................31 4.3.3 Determining the Applicability of “Disproportionally High and Adverse Effects” ..............32 5 Public Involvement Effort and EJ Outreach .........................................................................33 5.1 Public Outreach Efforts .............................................................................................33 5.2 General Public Involvement Feedback.........................................................................34 5.3 EJ outreach Feedback ...............................................................................................36 i Des. No. 1702255 Appendix I: Community Impact Assessment I 2 6 Community Profiles ........................................................................................................37 6.1 General Population and Demographic Characteristics ...................................................38 6.2 Floyd County, IN ......................................................................................................46 6.2.1 New Albany .........................................................................................................46 6.3 Clark County, IN.......................................................................................................47 6.3.1 Clarksville, IN .......................................................................................................47 6.3.2 Jeffersonville, IN...................................................................................................48 6.4 Louisville and Jefferson County, KY .............................................................................50 6.5 EJ-Specific Demographics In Project Study Area............................................................53 7. CIA and EJ Impacts ..........................................................................................................59 7.1 Traffic, Diversions, congestion, and Travel Time ...........................................................60 7.1.1 Systemwide Traffic and Diversions ..........................................................................62 7.1.2 Systemwide Congestion.........................................................................................68 7.1.2 Local Streets ........................................................................................................79 7.1.2.1 Local Access to the Interstate .............................................................................79 7.1.2.2 Local Congestion ...............................................................................................83 7.1.3 Trip Travel Distance and Time.................................................................................87 7.1.4 Traffic, Diversions, Congestion, and Travel Time Findings ...........................................88 7.2 Transit and Rideshare ...............................................................................................89 7.2.1 Effects on TARC Routes .........................................................................................89 7.2.2 Effects on TARC Riders ..........................................................................................95 7.2.3 Transit and Rideshare Summary..............................................................................96 7.3 Economic Impacts ....................................................................................................97 7.3.1 Total User Costs for Through-Trips and Local Trips by MOT Duration............................97 7.3.2 Comparison of Local Trip Costs for Non-EJ and EJ Populations .....................................98 7.3.3 Economic Impacts to Local Businesses ................................................................... 100 7.3.4 Economic Impacts - Summary............................................................................... 101 7.4 Social Impacts ....................................................................................................... 103 7.4.1 Access and Mobility ............................................................................................ 103 7.4.2 Community Cohesion .......................................................................................... 104 7.4.3 Quality of Life .................................................................................................... 105 7.4.3.1 Air Quality...................................................................................................... 105 7.4.3.2 Noise Impacts................................................................................................. 107 7.4.4 Special Populations ............................................................................................. 110 7.4.5 Social Impacts Summary ...................................................................................... 110 7.5 Safety factors ........................................................................................................ 111 7.5.1 Safety Factors Summary ...................................................................................... 112 7.6 EJ Findings and MOT Recommendations ................................................................... 113 ii Des. No. 1702255 Appendix I: Community Impact Assessment I 3 7.6.1 Environmental Justice Findings ............................................................................. 113 7.6.2 Overall MOT Option Recommendations ................................................................. 116 7.6.3 Preferred Alternative Recommended MOT............................................................. 117 8. Avoidance, Minimization, and Mitigation Measures..........................................................