Mid-Region Council of Governments Mid-Region Metropolitan Planning Organization Mid-Region Council of Governments
Mid-Region Council of Governments Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO ) Rural NM Rail Transportation Runner Planning Express Organization (RTPO) Workforce Mid-Region Regional Connection Council of Transit Of Central Governments District New Mexico (Rio Metro) (MRCOG) (WCCNM) Local District III Planning Housing Assistance Authority Agribusiness (EDA) Mid-Region Council of Governments
Albuquerque Metropolitan Planning Area: Three counties • Bernalillo County • Valencia County • Sandoval County Two urbanized areas: • Albuquerque • Los Lunas Rio Rancho ~ 100,000, ABQ ~ 500,000 Population (2012) = 879,401 Mid-Region Council of Governments
Main Product: Metropolitan Transportation Plan Long-range (20+ years) transportation plan for the Albuquerque metro area First Time! Scenario Planning – UrbanSim and Cube, LUTI Climate Change grant CSS GUIDE, LRTS ArcGIS Online 20% set aside for river crossing transit mode share – west side housing/east side jobs - BRT Mid-Region Council of Governments
Preferred Scenario Components Increase attractiveness: Activity Centers Transit Nodes Infrastructure differences: Same roadway network Built-out transit network Same levels of population and employment growth as the Trend Scenario
Volu Volume: T Tre rend d vs. P Pre referred 2040 P 2040 Pref eferred ed Mid-Region Council of Governments
Program Areas Active Transportation Initiatives Data Collection, Analysis, and – CS, Bike Share, Health Impacts Visualization Land Use and Transportation Public Involvement and Outreach Integration Transportation Improvement Economic Development – Program Transight, new Socioeconomics and Forecasting – Transit System Data Collection take a lot of time and effort and and Analysis multiple datasets Local Development Review Transportation System Data Advisement – a lot more involved – Comp Plan Scenari Collection and Performance – Planning CMP, Travel time, INRIX data Mid-Region Council of Governments
Vision Process Three main themes guide our work: 1) Facilitate informed Regional Decision-Making through training, outreach, and education. 2) Commit to robust Data Quality and Management to support our work program. 3) Practice a Balanced Approach to multi-modal planning and regional engagement. Mid-Region Council of Governments
Main Projects Master road network relational geodatabase Software and hardware decisions Z Drive ArcGIS Online Collection and analysis of traffic count and crash data Preparation of data for Landuse Model Mid-Region Council of Governments
Data Collection / Projects Master road network relational Building permits geodatabase Socioeconomic data for forecasts Household Travel Survey Traffic count collection and database for Online interactive maps travel demand modeling Land use, zoning, assessor and Performance measures (accessibility, undevelopable areas for land use modeling VMT, crash data, air quality, land developed) Employment database Bicycle and pedestrian long range systems Crash data Preferred scenario components Congestion management (posted and observed speeds, lanes, travel time) Economic analyses for transportation projects Freight Transit users, ridership and mode share Intelligent Transportation Systems Mid-Region Council of Governments
Data Challenges and Opportunities Integrating workflows Reducing duplication Common sense data organization Building capacity Better visualizations Sharing data online, story maps and open data portal Consolidating / cleaning data from member governments Mid-Region Council of Governments
Thank you! Andrew Gingerich GIS / Data Analyst agingerich@mrcog-nm.gov Caerllion Thomas, AICP GIS Coordinator / Transportation Planner cthomas@mrcog-nm.gov Mid-Region Council of Governments
2040 Regional Forecast 1,600,000 1,400,000 460,000 new people 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 185,000 new jobs 600,000 400,000 200,000 0 Mid-Region Council of Governments
Changing Travel Preferences: Trends in Driving People are driving less each year Albuquerque: Vehicle miles traveled per capita has dropped 10% since 2004 Nationally: Per capita driving has fallen every year for 9 straight years Mid-Region Council of Governments
Changing Travel Preferences: Trends in Transit Transit usage is increasing rapidly From 2005-2012: • 81% increase in ridership • 369% increase in distances traveled by transit Mid-Region Council of Governments
Proximity Measures: 2040 vs 2012 140% 125% 120% 120% 100% Trend 77% 80% 66% Preferred 60% 47% 40% 28% 20% 0% Activity Centers Transit Employment Sites Mid-Region Council of Governments
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