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... Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 Report Overview 3 CHAPTER 1 Transportation 2040 Prioritization 3 Transportation 2040 Prioritization - Background 4 Transportation 2040 Prioritization - Stakeholder Involvement 5 Transportation 2040 Prioritization – Schedule 11 CHAPTER 2 TCAPP Pilot Test 11 Employing TCAPP in Transportation 2040 Update Process 11 Reflection on Stakeholder Engagement and the Stakeholder Collaborative Assessment Tool 13 Observations on Application of TCAPP Tool to Metropolitan Planning Process 15 APPENDIX A TCAPP Long-Range Plan Key Decision Points 19 APPENDIX B Stakeholder Collaborative Assessment Tool Before Results – March 17, 2011 22 APPENDIX C Stakeholder Collaborative Assessment Tool After Results – February 9, 2012 25 APPENDIX D Technical Memo – Part 1
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... 1 Executive Summary SHRP 2 designed the SHRP 2 C18 Pilot Test to demonstrate the utility of the "Transportation for Communities - Advancing Projects through Partnerships" (TCAPP) tool within the context of the Long-Range Transportation Planning Process.
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... 2 responses to the questionnaire. Further, users of the Assessment Tool should be allowed to modify the questions to fit their specific circumstances and save and/or download responses for analysis.
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... 3 CHAPTER 1 Transportation 2040 Prioritization Transportation 2040 (T2040) , the Puget Sound region's long-range transportation plan, was adopted in May of 2010.
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... 4 Based on an understanding of these and other pertinent issues, six plan alternatives were developed (including a baseline scenario) based on varying levels of roadway expansion, demand management and operations programs, and alternative transportation options such as transit expansion, and bicycle and pedestrian projects.
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... 5 Figure 1.1. Transportation 2040 stakeholder involvement.
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... 6 Stakeholders In addition to the Prioritization Working Group, a large number of other further stakeholders -- advisory committees and boards, were engaged with the prioritization process (illustrated in Figure 1.1)
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... 7 Figure 1.3. Transportation 2040 prioritization approach.
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... 8 Figure 1.4. Transportation 2040 prioritization criteria.
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... 9 Despite the general support for the Decision Guide approach, multiple stakeholders felt that the purpose of the process required further clarification. At the direction of the Executive Board, it was decided that the prioritization process would become a part of the next long-range transportation plan update.
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... 10 Figure 1.6. Transportation 2040 prioritization Scorecard - Highway Projects.
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... 11 CHAPTER 2 TCAPP Pilot Test PSRC designed this SHRP 2 C18 Pilot Test to demonstrate the efficacy of the TCAPP tool in facilitating development of consensus among PSRC stakeholders charged with making key decisions in the updated Transportation 2040 Prioritization Process. In particular, this project used the tools contained within Long-Range Planning Key Decision Point 3 (LRP-3)
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... 12 of balance in various modal perspectives. These concerns underscored a desire by PSRC decision makers to ensure that the Transportation 2040 Update process would be perceived as being founded on a balance of perspectives and inputs, and accepted through consensus of the key stakeholders.
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... 13 processes in the Puget Sound region, particularly the development of long-range transportation plan (LRTP) updates.
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... 14 were far more extensive and in some cases less relevant to this project. The online questionnaires also do not allow for online compilation, analysis, and assessment of group results; thus, the team was required to manually enter each RSC response, average those entries, and create a printed report on the resulting TCAPP advice.
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... 15 APPENDIX A TCAPP Long-Range Plan Key Decision Points A description of how PSRC has implemented the long-range planning process in the recent past is summarized below within the framework of the TCAPP Decision Guide for the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRP) : LRP-1 = Approve Scope of Long-Range Transportation Plan • As the Transportation 2040 planning process began in 2007 a series of background presentations were made to the Transportation Policy Board and other stakeholders describing a wide variety of issues facing the region.
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... 16 LRP-3 = Approve Evaluation Criteria, Methodology, and Performance Measures • Issues identified through LRP-1 and LRP-2 helped inform decisions on what criteria and performance measures would be used to evaluate draft plan scenarios. • A combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses were used in the DEIS and FEIS (Final Environmental Impact Statement)
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... 17 allowed PSRC to estimate both revenues and transportation and environmental impacts of implementing varying degrees of regional tolling. • Expenditures in Transportation 2040 are a composite of programmatic estimates developed through various means at PSRC and cost information associated with individual projects that were submitted by project sponsors.
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... 18 LRP-8 = Adopt Preferred Plan Scenario • The Transportation 2040 preferred alternative was endorsed by PSRC's Executive Board on December 9, 2009. • A minority group of decision makers raised concerns that the preferred alternative did not meet recently mandated state greenhouse gas emissions or vehicle miles traveled per capita goals.
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... 19 APPENDIX B Stakeholder Collaborative Assessment Tool Before Results – March 17, 2011 Stakeholder Communication Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree N/A I am able to clearly articulate key messages with decision makers. 4 = 21% 4 = 21% 6 = 32% 5 = 26% I am able to communicate the appropriate message at the appropriate times and to the appropriate people.
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... 20 Stakeholder Understanding Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree N/A I understand the decisionmaking process, the proposed plans, and the purpose of the plans. 1 = 5% 3 = 16% 13 = 68% 2 = 11% I have access to the information I need to make informed choices.
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... 21 Stakeholder Commitment Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree N/A I have a high level of individual commitment to the process and the outcomes of the decisionmaking process. 1 = 5% 3 = 15% 6 = 30% 10 = 50% I am able to consistently participate in the process and represent my interest throughout the decisionmaking process.
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... 22 APPENDIX C Stakeholder Collaborative Assessment Tool After Results – February 9, 2012 Stakeholder Communication Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree N/A I am able to clearly articulate key messages with decision makers. 1=9% 2=18% 6=55% 2=18% I am able to communicate the appropriate messages at the appropriate times and to the appropriate people.
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... 23 Stakeholder Understanding Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree N/A I understand the decision-making process, the proposed plans, and the purpose of the plans. 1=9% 8=73% 2=18% I have access to the information I need to make informed choices.
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... 24 Stakeholder Commitment Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree N/A I have a high level of individual commitment to the process and the outcomes of the decisionmaking process. 1=9% 4=36% 6=55% I am able to consistently participate in the process and represent my interest throughout the decision-making process.
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... 25 APPENDIX D Technical Memo – Part 1 Project C18B TCAPP Technical Memo – Part 1 February/March 2011 This Technical Memorandum will serve as an ongoing assessment of the TCAPP framework. PSRC and Resource Systems Group (RSG)
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... 26 "Stakeholder" questionnaires. In using the online tool, there were some ease of use issues related to saving and printing results.

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