Multimodal Transportation Best Practices and Model Element PROJECT NO. BDK85-977-49 Report PREPARED FOR Florida Department of Transportation Multimodal Transportation Best Practices and Model Element BDK85-977-49 Final Report Prepared for: Florida Department of Transportation Maria Cahill, AICP, Project Manager Prepared by: USF Center for Urban Transportation Research Principal Authors Kristine M. Williams, AICP, Principal Investigator Karen E. Seggerman, AICP, CNU-A, Co-Principal Investigator Research Assistants Daniel Shopf Singeh Saliki Chris Zuppa Contributors and Reviewers Rob Gregg Sara Hendricks, AICP Martin Catala June 2014 ii Disclaimer The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the information presented herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers Program and the Florida Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government and the Florida Department of Transportation assume no liability for the contents or use thereof. iii Metric Conversion SYMBOL WHEN YOU KNOW MULTIPLY BY TO FIND SYMBOL LENGTH in inches 25.4 millimeters mm ft feet 0.305 meters m yd yards 0.914 meters m mi miles 1.61 kilometers km VOLUME fl oz fluid ounces 29.57 milliliters mL gal gallons 3.785 liters L ft3 cubic feet 0.028 cubic meters m3 yd3 cubic yards 0.765 cubic meters m3 NOTE: volumes greater than 1000 L shall be shown in m3 MASS oz ounces 28.35 grams g lb pounds 0.454 kilograms kg megagrams T short tons (2000 lb) 0.907 Mg (or "t") (or "metric ton") TEMPERATURE (exact degrees) 5 (F-32)/9 oF Fahrenheit Celsius oC or (F-32)/1.8 iv Technical Report Documentation 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No. 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Multimodal Transportation Best Practices and Model Element June 2014 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Kristine M. Williams, Karen E. Seggerman NCTR 77954-00/BDK85-977-49 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) National Center for Transit Research Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) University of South Florida 11. Contract or Grant No. 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CUT100 Tampa, FL 33620-5375 BDK85-977-49 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Florida Department of Transportation Final Report 605 Suwannee Street, MS 30 10/31/2012 – 06/01/2014 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450 Research and Innovative Technology Administration U.S. Department of Transportation Mail Code RDT-30 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Room E33 Washington, D.C. 20590-0001 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 15. Supplementary Notes FDOT Project Manager: Maria Cahill, AICP 16. Abstract This report provides guidance in developing a multimodal transportation element of a local government comprehensive plan. Two model elements were developed to address differences in statutory requirements for communities of different sizes and planning context. The first model element includes guidance for large local governments and those within the boundary of a metropolitan planning organization (MPO). The second includes guidance for smaller or more rural communities outside of MPO boundaries. Each model element encourages a range of best practices in multimodal transportation planning as identified through a review of the literature, agency plans, and related documents. The guidance is designed for consistency with §163.3177(6)(b), Florida Statutes (F.S.), of the 2011 Florida Community Planning Act. As such, emphasis is placed on ensuring a multimodal transportation system appropriate to the size and character of the community, providing for public transportation as feasible, improving accessibility and connectivity between modes, and coordination with land use and plans of other transportation agencies and modal providers. Contents include guidance on establishing a community vision and priorities, relevant and professionally accepted data sources and analysis procedures/tools, guidance on existing and future conditions analysis and mapping, establishing quality/ level of service standards and other performance measures or benchmarks, future transportation system network planning strategies, and example goals, objectives, policies, and strategies. 17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement Multimodal, land use and transportation, comprehensive No restrictions planning, transportation element, transportation planning, transit 19. Security Classification 20. Security Classification 21. No. of Pages 22. Price (of this report) (of this page) 248 Unclassified Unclassified v Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank and acknowledge the following people for their contributions to this guide: FDOT Project Manager: Maria Cahill, FDOT Project Manager, Policy Planning Project Advisory Committee: Thomas Deardorff, Polk County Office of Diane Quigley, FDOT Public Transportation Planning and Development Office Jennifer Fortunas, FDOT Systems Planning Jonathan Roberson, Broward County Transit Thomas Hill, FDOT District 2 Division Transportation Statistics Gary Sokolow, FDOT Systems Planning Larry Hymowitz, FDOT District 4 Pat Steed, Central Florida Regional Planning Bill Killingsworth, Florida Department of Council Economic Opportunity (DEO) Suraya Teeple, Jacksonville Transportation Ed Lee, FDOT Rail Office Authority (JTA) Elba I. Lopez, FDOT District 7 Brian Waterman, StarMetro Robert Magee, FDOT Policy Planning Les Weakland, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) Susan McCune, Orange County Transportation Planning Chris Wiglesworth, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Trenda McPherson, FDOT Traffic Safety Office Jim Wood, FDOT Policy Planning Other contributors: Gina Bonyani, FDOT Systems Planning Mike McDaniel, Florida Department of Virgie Bowen, FDOT District 3 Economic Opportunity (DEO) Lois Bush, FDOT District 4 Lawrence Massey, FDOT District 1 Bob Crawley, FDOT District 1 Lindsay Mineer, FDOT District 7 Jeffery Dow, FDOT District 7 Judy Pizzo, FDOT District 5 Danny Lamb, FDOT District 4 Dan Santos, FDOT District 7 Heather Garcia, FDOT District 5 Ameera Sayeed, FDOT 2 Ken Jeffries, FDOT District 6 Andrew Young, FDOT Systems Planning Jessica Josselyn, Kittleson & Associates vi Preface The model elements and best practices in this report were developed by the National Center for Transit Research at the University of South Florida under a grant from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The report is intended for use by local government planners and consultants in preparing a multimodal transportation element of the local government comprehensive plan. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) staff will also find it useful in their review of local government comprehensive plans and plan amendments in relation to the state transportation system. The model elements set forth best practices that relate to Florida’s multimodal transportation planning requirements. FDOT staff and local governments should also refer to FDOT Procedure Topic No. 525-010-101-d: Review of Local Government Comprehensive Plans, as well as applicable sections of Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, and related guidance from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Division of Community Development (State Land Planning Agency), and the Florida Department of Transportation to ensure that all State of Florida requirements regarding comprehensive plan amendments and transportation planning are met. vii Executive Summary All local governments in Florida must prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan that guides future development and growth in accordance with Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes (F.S.). Comprehensive plans must contain a number of elements, including a transportation element that addresses mobility issues in relation to the size and character of the local government. The plans are to be based on relevant and professionally accepted data sources and analysis methods, and address a variety of issues including multimodal transportation system needs coordinated with future land uses, levels of service, availability of facilities and services, correction of existing deficiencies, and methods for meeting identified needs. When the Florida Community Planning Act was enacted in 2011, many local planning requirements formerly contained in Rule 9J-5, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) were codified in statute. The Community Planning Act also made sweeping changes to Florida’s planning and growth management requirements, making transportation concurrency optional and adding multimodal transportation planning requirements. For example, Chapter 163.3177(6)(b), F.S. indicates that the purpose of the transportation element is to plan for a multimodal transportation system “that places emphasis on public transportation systems, where feasible. The element shall provide for a safe, convenient multimodal transportation system, coordinated with the future land use map or map series and designed to support all elements of the comprehensive plan.” The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) asked the National Center for Transit Research (NCTR) at the University of South Florida (USF) to develop model multimodal transportation elements that can serve as guides for Florida local governments when updating their local government comprehensive plans to meet the provisions of the 2011 Florida Community Planning Act and specifically §163.3177(6)(b),