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Annual Report208

Collaboration


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afomaio ouhCollaborationThe transormation o a community begins with a vision that sees uture growth

and sets tangible goals. It begins with an instinct to grow or the better, and is

nurtured by a vision that needs a place to mature and develop beore it takes

ight. It requires hard work and the commitment o many to put thoughts into

action and see the job to its completion. The Miami Valley Regional Planning

Commission is the premiere resource or community partners to gather and

orm shared priorities and develop strategies that improve and expand

our highways and bikeways, provide access to transportation,

preserve and maximize natural resources and protect the

environment. It is here where vision meets action in a orum where stakeholders

seek to improve the quality o lie and economic growth or all in the Miami Valley.

MVRPC perorms various regional planning activities, including air quality,

water quality, transportation, land use, research and GIS. As the designated

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), MVRPC is responsible or

transportation planning in Greene, Miami and Montgomery Counties

and parts o northern Warren County.


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ViioTo serve as regional stewards, creating a vibrant community,

vigorous economy and healthy environment.

MiioMVRPC is a orum and resource where regional partners

identiy priorities, develop public policy and implement

collaborative strategies to improve the quality o lie and

economic vitality throughout the Miami Valley.

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VauWe recognize that the people o the Miami

Valley are linked and enriched by both the

things we share and the things that make us

unique. We take pride in our diverse communities that

are bound together in a larger Region o shared values by

our history, our spirit o innovation, our economy and our

environment. We appreciate the need to balance growth

across the Region, to provide better planning and incentives

preserve natural resources and to work together to creatively

address regional concerns while retaining local independence


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The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission

strives to oster collaboration among communities, stakeholders and

residents to advance regional priorities. Working in an integrated

ashion, our member jurisdictions come together to discuss regional

issues and make decisions which are critical today and will impact uture

generations tomorrow. Our role, as a regional entity, is to assist with this

process to help prioritize, acilitate and expedite policies and programs

so that the Regions residents enjoy a better quality o lie and the

Miami Valley prospers.

As you review this report, keep in mind that its a brie overview o the

many initiatives undertaken during 2008. None o our eorts would

have been possible without the dedication and commitment o our

members and Board representatives. They are the link between the

MVRPC sta and the member communities, organizations and entities.

As the Executive Director, I value the specialized knowledge that our

sta has and encourage you to take advantage o it. We are here to

help you and hope you become actively engaged in the regional

planning process.

During 2008, several global issues impacted the country and Region

alike. Notably, gasoline topped $4.00 a gallon and residents turned to

alternative, less costly transportation options. Not coincidentally, the

Comprehensive Local-Regional Bikeway Plan, a plan 18 months in the

making, was completed and endorsed at the end o 2008. This plan calls

or the completion o the regional trail system and a more user-riendly

approach by integrating biking as a viable means o transportation,

not just or recreation. This is just one example o how MVRPC realizes

that its important to change with the times and understands that

regional planning is a uid process. It is our intent to continue coordinating

with all our members and to help guide this Regions transormation

through collaboration.

MVRPCs Executive Director

Doad R. Sag


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As I start my frst year as the MVRPC Chairman,

I am excited by the initiatives being undertaken. Id like to thank our

ormer Chairman, Bob Shook Concord Township Trustee or his fne

leadership over the past two years. Id also like to thank our members,

planning partners, community leaders and MVRPC sta because their

input, cooperation and vision are vital to moving this Region orward.

During 2008, the country had to deal with a tough economic

situation and the Miami Valley was not spared. Loss o jobs and a major

employer General Motors has impacted this Region in a manner

that weve never experienced beore. With the continued diligence

o MVRPC, working with the Ohio Department o Transportation and

the Federal Highway Administration, the long-awaited improvements

to the I-75 corridor will position the Region avorably with businesses

looking to relocate to the area and potentially fnd new uses or the

ormer GM acility.

This is just one example o how important it is that our members

continue to collaborate together or the betterment o the Region.

Identiying and addressing regional transportation needs is imperative

to making the Miami Valley better, stronger, and more sel-sufcient.

I encourage each o you to continue to be a team player. We have

made huge strides over the last several years, and its vital that the

cooperative attitude and collaborative spirit continue as we move

orward together as ONE REGIONwith ONE VISIONand ONE FUTURE.

MVRPCs Chairman o the Board

Doad E. Paso


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Log RaPlanIn 2008, MVRPC completed the update o the 2030 Long Range

Transportation Plan (LRTP). The 2030 Plan identifes multimodal

strategies and capital improvement programs designed to guide

the eective investment o public unds in transportation acilities

through the year 2030. The 2008 update represents the frst Plan

completed ater passage o the Sae, Accountable, Flexible & Efcient

Transportation Equity Act A Legacy or Users (SAFETEA-LU) and

ully addresses the new or expanded SAFETEA-LU ederal planning

requirements including:

Developinganancialplanthatusesinationrate(s)toreect

year o expenditure dollars;

Discussingtypesofenvironmentalmitigationactivitiesand

potential areas to carry out these activities;

Discussingtransportationsafetysummarizingpriorities,goals,

countermeasures or projects;

Discussingtransportationsecuritysummarizingpriorities,goals,

countermeasures or projects;

Reectingconsultationwithstateandlocalagenciesresponsible

or land use management, natural resources, environmental

protection, conservation and historic preservation;

Employingvisualizationtechniquestodescribemetropolitan

transportation plans; and

Developingandimplementingacongestionmanagement

process as part o the metropolitan transportation

planning process.

The 2030 Plan is fscally constrained, meets air quality requirements

and is consistent with the State Implementation Plan (SIP), which

includes statewide air quality regulations.

The 2030 Plan identifes an estimated $4,845 million o transportation

investments with estimated revenues o $5,077 million.

More inormation about the Long Range Transportation

Plan (LRTP) can be ound at www.mvrpc.org/lrp/

A CoaboaivVision For The FutureIn 2008, the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission worked

closely with its Board o Directors to implement the Transportation

Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP provides the Miami Valley

Region with a vital ramework or identiying and implementing

short-term inrastructural changes or improvements to area

roads, bridges, and bikeways. The program ocuses on a our-year

schedule or projects within Greene, Miami, Montgomery and

northern Warren County, and is automatically built into the Long

Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). Cooperation and transparency

are two crucial actors or the TIPs ultimate success, and itsprogress depends on the essential contribution o each

MVRPC member.

MVRPC serves as a cooperative orum where members propose

projects that will ideally beneft the Region and warrant regionally

controlled ederal unding. Each jurisdiction sel-scores its

proposals which are then reviewed by MVRPC sta who then

recommends any needed changes and scores them according

to their transportation and environmental impact beore being

owarded to the Technical Advisory Committee or review and

ulitmately to the Board or approval. This transparent process has

allowed each proposal to be reviewed among all MVRPC Board

members who play a key part in deciding which projects are

recommended or regionally controlled ederal unding.

Collaboration is maintained ater a project is endorsed, as inormation

continues to be gathered among delegates and shared with the

public in each jurisdiction. This helps to urther gauge a projects

impact and ensure a proper implementation.

More inormation about the Transportation

Improvement Program (TIP) can be ound at

www.mvrpc.org/tr/tiphome.php


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MVRPC has had a long-standing commitment to address the

transportation needs o those who are unable to drive, such

as senior citizens, the disabled and individuals with lower

incomes. MVRPCs collaborative relationship with local senior

centers and transit agencies in Greene, Miami, Montgomery

and northern Warren Counties has enabled the Region to make

signifcant progress toward making

transportation more widely

available to nondrivers.

This relationship enabled

MVRPC to complete a

ederally mandated and

locally developed Public Transit Human Services Transportation

Coordination Plan in April o 2008. This plan looked at uture

demand or specialized transportation and at existing services

and predicted an increased need or services, as the elderly and

disabled population continues to grow and spread across suburban

and rural areas where transportation gaps exist. MVRPC also

managed development o the required Public Transit Human

Services Transportation Coordination Plan or Preble County.

The same consultants who helped develop the Coordinated Plan

or the Greater Dayton Metropolitan Planning Area were retained

to develop the Preble County plan. By coordinating the schedules

o the nationally known consultants, travel expenses were

leveraged, and a consistent approach was used. The fnal

plans share a common ormat, and transportation linkages

between the planning areas were readily identifed.

Thus, Preble County was able to leverage a relatively

small investment into a detailed, highly proessional

planning document. Ongoing cooperation with each

jurisdiction, transit agency and human serviceagency will continue to be key in order to

properly address demand and assist

those in need.

In 2006, MVRPC established the Senior

Transportation Enhancement Program

(STEP) in Montgomery County. STEP

was awarded a third round o grant

unding in 2008 rom the Montgomery

County Human Services Levy. STEP seeksto support existing senior transportation

programs and to creatively expand the

range o transportation services or the senior

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population in Montgomery County. Additionally, MVRPC

has teamed closely with surrounding jurisdictions to establish

communication between all transportation entities in each o

the neighboring counties, and has helped to provide new

transportation opportunities. This assistance eventually

led to the creation o supplemental senior transportation

programs in Huber Heights and Vandalia in 2008. MVRPC also

helped neighboring agencies apply or grants that allowed them to

obtain much-needed vehicles. The Human Services Transportation

Coordination Initiative helps surrounding communities and

organizations gain a better understanding o the growing need

or specialized transportation so that they can plan or the uture

specialized transportation needs o the Regions residents.

Details o the MVRPCs Human Services Transportation

Programs can be ound at www.mvrpc.org/COAST

Uitd O T RoadTo ProgressThe I-75 Subcorridor Modernization Project showed continued

progress in 2008 as urther upgrades were made to the State

Route 4 and Main Street-Grand Avenue interchanges. This frst

phase will improve the northbound curve on I-75 at State Route

4 and also increase capacity by adding an additional lane in each

direction. The plan also ocuses on rebuilding and improving the

northernmost ramps at Stanley Avenue and close ramps at Grand,

Riverside, Leo, Neva and the southernmost ramps at Stanley.

The project, which is ultimately divided into three phases, is

the result o 30 years o planning and development, and the

cooperative eorts o private and public stakeholders throughout

the Region. The implementation o this plan will address numerous

saety and capacity concerns by adding continuous through lanes,

eliminating let entrance and exit ramps and increasing the spacing

between interchanges.

MVRPC has also cooperated with designers and area government

and business leaders to ensure that special attention is being

given to the projects aesthetic details. As a result, the project will

integrate a variety o design components that weave historical

and artistic images synonymous with the Dayton Region. Noise

reduction walls are also being strategically constructed without

diminishing the view o area landmarks such as the Dayton

Art Institute, the Masonic Temple and Grandview Hospital.

The outcome o this cooperation will not only beautiy the Region,

but it will also help attract uture business investment.

MVRPC will continue to oster a spirit o collaboration among

all jurisdictions by being a prime resource or the gathering

and sharing o project inormation or each o its stakeholders.

MVRPC continues to work closely with the Ohio Department o

Transportation (ODOT) and local media to keep drivers inormed o

any potential trafc delays or hazards.

Real-time views o the projects progress maybe seen by visiting the ollowing link

www.mvrpc.org/webcams/constructionCam.php



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MVRPC, through collaboration with the Miami Conservancy

District, Miami County Parks and Five Rivers MetroParks, completed

an 18-month planning process in December 2008 with the

endorsement o the Comprehensive Local-Regional Bikeway Plan

(Bikeway Plan). With a broad vision to take our regional network

o trails to the next level, the Bikeway Plan provided MVRPC

jurisdictions with tools, design standards and guidelines or

branching o the recreational trails onto networks o bike-riendly

roads and streets.

The Bikeway Plan naturally called or completion o the regional

trail system (already stretching over 250 miles o trail), but the

remaining opportunities to build additional shared-use trails, such

as the Great Miami and Little Miami trails are limited. The Bikeway

Plan included a network o roadways that over time are suggested

to be improved to better accommodate bicycle transportation.

The range o potential treatments include bike lanes, shared lanes,

widened shoulders, bike route designations and others. Specifc

treatments will depend on project-specifc circumstances.

Bringing bikes out onto the roads o the Miami Valley is a

signifcant adjustment to our past practice. For decades, cycling

has meant bike trails, and a paradigm shit like this called

or a comprehensive plan. The Bikeway Plan went beyond

suggesting bikeways to include programs to encourage cycling

or transportation, and to educate cyclists and motorists alike

about the principles o sharing the road. Also, the Bikeway

Plan suggested law enorcement techniques intended to ensure

cyclist saety as well as their rights. Finally, the plan called or an

ongoing planning process to identiy saety concerns or cyclists

and to track the growth in cycling or transportation in the

Miami Valley.

Several new eorts will be undertaken to implement various

recommendations o the Bikeway Plan. These include a regionally

coordinated trail counts and survey project, and new Bike to

Work Day events in Piqua, Troy and Xenia.

The ull Bikeway Plan can be viewed at

www.mvrpc.org/tr/bikePed.php

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Bik MapUpdate

Along with the Bikeway Plan project, MVRPC

updated and published the 2008 edition o the

Miami Valley Recreational Trails Map. This

map was produced through collaboration

with numerous local partners, including

the Centerville-Washington Township Park

District, the cities o Troy and Kettering,

the Miami Conservancy District, Five Rivers

MetroParks, Greene County Parks and Miami

County Parks, the National Park Service,

with additional assistance rom Upper

Valley Medical Center, the Xenia Chamber

o Commerce and local bike shops

throughout the Region. This partnership

enabled MVRPC to print over 50,000

maps or wide distribution in the Region

and nationally.

These water-resistant maps include all the regional trails

across eight counties, and a trail mileage guide to plan your outingor your training.

Maps are available ree-o-charge rom MVRPC. Go

online to request a ree map at the MVRPC web site:

www.mvrpc.org/recTrails/



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RioaPlanning



Maximizig RoucThroughProperStewardship

The Going Places program is a regional integrated land use

planning program that seeks to orm a unifed vision or the

Miami Valley Region by collaborating with government leaders,

local businesses and the public. The program, which was

launched by MVRPC in 2007, will run or our years and consists

o three phases. Phase I, which extended into 2008, provided

an existing physical and nonphysical condition assessment

and included three separate land use studies. The three

studies published during 2008 included the Miami Valley

Land Suitability Assessment Built Environment Factors; the

Miami Valley Industrial Development Assessment; and the

Miami Valley Commercial Development Assessment.

In addition, in 2008, MVRPC invited Miami Valley

residents to stay connected with the Going Places

initiative, by oering them the opportunity to receive

regular project updates through e-mail. Residents

have also been able to post photos o their avorite

places on the MVRPC website. MVRPC will build upon

this spirit o collaboration by eventually hostingworkshops in the next phase o the project that examine

a variety o land use scenarios.

MVRPC is able to help maximize and

preserve existing resources in the Miami Valley

Region by providing stakeholders with a wealth o essential

inormation and seeking their continued eedback.

Inormation about the Going Places initiative

may be ound at www.mvrpc.org/rlu/


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RioaGIS Support

MVRPC has been pleased to provide its stakeholders with

exceptional land use inormation through its web-based Regional

Geographic Inormation System (GIS), known as Online Planning

Support System (OPSS). The web-based GIS application is a tool

to inspire and encourage cooperation throughout the Region

by letting citizens navigate the Miami Valley Region and play

a vital role in conducting regional planning activities. Users o

these interactive maps are able to visualize political jurisdiction

boundaries, census inormation, environmental boundaries, land

abric and transportation inrastructure.

This technology also makes MVRPC the primary resource or

various planning related inormation, and allows it to share its

technical expertise with state and local governments and the

public. MVRPC continues to make incremental improvements to

this system which already houses an accumulation o 30 years o

data rom MVRPC and throughout Greene, Montgomery, Miami,

Warren, Preble, and Darke counties.

This wealth o inormation allows area stakeholders to look

beyond their own borders and gain a better understanding o

the Region. This naturally paves the way or community leaders

to make wiser decisions when it comes to the planning and

development o new business or road construction, and contribute

to a better quality o lie or Miami Valley residents.

More inormation may be ound at

www.mvrpc.org/gis/


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In addition, MVRPC completed a process

in 2008 to streamline and update the ITS

architecture or the Miami Valley. The

architecture is the conceptual design o the

Intelligent Transportation System; it describes

what the system should be able to do, what

inormation it should be able to generate and

who should be able to access that inormation.

Learn more about ITS atwww.mvrpc.org/its


IiTransportation System

MVRPC received two awards in the Map Gallery

Competition during the 2008 Ohio GIS Conerence.

The Miami Valley Land Suitability Assessment map

received the First Place Award in the Analytical Map

Category. It also received the Best of Show Award

which was presented to the entry that received the

highest overall score among all entries or

all categories.

This system can be ound athttp://maps.mvrpc.org/regis/viewer.htm

The Regions Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) began

to take shape in 2008. As part o the major projects along

interstates 70 and 75, the Ohio Department o Transportation

(ODOT) installed some o the pieces o the system to provide

inormation to motorists on the highway. Numerous cameras

or observing trafc, message signs over the highways as

motorists enter the Dayton area and Highway Advisory Radios,

which broadcast trafc advisories on AM radio requencies,

were installed. All o these technologies are monitored and

updated through ODOTs ARTIMIS center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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EviomaPrograms



Over 30 years ago, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

designated MVRPC as the Areawide Water Quality Planning

Agency or Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Preble

Counties. Maintenance o the Areawide Water Quality Plan,

particularly in the area o municipal wastewater treatment,

remained the major ocus o this planning responsibility. In 2008,

MVRPC completed a long planning process involving the cities o

Brookville, Clayton, Dayton and Union, the villages o West Milton

and Phillipsburg, and Clay and Butler Townships, to update the

wastewater acility planning areas (FPA) in northern Montgomery

County. The resulting FPA map addressed the issue o which entity

will be responsible or planning or wastewater treatment services

in several areas, including the light industries surrounding the

Dayton International Airport, the rapidly developing areas o the

City o Clayton and the Village o Phillipsburg.

Planning or wastewater treatment at the regional level is an

eective way to eliminate costly duplication o services and

investment in overcapacity.

For more details visit www.mvrpc.org/wq/wq.php

MGCLERCMVRPC continued its 20-year relationship with

the Montgomery and Greene Counties

Local Emergency Response Council

(MGCLERC) in 2008. As in past years,

MVRPC provided stafng supportor the MGCLERC Board, and received

and processed the annual reports

o chemical acilities in Greene and

Montgomery Counties.

In 2008, MVRPC conducted a regional

Hazardous Material Placard Truck survey.

By ederal regulation, trucks carrying large

amounts o hazardous materials must

display a placard which identifes by symbols

and numbers the materials aboard and the

nature o the hazards they pose. The Truck

Survey samples truck trafc in locations

throughout Greene and Montgomery

Counties, counting total trucks and total

trucks displaying placards. The inormation

gathered rom the survey has been shared

with frst responders so they will know the potential hazardous

materials that may be released in the event o a transportation

accident involving a placarded truck. This inormation will

potentially save the lives o frst responders and the general public.

See www.mvrpc.org/region/mgclerc.php

or more inormation.

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Air QuaityProgram

In partnership with the Regional Air Pollution Control Agency

(RAPCA), MVRPC monitored developments in regional air quality,

including the policies and programs intended to protect and

improve air quality. Air quality continued a recent-years trend o

general improvement. There were only eight days with measured

exceedance o the ground-level ozone standard and one day with

a measured exceedance o the fne particles standard.

During 2008, the US EPA and Ohio EPA were developing policies to

urther lower the limit on pollution in the ambient air. The US EPA

lowered the limit on ground-level ozone in March, and Ohio EPA

continues to work with RAPCA to determine i any areas around

Dayton should be designated as non-attainment under this

tighter rule.

For particulate matter, there are two standards addressed. There is

an annual average standard, which limits long-term exposure, and

a daily standard, which seeks to limit short-term/high-

concentration exposures to fne particles, which can impair

health when inhaled. In July 2008, Ohio EPA submitted the State

Implementation Plan to meet the annual average limit or fne

particles. This plan relies on certain national strategies and an

ambitious eort by the state o Ohio to reduce

emissions rom heavy-duty diesel

vehicles. In December 2008, US EPA

issued a decision on the designation

o non-attainment areas or the daily

particulate matter standard. In the

Dayton/Springfeld area, Clark, Greene

and Montgomery Counties weredesignated as non-attainment.

It is important to remember that the

Regions air quality continues to improve, even as the limits on

air pollution are tightening. These recent designations do not

indicate that our air is more polluted, but that the legal limits on

pollution are lowering, to be more protective.

MVRPC participated in an eort to reduce emissions rom

heavy-duty diesel engines in Ohio. The Ohio Department o

Development oversees the Diesel Emissions Reduction Grant

(DERG) program, which uses ederal Congestion Mitigation and

Air Quality (CMAQ) unding to reimburse jurisdictions and public-

private partnerships that undertake eorts to retroft or replace

older diesel equipment with newer less-polluting equipment.

Ohio EPA also manages a Diesel School Bus program aimed at the

same purpose.

More inormation can be ound at

www.mvrpc.org/air/



Air QuaityConormity

MVRPC conducted air quality conormity analyses o proposed

LRTP projects in close coordination with the Clark County-

Springfeld Transportation Coordination Committee (CC-STCC),

the Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council o Governments

(OKI) and the Ohio Department o Transportation (ODOT) to

demonstrate conormity or the 2030 Plan.

All counties in the Dayton/Springfeld air quality Region were

redesignated to attainment/maintenance or the 8-hour ozone

standard in August 2007; three counties (Clark, Greene and

Montgomery) are designated non-attainment or the annual and

daily PM2.5 standard. Warren County remains in non-attainment

or both the ozone and PM2.5 standards.

The results o the air quality conormity analyses indicate that the

2030 Plans and TIPs demonstrate conormity to the annual

PM2.5 and 8-hour ozone standard. In the uture (April 2010),

the Plan will also need to demonstrate conormity to the daily

PM2.5 standard.

Suaiab GowhInitiativeMiami Valley Air Quality

AwarenessProgram

Working in collaboration with the Regional Air Pollution Control

Agency (RAPCA), MVRPCs Air Quality Awareness Program

continued to educate citizens about air quality issues. When

ground-level ozone or particle pollution concentrations were

predicted to rise, MVRPC issued Air Pollution Advisories (APAs)

and coordinated with the local media, businesses, nursing homes,

doctors ofces, daycare centers and senior citizen centers to

ensure the message was disseminated. During 2008, nine APAs

were issued.

In an eort to better predict what causes air pollution levels to rise

MVRPC provided unding to RAPCA to hire Sonoma Technologies,

Inc., a highly-regarded air quality research frm, on a contract basis

They developed both warm and cold weather orecasting models

based on historical meteorological data rom the Dayton Region

which proved helpul in accurately predicting when elevated air

pollution levels would occur.

MVRPC continued to promote the various actions residents

could take to reduce air pollution. Using the Federal HighwayAdministration theme o It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air, six

messages ocusing on alternative transportation options, vehicle

maintenance and efcient vehicle use were emphasized in

television, radio, newspaper and billboard advertising. In addition,

a web-based contest to win prize packs o battery-powered yard

equipment (all nonpolluting) was held during 2008.

The www.miamivalleyair.org website included an enhanced

mapping eature which allows residents to view current air

pollution readings and historic data at various monitoring sites in

the Greater Miami Valley Region. During 2008, there were over

44,000 hits on the website proving its continued popularity.

Rideshare Program

As gasoline prices inched closer and

closer to $4.00 a gallon, commuters

looked to the Rideshare Program or

some relie during 2008. Commuters logged on to the

www.miamivalleyrideshare.orgweb site and upon entering their

data, immediately received a listing o others who had similar

destinations and schedules. During 2008, 32,125 hits were

received. Those without website access continued to call the

Rideshare hotline (223-SAVE or 1-800-743-SAVE) to receive

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Also during 2008, commuters were able to register to win ree

gasoline! Each month, the Rideshare Program gave away a $200gasoline card courtesy o a collaborative agreement with SAMs

Club. Hundreds registered or the ree prize and 12 lucky winners

had Rideshare (and SAMs Club) to thank.

Commuters who traveled long distances to work were encouraged

to take advantage o Rideshares vanpool program. Luxury

passenger vans (7 - 15 passenger vehicles) were available or lease

on a monthly basis to groups interested in vanpooling. In 2008,

MVRPC increased the vanpool subsidy by oering the frst month o

a vanpool lease or ree. Another 50% subsidy on the monthly van

lease rate kicked in ater the frst month and was made available

or up to 36 months as a way to encourage using this

transportation option.

Alternative Transportation

In 2008, MVRPC encouraged people to shit out o single occupant

vehicles and into transit, biking, ridesharing and walking (all

alternative orms o transportation). The multimodal initiative called

Drive Less, Live More was a collaborative eort with Five Rivers

MetroParks, the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority and

the Miami Conservancy District. It promoted healthier and happier

communities by oering options to the

SOV (single-occupancy vehicle). With

the emphasis on more cost-eective

and environmentally riendly options,

its purpose was to encourage residents

to reduce the number o times they

drove alone and to give carpooling,

transit, biking and walking a try. From

May through August 2008, participants

logged their non single occupancy vehicle trips (that were

destination-based, not recreational) to participate in the

One Less Trip Contest. Monthly winners, based on the most miles

traveled using alternative transportation, received prizes. Thegrand prize (a trip or two to Mackinaw Island, MI) was awarded

to Bob Burnett o Dayton, OH. Drive Less, Live More was a huge

success and will start up again in May 2009.

MVRPC participated in the Miami County Bike Task Force, the City

o Dayton Bike Task Force and the City o Riverside Multi-Modal

Committee. MVRPC assisted the Village o Versailles in developing

a vision document or a planned bike trail along the Swamp Creek

and bike-riendly streets in the Village. Inormation was presented

to the Ohio Department o Healths Heart Healthy Community

grant participants about walkability and sae routes to school.

MVRPC participated in the Ohio Department o Transportations

Bike Saety Work Group.



Inormation on bike trails, Rideshare and Pedal Pals was

distributed at Walk Dayton, Greater Dayton RTAs LiveGreen Festival, Five Rivers MetroParks Gearest, Lite 99.9

Listener Appreciation Lunches and Bike-to-Work Day events

in Dayton, Xenia and on Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

July 29, 2008, was SOV-Free Day at MVRPC. Sixteen sta

members either carpooled, biked or rode transit to get to

work that day. As it was also Air Pollution Advisory day,

the sta helped to keep ambient air pollution lower on a day

threatening to exceed the air pollution limits.

Go to www.drivelesslivemore.org/or details.

The Resource Center is a Census afliate o the State Department

o Development and, as such, receives Census inormation thatis made available to the media and the public. MVRPC receives

publications and CDs, ree o charge, as soon as they are released

by the Census Bureau, and makes inormation accessible to the

public in both print and electronic ormat. Besides having the most

current data rom the Census, the Resource Center also has historic

Census data dating back to 1950.

Census products received in 2008 included the Bureaus latest

population estimates and the latest release rom the American

Community Survey. The Resource Center coordinates the CensusBureaus Decennial Participant Statistical Area Program or this

Region. This program helps local communities defne the data

tabulation areas (tracts, block groups, and CDPs) within their

jurisdiction or the next decennial census. The Center is used

internally to provide materials that help our sta produce regional

studies, jurisdictional plans and other research projects, as well as

presentations and workshops.

In addition to providing inormation or internal use, the Resource

Center is used by local newspapers, nonproft agencies, schools,

local governments, students, businesses, consultants, realtors and

developers, among others. In 2008, MVRPC responded to many

external requests and also provided mini-tutorials to callers or

visitors who are unamiliar with the US Census Bureaus website.

The Resource Center houses an abundance o other reerence

materials on subject areas addressed by MVRPC, as well as

the many publications which have been produced by MVRPC

throughout the years.

See www.mvrpc.org/rc/or details.

RoucCenter


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Roaway & Bike/PiaProjects

Greene CountyProject DescriptionFederal Funds

Obligated in SFY2008

Great Miami River Bikeway rom Canal Lock Park to Kyle Park in Tipp City - Construct new bikeway $127,675

Great Miami River Bikeway rom City Park in Tipp City north to Monroe/Concord Township Line - Construct

a missing link on the River Corridor Bikeway.

$769,697

Great Miami River multi-use trail in Miami County; construct rom Eldean Road to Peterson Road. $100,000

Colonel Glenn rom University Boulevard to Old Yellow Springs Road.; Dayton-Yellow Springs Road rom

Kauman Avenue to Trebein Road - Replace older existing controllers and cabinets, upgrade the system

sotware, repair the existing interconnect cable and retrot the existing signal heads with LED lenses.

$378,772

I-675 at Indian Ripple Road; replace (2) existing signals, re-time and upgrade controllers or Indian Ripple

Road closed loop system.

$331,539

Indian Ripple Road at Darst Road - Construct Right Turn Lane to Darst Road $221,076

Indian Ripple Road rom Sylvania Drive to Darst Road, including improvements to the westbound approach

to the Darst Road intersection - Widen Indian Ripple Road to ve lanes. Project includes the installation

o curbs, storm sewers, street lighting, bikeway, sidewalk, the reconstruction o one trac signal and the

installation o one new trac signal.

$110,000

Kauman Avenue - Wright Memorial to Zink Road - Widen rom 2 lanes to 3 lanes, improve vertical and

horizontal alignment.

$470,209

New Road rom Orchard Lane to Factory Road - Construct New Road Recommendation o Greene US35 Study $1,364,537

Sackett-Wright Park in Bellbrook to the Little Miami Scenic Trail in Spring Valley-Develop separated bike path

along State Route 725 between Bellbrook and Spring Valley including crossing Little Sugar Creek and Little

Miami River totaling 6 bridges and culverts; project also includes a staging area at east termini.

$90,000

State Route 235 rom Fairborn South Corporation Limit to .81 Mile North and rom Railroad to North

Corporation Limit - Resuracing

$425,680

State Route 72 rom 13.4 to 13.9 Miles North o I-71 - Curve realignment $881,100

US42 rom Cedarville Corp. to Clark County line - Minor rehab. $438,056

US68 and US35 at 21 various intersections - Trac signal replacement and interconnection $830,000

US68 rom 0.66 to 0.72 Mile North o State Route 235; State Route 235 rom 0.00 to 0.35 Mile North

o State Route 68 - Replace two structures over the Little Miami River. Bridge Nos. GRE68-1428 and

GRE235-0021.

$2,603,000

Miami CountyProject Description Federal FundsObligated in SFY2008


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Belleontaine Road over I-70 - Replace decient bridge with minimal approach work. $45,000

Dayton Central Business District - Develop preliminary plans to convert one-way streets to two-way

streets in Dayton.

$30,160

Dorothy Lane/Wilmington Pike intersection - Pavement replacement; install tree lawns and sidewalks;

reconstruct trac signals; construct loop road on northwest quadrant o intersection and add third through

lane in each direction on Wilmington Pike at Dorothy Lane.

$621,316

Downtown Dayton - Demolition o Benbow building behind Wright Stop Plaza to enable construction o o

street bus loading area.

$1,995,000

Great Miami Boulevard (Renaissance Project) rom Riverview Avenue to Main Street - Widening rom 4 to 5

lanes and extension.

$315,000

Hempstead Station Drive south terminus, to north along Hempstead Station Drive to Stroop Road then east

along Stroop to the southwest corner o the Stroop/Wilmington Pike intersection - Construct a multi-use

path. (Hempstead Station Drive south o David Road will be a signed Shared Roadway.)

$162,800


Miami CountyProject DescriptionFederal Funds


Market Street existing bike trail ollow the river levee to Riverside Drive - Construct a new bikeway as part o

the Miami County Recreational Trail.

$122,210

State Route 185 at 1.60 Mile East o Darke/Miami County Line - Bridge deck replacement $681,673

State Route 41 (State Line Marker 11.25) in Troy onto southbound entrance o I-75 ramp - Add right-turn lane

or eastbound State Route 41 onto southbound I-75 entrance ramp to alleviate congestion on State Route 41.

$148,552

State Route 49 rom Montgomery/Miami County Line to Miami/Darke County Line - Resuracing $1,463,000

State Route 55 rom Indiana Avenue to the Troy East Corporation Limit - Resuracing $298,704

State Route 571 at 0.03 Mile West o State Route 721 (Hog Run) - Bridge replacement,

District 7 Bridge Program

$370,480

State Route 571 rom the West Milton East Corporation Limit to Tipp City - Resuracing $831,600

State Route 718 rom the Junction o State Route 721 to the Junction o State Route 55 - Resurace the

existing roadway and other roadway related items

$937,000

US 36 bridge over I-75 in Piqua - Replace decient bridge decks with minimal approach work and

landscaping enhancements or inelds o the interchange.

$135,000

Various bridges on I-75 & State Route 718-10.18 - Bridge rehabilitation/maintenance; erosion control

maintenance.

$454,000

Montgomery CountyProject Description Federal FundsObligated in SFY2008


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Hoke Road and State Route 49 intersection, and within the adjoining corridor - Upgrade regulatory and

warning signage within the corridor, improve operations at the intersection o Hoke Road and State Route

49, install post-mounted fashers to better delineate the school zone in ront o the Miami Valley Career

Technology Center south o State Route 49.

$20,240

I-675 at Tributary o Holes Creek and Little Beaver Creek, State Route 835 at the Little Beaver Creek - Invert

repair o concrete pipes.

$153,000

I-70 rom State Line Marker 11.04 to State Line Marker 13.22 (Brookville and Englewood) - Spot patching o

I-70 at various bridge decks and approaches.

$444,000

I-75 rom 0.06 mile south o Leo Street to Neva Drive-Bridge widening and resuracing, completion o aninterchange modication study.

$14,676,570

I-75 rom 0.06 mile south o Leo Street to Neva Drive - Bridge widening and resuracing, completion o an

interchange modication study.

$19,309

I-75 Phase 1A at Dayton Expressway, Main Street and Grand Avenue - Major reconstruction to add three

continuous through lanes, eliminate let side ramps, realign roadway (Riverview Avenue to Leo Street).

$4,541,000

Main Street (State Route 725) and Sycamore Street intersection to approximately 930 north on Main Street

- Install ornamental brick paver crosswalks, replace deteriorating sidewalks, add decorative street lighting,

street trees, encing, way-nding signage and landscaping.

$301,000

Main Street in Englewood between Fallview Avenue and National Road West - Scenic and

environmental enhancements including decorative lighting and trac signals, landscaping and

other beautication improvements.

$298,595

Montgomery, Miami and Greene Counties - Recreation trails/regional signage. $146,000

Monument Avenue at the Great Miami River Directly West o I-75 - Replace the Monument Avenue Bridge,

a 773 t. Bridge over the Great Miami River with minimal approach work, addition o pedestrian overlooks

on bridge and steps to the bike trail.

$9,165,369

MVRPC SFY2008 Air Quality Program or Greene, Miami and Montgomery Counties. Activities associated

with air quality designations - Ozone and PM 2.5.

$255,000

MVRPC SFY2008 Rideshare Program or Clinton, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Preble Counties. Match

commuters interested in carpooling to Work/School. Marketing and outreach - Ridesharing, bike, Bus,walking and Regional Vanpool Seat Subsidy Program.

$456,000

National Road rom Maple Street to Ranchview Drive - Streetscape: add decorative sidewalks,

street trees, bus stops.

$303,415

North Dixie Drive rom Little York Road to I-70 in Montgomery County - Widen rom 2 to 5 lanes, adding

curb and gutter, sidewalks and street lighting on both sides.

$504,000


Montgomery CountyProject DescriptionFederal Funds



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Regionwide reeway system in Clark, Miami and Montgomery Counties - US35, I-70, I-75 and I-675

Provide a system to include closed circuit cameras or incident detection and verication, variable message

signs and highway advisory radios. Fiber optics, wireless and broadband technologies will be used.

$1,918,751

Riverscape area in Dayton - Development o bicycle hub and recreation trail improvements in downtown

Dayton, to include pavement, trees, plantings, tur, urnishings and ountains, and associated site

work and utilities.

$290,839

Salem Avenue rom Delinger Road to Detroit/Curundu Avenue - Trac Signal interconnection. $305,053

Shiloh Springs Road rom State Route 49 to Denlinger Road - Intersection reconstruction and relocation. $200,000

South Dixie Highway rehabilitation and improvement rom 350 North o Dorothy Lane to 400 North

o Cardington in Kettering - Reconstruct the two southbound and two northbound lanes and curbs. Fill

missing sections o sidewalk and make sidewalk repairs as needed. Make drive approach repairs and place

all street light wiring underground. Install underground conduit or uture interconnect ber.

$40,000

State Route 123 over Twin Creek located at 0.33 mile East o junction. State Route 4 - Replace deteriorated

bridge deck with minimal approach work.

$500,722

State Route 201 in Huber Heights rom Harshman Road to Fishburg Road - Apply single course

micro-suracing to the existing roadway.

$38,610

State Route 202 enhancement. National Highway System ends at State Line Marker 8.57. $308,551

State Route 4 at 0.10 mile south o Germantown South Corporation Limit - Bridge deck replacement. $788,000

State Route 4 rom Dayton/Riverside Corporation Limit to Montgomery/Greene County Line; State Route

444 rom State Route 4 to the Montgomery/Greene County Line - Plane and resurace the existing roadway

and other roadway related items.

$3,575,000

State Route 4 in Dayton rom Main Street to Ludlow Street; State Route 48 rom Monument Street

to Patterson Street; State Route 48 rom Monument Street to Babbitt Street - Pavement planing and

resuracing with asphalt concrete.

$454,080

State Route 48 rom Alex-Bell Road (State Route 725) to Loop Road - Enhance visual appearance o

interchange area using landscape eatures, decorative encing and stone walls.

$300,000

State Route 48 rom the north corporation limit o Dayton (State Line Marker 16.14) to Shiloh Springs Road

(State Line Marker 17.88) - Pavement planing, resuracing the existing roadway and pavement markings.

$564,000

State Route 725 (Alex-Bell Road) and SR48 intersection - Construct dedicated westbound right-turn

lane; remove existing channelizing island or eastbound right-turn movement and allow movement to be

controlled by intersection; restripe State Route 48 south o intersection.

$533,000

State Route 835 at the intersection o Woodman Drive and Patterson Road/Research Boulevard -

Reconstruct and realign the intersection, add turn lanes, curb and sidewalk, landscaping, includes signal

reconstruction and street lighting.

$144,246





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Stewart Street rom Patterson Boulevard to Edwin C. Moses Boulevard - Replace a our-lane, seven span,

closed spandrel earth lled bridge over the Great Miami River.

$12,282,000

Supplemental Planning Funding - Includes saety studies and project planning assistance (80% Federal and

20% Local).

$86,000

Supplemental Planning Funding - Includes TIP Project Management and Regional Cooperative Eorts -

100% Federal Sotmatch Credit.

$204,000

US35 at 0.55 mile east o the Preble/Montgomery County Line - Bridge repair; US35 at 6.76 miles east o

the Preble/Montgomery County Line - Bridge replacement.

$128,000

US35 rom State Line Marker 15.07 to State Line Marker 15.66 - Full depth joint repair, resurace the

roadway, remove median and guardrail and install protection or roadside obstructions. Install new lighting,

signing and pavement marking.

$1,838,799

US40 rom Helke Road to Brown School Road - Trac signal upgrade and interconnection. $717,088

Various interstate routes and locations throughout Montgomery County - Replace guide signs on interstate

routes and overpass intersections.

$181,500

I-75 rom 0.14 Mile North o Hendrickson Road to Montgomery County Line (8.78 Miles) - Major

rehabilitation and widening (one additional lane in each direction).

$23,671

State Route 123 and State Route 73 at Various Sections within Franklin totaling 1.5 mile-Resuracing. $349,080



Warren CountyProject Description Federal FundsObligated in SFY2008



Capital cost o third-party contracting $637,601

Passenger shelters $13,415

Purchase three


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2008 Total aoaio Ivm = $258,598,647

Over $1,223 in State and Federal Funds obtained or every local dollar invested in MVRPC planning.

SFY2008 Total Investment in MVRPCsaoaio Plaig = $2,872,014

Over $14 in State and Federal Planning Funds obtained or every local dollar invested in MVRPC planning.

85%

49%

44%

7%

FEDERAL/STATEROADWAYINVESTMENTS

5%

8%

2%MEMBERS LOCALCONTRIBUTION

FEDERAL/STATETRANSIT INVESTMENTS

TRANSIT LOCALCONTRIBUTION

STP, CMAQ &DISCRETIONARY

CPG

LOCAL MATCH(MEMBERS DUES)



DARKEDARKE

PREBLEPREBLE

MONTGOMERYMONTGOMERY

MIAMIMIAMI

Concord TwpConcord Twp

Jefferson TwpJefferson Twp

GREENEGREENE

WARRENWARREN

DaytonDayton

TrotwoodTrotwood

TroyTroy

Clay TwpClay Twp

German TwpGerman Twp

KetteringKettering

Huber HtsHuber Hts

Xenia TwpXenia Twp

ClaytonClayton

Perry TwpPerry Twp

XeniaXenia

BeavercreekBeavercreek

Bethel TwpBethel Twp

PiquaPiqua

FairbornFairborn

VandaliaVandalia

Miami TwpMiami Twp

Monroe TwpMonroe Twp

WPAFBWPAFB

LebanonLebanon

FranklinFranklin

Sugarcreek TwpSugarcreek Twp

MoraineMoraine

Butler TwpButler Twp

EatonEaton

CentervilleCenterville

MiamisburgMiamisburg

Beavercreek TwpBeavercreek Twp

TippCityTippCity

SpringboroSpringboro

EnglewoodEnglewood

GreenvilleGreenville

Franklin TwpFranklin Twp

Washington TwpWashington Twp

West CarrolltonWest Carrollton

RiversideRiverside

CarlisleCarlisle

RiversideRiverside

UnionUnion

BrookvilleBrookville

BellbrookBellbrookGermantownGermantown

WestMiltonWestMilton

OakwoodOakwood

Harrison TwpHarrison Twp

New LebanonNew Lebanon

YellowSpringsYellowSprings

FarmersvilleFarmersville

PhillipsburgPhillipsburg

MVRPC Juiicio Map As O May 27, 209

Member MunicipalityMemberTownship

Member County


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CitiCity o BeavercreekPhyllis Howard

City o Bellbrook

Pat Campbell

City o Brookville

David Seagraves

City o Carlisle

Tim Humphries

City o Centerville

John Beals

City o Clayton

James Gorman

City o Dayton

Matthew Joseph

CityofEnglewood

Thomas Franz

City o Fairborn

Gary Woodward

City o Franklin

Jason Faulkner

City o Huber Heights

Ronald Fisher

City o Kettering

Donald Patterson

City o Miamisburg

Richard Church

City o Moraine

Jean Matheny

CityofOakwood

Carlo McGinnis

CityofPiqua

William Vogt

City o Riverside

Jim Wellman

City o Springboro

John Agenbroad

City o Tipp City

Dolores Gillis

CityofTrotwoodRap Hankins

City o Troy

Michael Beamish

City o Union

John Bruns

City o Vandalia

William Loy

City o West Carrollton

Harold Robinson

City o Xenia

Dale Louderback

owiBeavercreekTownship

Carol Gra

BethelTownship (in Miami County)

Beth van Haaren

ButlerTownship (in Montgomery County)

Joseph Ellis

ClayTownship

Donald Aukerman

ConcordTownship

Robert Shook

FranklinTownship(in Warren County)

Elmo Rose

GermanTownship

(in Montgomery County)

Gregory Hanahan

HarrisonTownship(in Montgomery County)

David Woods

MiamiTownship(in Greene County)

Chris Mucher

MiamiTownship(in Montgomery County)

Deborah Preston

MonroeTownship(in Miami County)

Ronald Thuma

PerryTownship

Gerald Peters

SugarcreekTownship

Dick King

WashingtonTownship (in Montgomery County)

Lee Snyder

XeniaTownship

John Faulkner

209-21 MVRPC Board Member List



CouiDarke CountyTerry Haworth

Greene County

Alan Anderson

Miami County

Ronald Widener

Montgomery County

Dan Foley

Preble County

David Wesler

ViaVillage o Farmersville

Nathan Roach

VillageofGermantownEdward Schwaberow

VillageofNewLebanon

Craig Roberts

Village o Phillipsburg

Kenneth Henz

Village o West Milton

Raymond Moore

VillageofYellowSpringsKaren Wintrow

Non-GovmDayton Area Chamber o CommercePhillip Parker

Dayton Metro Library

Timothy Kambitsch

DaytonPower&LightCompany

Robert Stallman

General Motors Corporation

Dave Edlebeck

Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association

Bryan Bucklew

National City Bank

Eric Louden

South Metro Regional Chamber

o Commerce

Julia Maxton

Time Warner CableMichael Gray

Troy Area Chamber o Commerce

Arthur Haddad

University o Dayton

Ted Bucaro

Vectren Energy Delivery o Ohio

Dan Berry

Or GovmaFive Rivers MetroParksCharles Shoemaker

Greater Dayton RTA

Mark Donaghy

Greene County Engineer

Robert Geyer

Greene County Transit Board

David Reid

Miami Conservancy District

Janet Bly

Miami County Engineer

Douglas Christian

Miami County Park District

Jerry Eldred

Miami County Transit

Elaine Carter

Montgomery County Engineer

Joseph Litvin

Montgomery County TID

Steve Stanley

ODOT District 7

Rex Dickey

ODOT District 8

Hans Jindal

Sinclair Community College

Jerey Miller

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Randy Parker

Wright State University

Robert Hickey


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This document was prepared in

cooperation with the U.S. Department

o Transportation, the Federal Highway

Administration, the Ohio Department o

Transportation and local communities.

The contents o this report reect the

views o MVRPC, which is responsible

or the acts and accuracy o the data

presented herein. The contents do not

reect the ofcial view and policies

o the State o Ohio and/or Federal

agencies. This report does not constitute

a standard specifcation or regulation.

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