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On the Road to a New Metropolitan
Transportation Plan
Spokane Regional Health District
Board of Health
April 25, 2013
Metropolitan Planning Organizations
(MPOs)
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• Purpose is to ensure that the
expenditure of federal
transportation funds is based on
a continuing, cooperative &
comprehensive (3-C) process
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• Lead agency for transportation
planning and decision-making in
the metropolitan planning area
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• State designated Regional
Transportation Planning
Organization (RTPO)
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• SRTC is also a federally
designated Transportation
Management Area (urban areas
over 200,000) which brings
more discretion in selecting
projects for certain federal funds
Metropolitan Transportation Plan – Purpose
• Satisfy federal and state planning requirements
• 20+ year blueprint that establishes regional priorities
and guides multi-modal transportation investments
• All federally funded transportation projects must be
consistent with the MTP and must be included in
SRTC’s 4-Year Transportation Improvement Program
▫ Regionally significant projects
Document Organization
Executive Summary
Chapter 1 – Who We Are
Chapter 2 – Where We’re At
Chapter 3 – Where We’re Going
Chapter 4 – How We’ll Get There
Appendices
Summary Folio – Maps, Exhibits
Introduction/Purpose
Current Conditions
Future Conditions
Strategies
Prelim. Draft
Prelim. Draft
Prelim. Draft
July
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Quality of Life
• Livability
• Partnership for Sustainable Communities
▫ Provide more transportation choices
▫ Promote equitable, affordable housing
 Increase mobility
 Lower combined cost of housing and transportation
▫ Value communities and neighborhoods
 Invest in healthy, safe and walkable neighborhoods
Quality of Life (cont’)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
▫ Transportation Strategies
 Enhance infrastructure supporting bicycling and walking
 Improve access to public transportation
 Enhance personal and traffic safety in areas where
persons are or could be physically active
• SRHD and City of Spokane – 2012
“mixed land uses, residential and employment density, and
street connectivity are all positively correlated with fewer
vehicle miles traveled, greater use of transit, and increased
physical activity.”
Housing Affordability
2011 Median Income
Spokane County = $49,257
Washington State = $58,890
Housing + Transportation Costs - Affordability
$8,964 (sedan average @
15,000 miles per year)
AAA Your Driving Costs, 2012
Edition
Spokane County Households
8%
Single-person households
29%
Families with children
35%
Families without children
28%
Other non-family households
(34% in 1990)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census
Diverse Transportation Needs - Today
• Economic Vitality/Jobs
▫ Freight corridors
▫ Urban transportation
corridors
• Seniors/65 and over
(12.9% of population)
• People with disabilities
(13.5% of population)
• Low income (14.4% of
population)
Diverse Transportation Needs – Tomorrow
Pavement Preservation - Washington State
Very Good Pavement
2008 – 43.2%
2010 – 31.5%
The Gray Notebook 44, February 22, 2012
Spokane County Bridges - 2011 National Bridge
Inventory Data
• 377 total entries (bridge “structures” or spans)
• 275 of the 377 spans were evaluated for condition
▫ 21 (7.6%) are structurally deficient (SD)
▫ 65 (23.6%) are functionally obsolete (FO)
• 140 bridges were built before 1962
▫ 26 “reconstructed” within the last 50 years (majority in the
1990s and 2000s)
• Total estimated cost for bridge improvements
▫ $226,252,000 for SD (2 do not have entries for costs)
▫ $567,575,000 for FO (15 do not have entries for costs)
▫ $1,910,180,000 for all structures
• Washington State has 7,627 bridges-5% SD and 21% FO
Vacant Industrial and Commercial Lands
Estimated Square Feet of New Development
What About Transit?
New Transit Has Spurred Development
• Urban corridors are:
12,000,000
10,000,000
8,000,000
6,000,000
Commercial
Residential
4,000,000
2,000,000
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Minneapolis
Hiawatha Line
(2003 - 2009)
Denver
SE Corridor
(2004 - 2009)
Charlotte
Blue Line
(2005 - 2009)
Source: LEHD 2008; Center for Transit-Oriented
Development 2010
▫ Neighborhoods/districts
that can accommodate
new mixed-use
development
▫ Roads that can
accommodate multimodal travel: cars, transit,
bikes, and pedestrians
Employment Centers
Transit Focused Jobs = 113,612
Freight Focused Jobs = 80,932
Guiding
Principles
Performance
Metrics
Technical
Planning
Data
Collection
and Analysis
Scenario
Planning
(What if?)
Community
Engagement
Member
Agencies
Citizens and
Stakeholders
TDM
Bridges
ITS
Bicycle
Pedestrian
Street
Capital
Street
Maint.
Transit
Financially Constrained Revenue Estimate
$ (finite resource)
Policy
Planning
Current MTP
$7.8 billion
Next Steps
• Financial Plan
• Scenario Analysis
• Strategies
• Chapter 4 preliminary draft ~July
• Executive Summary ~August
• Agency review period ~mid-Aug. through mid-Sept.
• Public comment period ~mid-Sept. to mid-Oct.
• SRTC Board approval ~November/December
Closing Thoughts
• Today’s transportation questions are more complex than
they were 20 years ago
• The next 25 years will be very different from the
previous 25 years
• Funding is limited
• prioritize transportation projects/programs
• Our transportation systems need to be more integrated
to serve the diverse needs of our region
• Regions that can build and maintain consensus
are more effective than those that cannot
QUESTIONS?
Ryan Stewart
Senior Transportation Planner
Phone: (509) 343-6370
Web: http://www.srtc.org
On the Road to a New Metropolitan Transportation Plan