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From page 18... ... 18 C H A P T E R 4 4.1 Introduction This chapter presents a self-assessment tool that can be used to (1) assess the current experience with collaborative planning efforts between airport planning staffs and public planning agencies, and (2) Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... Self-Assessment Tool 19 • Maturation changes the level of maturity of collaborative planning by using strategies targeted at specific influence factors. For example, establishing formal institutional mechanisms for fostering collaboration is likely an important step in institutionalizing what may have been ad hoc. Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 20 Guidebook for Assessing Collaborative Planning Efforts Among Airport and Public Planning Agencies Description of Collaboration Criteria Points Agency Culture Is collaborative planning with other planning agencies in your region a part of your agency culture? No: 0 Yes: 3 Does top leadership in your agency recognize the importance of collaborative planning? Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... Self-Assessment Tool 21 Table 9. (Continued) Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... Maturity Level Example Strategies or Tools to Move to Next Level 1 Communication/Interaction as Needed, Usually for Project-Specific Purposes St ra te gi es to G et to L ev el 2 Identify internal goals and benefits for airport access Identify issues for access planning collaboration: key regional transportation issues that involve surface transportation planning agencies and for which the airport is a player, but not necessarily the most important one; for instance, in the following regions: – Miami: getting passengers from cruise ships to airport. – Los Angeles: overall regional congestion affecting airport access for employees and passengers. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... 2 Periodic and Institutionally Defined Interactions St ra te gi es to G et to L ev el 3 Enhance internal airport access planning goals and align them with other agencies Integrate airport access planning goals/objectives into regional planning and programming. Gather feedback from external stakeholders on opportunities for enhanced collaboration. Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... Maturity Level Example Strategies or Tools to Move to Next Level 4 Sustaining and Refining Institutional Interactions St ra te gi es to S us ta in In st itu tio na lly D ef in ed In te ra ct io ns Maintain and update strategic airport access planning goals across agencies The agencies periodically revisit and refine goals and objectives regarding their own and external stakeholder needs. An assessment is conducted periodically with a third-party evaluator who examines the degree to which the collaboration strategies and tools are effective. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... Self-Assessment Tool 25 assessment of the organization's capability in collaboration. Thus, if the agency head places more importance on the degree to which agency staff have collaborated with other planning agencies, one might place twice the weight on examples of past participation on committees and task forces as compared to the perception of external stakeholders on the extent of collaborative planning. Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 26 Guidebook for Assessing Collaborative Planning Efforts Among Airport and Public Planning Agencies of scores are used as suggested earlier. Suggested actions include an appropriate subset of the strategies presented previously but with more contextual detail. Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... Self-Assessment Tool 27 7. Conduct a survey of planning staff to determine current capabilities in transportation planning and in understanding regional planning processes. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 28 Guidebook for Assessing Collaborative Planning Efforts Among Airport and Public Planning Agencies 4.6.2 Scenario 2: Major Airport/Multimodal Transportation System/Initiated by the MPO Description The MPO for the region has long wanted the airport planning staff to be more engaged in the transportation planning process, for issues associated with airport access and, more generally, given the airport's role as a major generator of trips. The MPO executive director has expressed a desire to enhance the airport's role in regional transportation planning and, realizing that the MPO itself might not be the best positioned to encourage such interaction, has asked the MPO planning director to identify strategies and actions to increase the level of collaboration with the airport planning staff. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Self-Assessment Tool 29 5. Identify databases that both the airport and planning agencies manage to determine which data might be of most interest to the respective agencies. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 Guidebook for Assessing Collaborative Planning Efforts Among Airport and Public Planning Agencies 8. Initiate an effort to develop a formal collaboration process and define roles and responsibilities of key players; identify benefits to each agency of collaborative actions. Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Self-Assessment Tool 31 4. Initiate an effort to develop a methodology and process to prioritize strategies and analyze trade-offs relating to airport freight access; start envisioning where and how consensus could be reached on key evaluation factors and desired outcomes. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 32 Guidebook for Assessing Collaborative Planning Efforts Among Airport and Public Planning Agencies 6. Do an assessment of current planning capabilities in freight access planning (e.g., data, models and other analysis tools, staff capability) Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Self-Assessment Tool 33 Description of Collaboration Criteria Points Agency Culture Is collaborative planning with other planning agencies in your region a part of your agency culture? No: 0 Does top leadership in your agency recognize the importance of collaborative planning? Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... 34 Guidebook for Assessing Collaborative Planning Efforts Among Airport and Public Planning Agencies score for the self-assessment was 6, a low Maturity Level 1, but one that did not surprise the planning director. In this case, the "Strategies to Get to Level 2" section of Table 10 provided some ideas for strategies that could be considered, but given the poor starting point, the planning director decided to use the self-assessment questions themselves as suggested strategies to initiate actions to enhance collaboration among the different transportation agencies in the region. Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Self-Assessment Tool 35 In this case, the planning directors filled out the assessment form together to develop a consensus rating. Self-Assessment The planning directors produced a consensus self-assessment form (Table 15) Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... 36 Guidebook for Assessing Collaborative Planning Efforts Among Airport and Public Planning Agencies Recommended Actions 1. Conduct an assessment with a third-party evaluator to identify areas where collaboration could be enhanced. Read the entire page →

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... 18 C H A P T E R 4 4.1 Introduction This chapter presents a self-assessment tool that can be used to (1) assess the current experience with collaborative planning efforts between airport planning staffs and public planning agencies, and (2)