2030 Long Range Transportation Plan Update

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2030Long Range Transportation PlanUpdate
2030 LRTP



ITHACA
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TOMPKINS COUNTY
LONG RANGE

TRANSPO
RTATION COUNCIL
TRANSPORTATION PLAN

• Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council
• 2nd Public Meeting Fernando de Aragón
• TCPL May 26, 2009 Staff Director

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Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council

• Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for
  Ithaca-Tompkins County

• established in urban areas over 50,000
  population
• supervises expenditure of Federal transportation
  funds
• provides technical assistance and planning

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Urbanized area map
Urbanized Area 2000 Population 53,528
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ITCTC Structure
Final Decision-making Authority
POLICY COMMITTEE
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Technical Review Recommendation
Technical Analysis And Support
STAFF
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ITCTC Transportation Planning
Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)
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Long Range Transportation Plan

• 20-year LRTP updated every 5 years
• Current 2025 LRTP from 2005-2025
• Update 2030 LRTP from 2010-2030
• Update due for completion Dec. 2009

• Focus on broad (macro) planning concepts

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Looking Ahead LRTP Timeline

• Spring-Summer 09
• Outreach
• Incorporate comments
• Fine tuning of analysis

May 09 Full LRTP Draft Public Mtg.2
October 08 Public Mtg.1
PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OUTREACH
Dec.09 Final LRTP Approval
Sept.-Dec.09 ITCTC Committee Review
Process (open to public)
Aug. 09 Near Final Draft Public Mtg.3
IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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LRTP Status
COMPLETED DRAFT CHAPTERS

• Climate Change and Energy Position Statement
• Background
• about the MPO and the LRTP
• Demographic Overview
• transportation data and County description
• Vision Statement
• Goals and Objectives
• Transportation System
• Existing conditions and opportunities

AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW WWW.TOMPKINS-CO.ORG/ITCTC
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LRTP Status
IN THE WORKS

• Transportation and Energy Analysis of
  Comprehensive Plan Future Scenarios
• Coordinated with Tompkins County Planning
• Department and NYSDOT
• Transportation Planning Projects for
  Implementation
• proposed transportation planning projects
• Financial Element Section
• Expenditures and Available Resources
• local, state, federal - highway and transit

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LRTP Status
IN THE WORKS ALSO

• Federal Requirements Narrative
• Addressing and responding to comments
• - Ongoing effort through plan development
• - Will be included as appendix

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1. Background

• Description of the ITCTC and LRTP.
• Putting the plan in context.

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2. Demographic Overview

• Census Demographic Data
• Travel Trends and Characteristics
• Inter county travel
• Journey to work
• Travel time to work
• Vehicle Population
• Traffic Accidents

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Trip Purpose

• Work based 17.8
• Family and personal business 42.8
• Educational/Religious.. 11.5
• Social/Recreational.. 26.7
• Miscellaneous 1.17
• Very similar to U.S. and NYS

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Tompkins County Commute to WorkA Few Facts

• MODE SPLIT
• Public transportation share 6 (3.3 million
  in 2008)
• Carpool 10.8
• Walked to work 17
• Worked at home 5.3
• Bicycle 2.1

gt40 of commuters use a mode other than Drive
Alone!
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Highlights Per Mode Public Transportation

• Jurisdictions where Public Transportation gt 5
• V. Lansing ? 12
• V. Cay. Heights ? 10
• City of Ithaca ? 10.8
• T. of Ithaca ? 8.6
• V. Trumansburg ? 5
• T.Caroline ? 5
• T.Lansing ? 5

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Highlights Per Mode Walk to Work

• Jurisdictions where Walk to Work gt 10
• City of Ithaca -- 42
• Town of Ithaca -- 20
• V. Cay. Heights -- 12
• V. of Trumansburg -- 9

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Highlights Per Mode Drive Alone

• Jurisdictions with lowest Drive Alone rates
• City of Ithaca36 ? Other mode64
• Town Of Ithaca54 ? Other mode46
• V. Cayuga Heights56 ? Other mode44
• Highest Drive alone rate Newfield - 79
• Below State average (76) in all but 2 towns

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Number of Vehicles

• Total Number of Vehicles Continues to Increase
• 199859,915
• 200764,902

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3. Goals and Objectives

• GOs provide vision and direction for ITCTC
  policies and guide expenditure of Federal
  transportation funds.

• Important guiding component of LRTP
• Interrelational structure

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2030 LRTP Goals and Objectives
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4. Transportation System
Contains technical information and analyses on
the existing transportation system and addresses
specific transportation issues categorized under
the following elements

• Connectivity
• System Integration
• Environmental
• Financial

still under development
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Providing Your Input

• At this public meeting
• Talk to staff
• Write your comments

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Access to the Plan
WWW.TOMPKINS-CO.ORG/ITCTC
OR CALL US
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ITCTC Contact Information

• 121 E. Court St.
• Ithaca, NY 14850
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail
• itctc_at_tompkins-co.org
• Web site
• www.tompkins-co.org/itctc

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Thank you for attending this public meeting.