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From page 75... ... Hydraulic modeling and community engagement provide both a clear indication of the severity of the issue and a path forward for resiliency efforts. Participant Survey Results How would you best describe the level of your agency's commitment to resiliency in transportation planning? Read the entire page →
From page 76... ... Dr. Hendren -- The Eastern Transportation Coalition is at the forefront of examining the impacts and practicality of replacing or augmenting the fuel tax with a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) Read the entire page →
From page 77... ... Worsening significantly 5% Continue to be challenging 60% Slightly improving 24% Improving 10% Significantly improving 1% What do you see as the most promising advancement in transportation funding? Increases in state fuel tax 16% Increase in the federal fuel tax 10% Adoption of Mileage-Based User Fee 63% Increases in vehicle registration fees 10% Forego new construction and focus on preservation or small-scale projects 1% Social Equity Information Forum Summary Panelists Rickey Rogers, Senior Consultant at Point Management Group, identifies and mentors Minority/ Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (MBE/DBE) Read the entire page →
From page 78... ... is now thought of as heroic, in its time it was unpopular and divisive. Success addressing social equity in America has too often been the exception, not the rule, although much has been learned for those wishing to seek and apply lessons from the past and present. Read the entire page →
From page 79... ... Key Panelist Points Keli Kemp and Julia Billings -- The Southern Fulton comprehensive transportation planning (CTP) effort near Atlanta included eight cities as well as a small, unincorporated portion of the county, all within the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Read the entire page →
From page 80... ... MPOs should constantly reassess new technology and data sources to improve and evolve their processes. Participant Survey Results How big an impact do you think autonomous and connected vehicles will have in your planning efforts? Read the entire page →
From page 81... ... 10% Surveys are so 2019, it's all about passive data now 10% Traditional + passive make the perfect partnership 48% Undecided 33% Are your agency's travel demand models evolving? Yes, they are changing to meet new needs 39% They haven't yet changed significantly, but we recognize the need 52% We are leaving our models as they have been but using other means to adjust to changing metrics 4% No, our agency will continue to model travel demand as we have been 4% Read the entire page →
From page 83... ... Regional Roundtable discussions are intended to provide MPOs and their agency partners an opportunity to examine the storied 3C (continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive) planning process and identify how that process could be improved to better address MPO major policy issues. Read the entire page →
From page 84... ... by other MPOs or Agencies? Part II: Addressing major policy issues using the 3C Planning Process In advance of the Regional Roundtable discussion, the MPOs and their agency partners will be asked to identify three MPO major policy issues that are facing MPOs and their agency partners. Read the entire page →
From page 85... ... • BTPO: New interchange in the north part of the community; working with local partners and state DOT and private development; moved to a secondary/support role – typical as project moves from planning to design to construction; first PPP in Idaho; overcame federal/state requirements to facilitate the project development. • Missoula: Mountain Line transit provider; zero-fare transit; MPO worked with transit pro vider using CMAQ dollars annually to keep it zero-fare; ridership nearly doubled in three years (70% in two years) Read the entire page →
From page 86... ... • Missoula: The MPO staff cross-pollinates work with the city itself and that helps create an ability to identify needs and allocate resources through the city; manages infrastructure and transportation planning. • BTPO: The four-year cycle is perhaps too frequent because there is not enough time to work on the ideas coming out of a plan – the community is getting weary; smaller MPOs would be more effective if they were not constantly undergoing plan updates. Read the entire page →
From page 87... ... -- tying all of this back to transportation projects and priorities and empower them. Talk about a project, process, or partnership (not already discussed) Read the entire page →
From page 88... ... Belfield, Senior Transportation Engineer, Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) Robert B Read the entire page →
From page 89... ... Also, local governments, the disabled community, worked on a grant application with the state but developed a partnership that can work in the future for other opportunities. These actions help break down silos and address challenging issues like social equity. Read the entire page →
From page 90... ... • No one wants to start off being at an MPO but falls into it; state DOTs, city DOTs, transit agencies all go through this problem – there is no central or organized place to seek MPO talent. • HRTPO: There is a large disparity in how MPOs handle their business; staff sizes vary -- there is not a correspondence between staffing and population. Read the entire page →

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... Hydraulic modeling and community engagement provide both a clear indication of the severity of the issue and a path forward for resiliency efforts. Participant Survey Results How would you best describe the level of your agency's commitment to resiliency in transportation planning?