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... 25   This chapter provides case examples from five state DOTs, presented in alphabetical order: Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Oregon, and Utah (Figure 20)
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... 26 Measuring Investments in Active Transportation When Accomplished as Part of Other Projects Figure 21. Hawaii DOT tracking of federal expenditures on bikeways by year is available as a regularly updated performance measure on the agency's Bicycle Planning website (Source: Hawaii DOT 2022)
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... Case Examples 27   advocacy is not as widespread. HDOT indicated that having this external motivator could likely prompt support for more thorough tracking.
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... 28 Measuring Investments in Active Transportation When Accomplished as Part of Other Projects different departments, there is generally good collaboration to obtain the required numbers and a clear point-person in charge, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator. More thorough reporting requirements, particularly for pedestrian improvements, are expected in the future, and HDOT is eager to track and report those investments.
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... Case Examples 29   Another challenge faced is the manual nature of the investment compilation work. While engineers have standardized their concept statements, making it easier to track active transportation elements, Iowa DOT would like to have a more automated process in place and is in the early stages of considering how this automation could take place in the future.
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... 30 Measuring Investments in Active Transportation When Accomplished as Part of Other Projects a simple ‘Yes or No' and doesn't allow for nuance when there is an active transportation component in a larger project. Project managers are responsible for updating their projects in CMAPS.
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... Case Examples 31   Challenges Maryland DOT (MDOT) identified several challenges in tracking active transportation component project investments.
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... 32 Measuring Investments in Active Transportation When Accomplished as Part of Other Projects are not the primary performance metric examined by the legislature, tracking this information helps ODOT shape its budget requests. By combining this information with the proportion of network completed, ODOT was recently able to demonstrate that, at current funding levels, it would take approximately 180 years to complete the state's active transportation networks.
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... Case Examples 33   Key Strengths and Opportunities ODOT is currently exploring options to simplify their tracking effort for active transportation components of larger projects. Two main avenues are being considered and both rely on strengths of their system and their experience.
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... 34 Measuring Investments in Active Transportation When Accomplished as Part of Other Projects transportation) unless the active transportation improvement is a stand-alone project.

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