A Guidebook for Including Access Management in Transportation Planning (2005) / Chapter Skim
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CHAPTER 3 ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS The transportation planning process is a systematic, welldefined approach used by states, MPOs, and local governments to develop agreed-upon implementation actions that meet an agency's goals and objectives for the transportation system. The process is required and specified by federal law if federal funding is to be used.
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process can be used most effectively to drive desirable access management outcomes. The elements are as follows: • Policy planning.
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ities that will provide a planned level of system performance. Typically, these plans address mobility, corridor preservation, economic development, and quality-of-life outcomes for a 20-year period.
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project needs and program projects in the jurisdiction's capital improvement programs. The transportation element of a local comprehensive plan also typically includes a policy plan.
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Understanding the Role of Access Management in Improving Safety The consideration of safety in planning is a topic of current interest to researchers and practitioners. Access management is a key consideration.
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Accident Reduction Factors New methods for incorporating access management into safety planning may utilize several accident reduction factors that have been developed and documented in journals and publications. Exhibit 3-5 provides an illustration.
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18 Set implementation priorities and direct implementing actions • Takes policy and technical analysis as input to priority setting. • Makes trade-offs between categories of need.
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The technical approach and the tools used vary depending upon the planning level. Exhibit 3-7 explains the generalized steps for the technical analysis conducted as part of any transportation plan and highlights the opportunities for addressing access management.
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process. It is at this point that plans specify what is to be done to accomplish the agreed-upon goals.
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jurisdictions as well as within agencies. For state transportation agencies, design, right-of-way, maintenance, and planning personnel each have a role in access management issues.
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22 EXHIBIT 3-9 Transportation Planning Level to Incorporate Access Management Element Development review and permitting requirements. Policy planning process can define agencies' governance interest in participating in development review.
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ments do not follow standardized procedures or do not apply the standards in a consistent manner. This can be due to lack of training and/or inconsistency in the approval of variances for approach permits.
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• A lack of staff time and financial resources to stay involved in various state and local planning activities (e.g., transportation and land use) in order to influence outcomes.
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planning process can provide direction to broad-based, cross-functional implementation. Jurisdictions with effective access management have strong teamwork and collaboration between headquarters and the field offices, as well as with local agencies and staff, on access management issues.
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ing corridor studies and/or subarea studies in the region that focus on access management issues and that provide access management strategies for improving safety or capacity where it is appropriate to do so. • Designating a staff-level champion to ensure appropriate consideration of access management strategies and techniques in MPO activities and practices.
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A few states have program funds to acquire right-of-way and access rights before development pressures drive up costs. Project Planning States implement access management strategies and actions at the project level.
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