Lancaster County Transportation Strategy Jeff McKerrow, PE, PTOE Nick Weander, PTP, MPA April 5, 2018 1
Agenda • Team Introductions • Study Goals • Community Profile • Existing Conditions • Preservation and Optimization Baseline Report • Existing practices • Design Standards • Previous Studies • Requirements for new development • Budget/Revenue structure • Discussion of Peer Counties • Next Steps 2
Study Goals • Summarize Existing Conditions • Discuss County Future Goals/Objectives • Identify Best Management Practices for: • Preservation • Optimization • Growth 3
Purpose of Study • Roadmap for how transportation infrastructure will develop in Lancaster County • Assist Lancaster County with best management strategies • Why is it important? • Informs decisions about where to direct limited resources • Furthers county goals and objectives • Provides access to future economic activity • Addresses immediate needs for infrastructure, with transparency • Increases coordination of agencies for maximum use of funding 4
Setting the Stage – Lancaster County Where Are We? Where do we want to be? • 2040 LRTP, 2016 Update: • Vision • Goals, Objectives, Performance Measures • Lancaster County staff – Key Stakeholder • Sets high‐level goals • Next Step 5
Lancaster County – Vision • Specific goals for Lancaster County? OR • Should we use goals from the LRTP? Regional LRTP Goals 1. Maintenance 2. Mobility and System Reliability 3. Livability and Travel Choice 4. Safety and Security 5. Economic Vitality 6. Environmental Sustainability 7. Funding and Cost Effectiveness 6
Lancaster County – Example Goals 1. Maintenance Goal: Well‐maintained Regional Goals roads, bridges, and County infrastructure. 1. Maintenance 2. Mobility and System Reliability • Objectives: 3. Livability and Travel Choice • Maintain roads, bridges and County infrastructure to 4. Safety and Security a state of good repair to maximize the value of 5. Economic Vitality Lancaster Co transportation assets. 6. Environmental Sustainability • Performance Measures: 7. Funding and Cost Effectiveness • Percent of roads rehabilitated • Bridge sufficiency ratings What Should County Target Be? What Should County Target Be? • Rehab X percent of roads each year • Rehab X percent of roads each year • Maintain at least X percent of bridges with a sufficiency rating above 80 • Maintain at least X percent of bridges with a sufficiency rating above 80 • Increase the percent of bridges with a sufficiency rating above 50 to 100 percent • Increase the percent of bridges with a sufficiency rating above 50 to 100 percent 7
Lancaster County – Goals 2. Mobility and System Reliability Regional Goals Goal: An efficient, reliable, and well‐ 1. Maintenance connected transportation system for 2. Mobility and System Reliability moving people and freight. 3. Livability and Travel Choice 4. Safety and Security • Objectives: 5. Economic Vitality • Optimize the reliability of the transportation 6. Environmental Sustainability network 7. Funding and Cost Effectiveness • Focus on Farm‐to‐Market Reliability? • Performance Measures: • Congested roadways What Should County Target Be? What Should County Target Be? • Provide reliable access for key Farm‐to‐Market routes. • Provide reliable access for key Farm‐to‐Market routes. 8
Lancaster County – Goals 3. Livability and Travel Choice Goal: A Regional Goals multimodal system that provides travel 1. Maintenance 2. Mobility and System Reliability options to support livable 3. Livability and Travel Choice communities. 4. Safety and Security 5. Economic Vitality • Objectives: 6. Environmental Sustainability • Provide paved shoulders on paved roadways 7. Funding and Cost Effectiveness • Performance Measures: • Percent of paved roads with paved shoulders What Should County Target Be? What Should County Target Be? • Coordinate land use and transportation decisions • Coordinate land use and transportation decisions • Implement facility recommendations in regional transportation plans, supporting • Implement facility recommendations in regional transportation plans, supporting multimodal connections, as appropriate multimodal connections, as appropriate 9
Lancaster County – Goals 5. Economic Vitality Goal: A transportation system Regional Goals that support economic vitality for residents and 1. Maintenance businesses. 2. Mobility and System Reliability • Objectives: 3. Livability and Travel Choice • Improve transportation network for flow of commerce and 4. Safety and Security residents in the County. (Farm to Market routes) • Improve economic competitiveness of the county by enhancing the 5. Economic Vitality transportation system 6. Environmental Sustainability • Performance Measures: 7. Funding and Cost Effectiveness • Percentage of federally classified roads that are rated good or better. • Annual freight tonnage movement What Should County Target Be? What Should County Target Be? • Percentage of federally classified roads rated good or better. • Percentage of federally classified roads rated good or better. • Establish and prioritize Farm‐to‐Market routes • Establish and prioritize Farm‐to‐Market routes 10
Lancaster County – Goals 6. Environmental Sustainability Goal: A Regional Goals transportation system that enhances the 1. Maintenance natural, cultural, and built environment. 2. Mobility and System Reliability • Objectives: 3. Livability and Travel Choice • Maintain compliance with air quality standards (burn permits) 4. Safety and Security • Reduce fossil fuel consumption by providing access to 5. Economic Vitality alternative modes and fuels 6. Environmental Sustainability • Avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental impacts of transportation projects, to the extent reasonably possible 7. Funding and Cost Effectiveness • Performance Measures: • Number of minimal impact projects completed What Should County Target Be? What Should County Target Be? • Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) per capita • Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) per capita • Number of alternative fuel vehicles in fleet • Number of alternative fuel vehicles in fleet • Number of minimal impact projects completed • Number of minimal impact projects completed 11
Lancaster County – Goals 7. Funding and Cost Effectiveness Goal: Regional Goals Collaboration in funding transportation 1. Maintenance projects that maximize funding. 2. Mobility and System Reliability 3. Livability and Travel Choice • Objectives: 4. Safety and Security • Make the best use of public resources 5. Economic Vitality • Decrease the gap between gaps and needs 6. Environmental Sustainability • Performance Measures: 7. Funding and Cost Effectiveness • Annual transportation funding • Number of projects What Should County Target Be? What Should County Target Be? • Consider implementing other funding mechanisms • Consider implementing other funding mechanisms • Communication programs to the community for the need for increased funds • Communication programs to the community for the need for increased funds 12
Lancaster County – Goals Sample Graphic of Dashboard Results Maintenance Goal: Well‐maintained roads, bridges, and County infrastructure • Objectives: • Maintain roads, bridges and County infrastructure to a state of good repair to maximize the value of Lancaster Co transportation assets. • Performance Measures: • Percent of roads rehabilitated • Bridge sufficiency ratings What Should County Target Be? What Should County Target Be? • • Rehab X percent of roads each year Rehab X percent of roads each year • • Maintain at least X percent of bridges with a sufficiency rating above 80 Maintain at least X percent of bridges with a sufficiency rating above 80 • • Increase the percent of bridges with a sufficiency rating above 50 to 100 Increase the percent of bridges with a sufficiency rating above 50 to 100 percent percent 13
Lancaster County ‐ Today 14
Community Profile – Lancaster County Lancaster County Population 450,000 412,679 400,000 368,844 350,000 Population 326,864 285,407 300,000 250,291 250,000 213,641 192,884 200,000 167,972 150,000 Annual Change in Population Since 2010 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 Year Avg. Census Population Projected Population Lancaster Annual 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 County Growth Rate Population 286,195 289,945 293,606 297,489 302,097 305,705 309,607 Change ‐ 1.31% 1.26% 1.32% 1.55% 1.19% 1.29% 1.32% Source: https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/plan/reports/cpanrev/benchrpt/bench17.pdf 15
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