Statewide Transit Plan Open House with CDOT and DRCOG May 12, 2014

Part 1 – Background

Part 2 – Transit Related Elements

Part 3 – 2040 RTP Timeline

Plan and prioritize major transportation investments

Collaborative decision-making & public involvement

Long range (20+ yrs) regional transportation plan: Fiscally constrained (costs = revenues)

Major transportation projects identified

Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Identifies federally funded projects and services

Protect air quality

♦ Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)

♦ Regional Transportation District (RTD)

♦56 Local Governments of DRCOG

♦USDOT – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

& Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

♦Regional Air Quality Commission (RAQC)

♦Denver Regional Mobility & Access Council (DRMAC)

♦Transportation Management Associations (TMAs)

♦ Interest Groups / General Public

Accommodate 1+ million more

residents and 0.7 million more jobs

1 in 4 persons aged 60+ by 2035

Maintain and enhance quality of life

and economic viability for persons of

all ages, incomes and abilities

Limited funding

Where will people live and work? Housing supply & price, labor force

Job types and location

Typical work week

Where will people shop, recreate, go

to school, obtain health services? Seniors, students, lower-income persons

How will they travel? What mobility

options? Roads (construct and maintain)

Transit service (RTD)

Accessibility for bicyclists and pedestrians

2040 Metro Vision RTP (MVRTP): Metro Vision goals and policies Includes Fiscally Constrained RTP Vision (unfunded) projects – illustrative only

2040 Fiscally Constrained RTP Meet federal requirements: Air Quality Conformity & Fiscal Constraint

Projects and category allocations ―Individual projects: regionally significant roadway & rapid transit ―Allocations for preservation, maintenance, transit, bicycle,

pedestrian, etc. (not specific projects)

20 + years Metro Vision

Transit, Roads,

O&M, TDM,

Bicycle &

Pedestrian

Reasonably

expected

funding

Unfunded

Federal fuel tax (no increase since 1993)

Federal general fund

State fuel tax (no increase since 1991)

State FASTER (fees, registration)

RTD sales & use taxes + fare box revenues

Local governments, tolling, & private

Implements the RTP

Projects funded during the next 4 years Real money

Explicit funding years and sources

Lists every project to receive federal

transportation funds

Most projects “selected” by either DRCOG

or CDOT

Required by MAP-21 federal legislation

Used to define eligible FTA 5310 projects

Will be part of 2040 RTP

Describes existing coordinated transportation activities

Outline for future coordinated transportation activities

Fund specific projects

Preclude local coordination plans

Underway: Defining available revenues

Defining fiscally constrained and “vision” rapid transit system

Summer: Refine goals, policies, and action strategies

Prepare initial transit related documentation

September: Complete initial draft Plan documents

October-December: Public hearings, adoption