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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements......................................................................................................................................iii I Introduction......................................................................................................................................... I-1 II Forces Leading to Integrated Planning. .......................................................................................... II-1 II.A Re-Orientation to Meet New Issues and Concerns....................................................................II-1 II.B Increased Governmental Emphasis Towards Better Management and Use of ITS (ISTEA and TEA-21) ......................................................................................II-3 II.B.1 The TEA â 21 Management & Operations (M&O) Planning Factor..............................II-3 II.B.2 TEA â21 and Conformity with the National ITS Architecture.......................................II-4 II.C ITS is Bridging the Gap Between Operations and Planning......................................................II-5 III An Integrated Decision-Making Framework.................................................................................III-1 III.A New Orientation Of Planning/Decision Making to the Path of Development from The Near-Term To the Long-Term. ............................................ III-2 III.B New Elements for Integrated Alternatives that Include ITS.................................................... III-4 III.C Planning And Operations Decision-Making Relationships, Activities, And Functions Within a Single Process .................................................................................. III-4 III.D Meeting Federal and Other Governmental Planning Requirements ........................................ III-6 IV Institutional Relationships, Activities, And Functions.................................................................. IV-1 IV.A Expand Stakeholder Involvement............................................................................................ IV-1 IV.B Redefine Institutional Relationships Both Within and Between Organizations. ..................... IV-2 IV.C Determine Private-Public Sector Roles and Relationships...................................................... IV-5 IV.D Choosing What Is Best in a Given Context? ........................................................................... IV-6 IV.D.1 Do It Alone................................................................................................................ IV-7 IV.D.2 MPO Centric ............................................................................................................. IV-7 IV.D.3 State Centric .............................................................................................................. IV-7 IV.D.4 Ad Hoc or New Organization.................................................................................... IV-8 IV.D.5 How to Choose: Factors to Consider......................................................................... IV-8 IV.E Concept of Planning ................................................................................................................ IV-9 V Technical Activities and Functions ...................................................................................................V-1 V.A Crosscutting Technical Issues .................................................................................................. V-1 V.B Vision, Goals and Objectives and Their Measures................................................................... V-5 V.C Initial Conditions and Needs/Deficiencies Analysis ................................................................ V-6 V.D Identifying Alternatives............................................................................................................ V-7 V.E Estimating Impacts, Benefits and Costs ................................................................................. V-12 V.E.1 Transportation and Travel Demand Analysis .............................................................. V-13 V.E.2 Environmental and Other Impact Analyses. ................................................................ V-15 V.E.3 Cost Analysis ............................................................................................................... V-15 V.E.4 Financial Analysis ....................................................................................................... V-16 V.F Evaluation of Alternatives...................................................................................................... V-16 V.G Planning to Programming....................................................................................................... V-18 V.H ITS Data and Planning Decision-Making............................................................................... V-21 VI Continuing Challenges and Initial Actions for Moving to the New Framework ........................ VI-1 VI.A Continuing Challenges ............................................................................................................ VI-1 VI.B Initial Actions for Making the Transition. ............................................................................... VI-2 VI.B.1 Transition Strategies (Institutional)........................................................................... VI-2
Incorporating ITS Into The Transportation Planning Process Executive Guidebook VI.B.2 Transition Strategies (Technical)...............................................................................VI-3 VII Sources for Current Information................................................................................................ VII-1 VIII Bibliogrophy............................................................................................................................... APP-1 Appendix A: Self-Assessments on Regional Progress Towards Integrated Planning......................... A-1 ii
