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Houston Houston - Galveston Area Council: Galveston Area Council: Regional Planning Regional Planning

What is H What is H - GAC? GAC?  Regional forum for cooperative action by local governments in 13 county region.  Created by Texas, Functions Defined by State and Local Governments: • Area Agency on Aging (12 Counties) • Job Training (13 Counties) • Gulf Coast 911 District (8 counties) • HGACBuy; Energy Purchasing; SBA; and more.

Metropolitan Planning Area Metropolitan Planning Area MPO Counties MPO Counties Additional COG Additional COG  Brazoria Counties Counties  Fort Bend  Austin  Waller  Colorado  Montgomery  Matagorda  Liberty  Walker  Chambers  Wharton  Galveston  Harris 3

Metropolitan Planning Org Metropolitan Planning Organization anization  Designated by Governor in 1974, includes:  8 H-GAC Counties with 6.7 million residents  2 Texas Dept. of Transportation Districts  120 local governments  Largest ports on the Gulf Coast

Role of MPO Staff Role of MPO Staff  Support Transportation Policy Council and committees • Agenda and meeting logistics • Communication of TPC actions • Minutes and other records  Prepare Transportation Plans  Execute Air Quality Programs  Provide Information & Technical Analyses  Facilitate Public Participation

Transportation Departmen Transportation Department Alan Clark Alan Clark Director, Transportation Department Patrick Mandapaka Patrick Mandapaka Deputy Director, Transportation Department Neely Kim David Fink Chris Van Slyke Adam Beckom Jamila Owens Allie Isbell Sandra Holliday Accounting & Regional Incident Traffic Modeling & Planning & Project Travel Demand Regional Planning Air Quality Finance Management GIS Development Management Regional Incident Travel Demand Regional Traffic Modeling Project Programming Clean Cities Accounting & Finance Management Management Transportation Plan Geographic Administrative Sub-regional Safety Planning Project Delivery Transit Planning Clean Vehicles Information Systems Support Planning Environmental Bicyclist & Pedestrian Intelligent Data Management Resiliency Planning Transportation Systems Planning Planning Freight Planning

RTP & Other Plans/Programs RTP & Other Plans/Programs 20+ Year Regional Transportation Plan 20+ Year Regional Transportation Plan (2045 RTP) H- GAC Ten Year Plan/ GAC Ten Year Plan/ TxDOT Unified Transportation Program TxDOT Unified Transportation Program (UTP) 4 Year TIP 4 Year TIP (2019 -2022 TIP)

What is the RTP? What is the RTP?  Transportation Investment Framework  Eight County Metropolitan Planning Area Performance Based Plan   Needs Assessment  Financially Constrained  Priorities and Implementation Steps Updated Every Four Years 

Subregional Planning Subregional Planning Enhances mobility by: Enhances mobility by:  Identifying Identifying needed improvements  Promoting coordinated coordinated transportation project development  Providing guidance guidance for the future transportation needs

Subregional Planning Subregional Planning  Improve Safety  Achieve/Maintain State of Good Repair O BJECTIVES BJECTIVES  Move People and Goods Efficiently  Strengthen Economic Competitiveness  Conserve and Protect Natural and Cultural Resources

Subregional Planning Subregional Planning Thoroughfare Plans Thoroughfare Plans  Long-range (50+yrs)  Preserves ROW  Approximate location of future corridors Mobility Plans Mobility Plans  Identifies existing and future mobility needs  Short-, medium -, and long -range recommendations  Multi -modal

Subregional Subregional Planning Planning Thoroughfare Plans Thoroughfare Plans  Preserve adequate rights-of- way  Guide future investments  Promotes regional roadway connectivity  Promotes regional roadway design uniformity  Informs public

Subregional Subregional Planning Planning Mobility Plans Mobility Plans  “Roadmap” for needed transportation improvements  Considers needs of all users (not just a roadway plan)  Collaborative effort between government entities in study area

South County Mobility Plan South County Mobility Plan Implemented Recommendations Implemented Recommendations  Rayford Road – widened,  Woodlands Parkway at realigned, added median Kuykendahl added right turn lanes.  UPRR overpass on Rayford  Robinson Road – realignment  Research Forest - widened study  Sawdust - Access Management  David Memorial – Extension Treatments proposed  Gosling – bridge widening in  Installation of new signal design equipment

Study Locations Study Locations

Project Flow Project Flow

Resiliency Resiliency Resiliency & Durability Pilot Resiliency & Durability Pilot  Use USDOT’s Vulnerability Assessment Scoring Tool (VAST) + economic analysis + risk analysis to identify most vulnerable assets/ road segments  Develop recommendations for most vulnerable assets/ road segments  Update H -GAC publications and project selection criteria

Criticality Criticality Assessment Assessment  Socio Socio-economic importance (20%) economic importance (20%) link to airport; link to port; service to activity population  Operational & usage importance (40%) Operational & usage importance (40%) AADT; AADT -truck; transit ridership  Health & safety importance (30%) Health & safety importance (30%) link to hospitals; link to fire stations; service to vulnerable population  Emergency response importance (10%) Emergency response importance (10%) evacuation route; link to shelters; link to EOCs; military access

Vulnerability Assessment Vulnerability Assessment VAST Tool VAST Tool • Exposure Assessment (70%) Flooding (100-year, 500-year, & Harvey) Storm Surge (Hurricane Category 1 - 5 and Ike) Sea-Level Rise (4 & 5 feet) • Sensitivity Assessment (20%) Bridge Age Structural Evaluation Channel Conditions Scour Ratings Pavement Condition Past Closure • Adaptive Capacity Assessment (10%) Detour Length Repair Cost

Vulnerability Vulnerability -Criticality Matrix Criticality Matrix 9.5 miles (1.2%) 18.2 miles (2.4%) Freeways: 762 centerline miles 176.8 miles (23.2%) 386.55 miles (50.7%) 127.7 miles (16.8%) 43.4 miles (5.7%) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Freeways Details (excerpt) Matrix Summary Matrix Name Miles Matrix Miles % I-45 3.11 High Criticality – Total 762.2 100.0% High Vulnerability IH 10 E 6.37 High Criticality -High Vulnerability 9.5 1.2% GULF FWY/IH 45 8.05 High Criticality - IH 10 E 6.68 Moderate Criticality -High Vulnerability 23.2 3.0% Moderate Vulnerability IH 69 5.45 High Criticality -Moderate Vulnerability 20.2 2.6% IH 10 E 6.62 Low Criticality -High Vulnerability 66.2 8.7% IH 10 W 5.66 Moderate Criticality - IH 69 High Criticality -Low Vulnerability 61.5 8.1% 0.85 High Vulnerability SOUTH FWY/SH 288 3.89 Moderate Criticality -Moderate 18.3 2.4% Vulnerability SOUTH LOOP E 6.14 IH 10 W 19.50 Low Criticality -Moderate Vulnerability 113.7 14.9% IH 45 2.39 Moderate Criticality -Low Vulnerability 63.1 8.3% IH 69 7.84 High Criticality – Low Criticality -Low Vulnerability 386.5 50.7% Low Vulnerability NORTH FWY/IH 45 21.01 NORTH LOOP 4.90 SOUTH LOOP E 5.83 GULF FWY/IH 45 21.07 Low Criticality – SH 146 16.18 High Vulnerability SH 288 28.94

Vulnerability Vulnerability -Criticality Matrix Criticality Matrix Major Streets: 6,442 centerline miles 48 miles (0.7%) 190 miles (2.4%) 959 miles (14.9%) 1,473 miles (22.9%) 3,512 miles (54.5%) 260 miles (4.0%) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Matrix Summary Principal Arterials Details (excerpt) Matrix Name Miles Matrix Miles % High Criticality -High BROADWAY (Galveston) 2.617 Total 6,442.0 100.0% Vulnerability SH 3 1.537 48 High Criticality -High Vulnerability 0.7% BROADWAY (Houston) 0.777 119 COLLEGE Moderate Criticality -High Vulnerability 1.9% 1.199 CULLEN 0.735 140 High Criticality -Moderate Vulnerability 2.2% FAIRMONT PKWY 1.021 595 9.2% Low Criticality -High Vulnerability FEDERAL 0.462 364 5.7% High Criticality -Low Vulnerability FM 1960 0.142 Moderate Criticality -Moderate KIRBY DR 0.635 191 3.0% Vulnerability LOCKWOOD DR 0.620 861 Low Criticality -Moderate Vulnerability 13.4% MEMORIAL DR 0.637 611 MONROE Moderate Criticality -Low Vulnerability 9.5% 0.134 NASA RD 1 1.237 3,512 Low Criticality -Low Vulnerability 54.5% OLD SPANISH TRAIL 0.102 SH 35 0.794 SH 146/LOOP 201 0.239 SHAVER 0.437 SPENCER HWY 0.463 LOOP 336 0.119