TRANSI SITION TION TO O TMA STATUS US Transportation - PDF document

OUR MPO’S TRANSI SITION TION TO O TMA STATUS US Transportation Management Area (TMA) 1

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MPO URBA BANIZED NIZED AREA EA POPULA ULATION TION 2010 U.S. CENSUS US FI FIGU GURES: RES: Populat ulation ion – 217, 7, 525 Hisp span anic ic or Lati tin n - 93.19% 9% 3

WE KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME! 4

TMA CERTIFICATION REVIEW Transportation Management Area (TMA) THE FEDERAL L HIGHWAY ADMINI NISTRA TRATIO TION N (FHWA) ) AND FEDERA RAL L TRANSIT IT ADMINI NISTRA TRATIO TION N (FTA) ARE REQUIRE UIRED D TO JO JOINTL TLY Y REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE TRANSPO PORT RTATION TION PLANNING ING PRO ROCESS ESS FOR EACH URBANIZE ZED D AREA (UZA) OVER 200,0 ,000 00 IN POPULA LATION TION AT L LEAST EVERY FOUR R YEARS. 5

CERTIFICATION PURPOSE • TO ASSURE THAT THE MPO’S PLANNING PROCESS SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSES THE FEDERAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS. • MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING HOW THE PROCESS MIGHT BE ENHANCED, AND • IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES TO SHARE WITH OTHER MPO. 6

FEDERAL REGULATIONS (RE: TMA’S ) http://www.planning.dot.gov/documents/ primer/intro_primer.asp 7

HOW DO YOU LEARN IF & WHEN YOUR MPO ATTAINS TMA STATUS? FEDERAL REGISTER http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/urbani zed_areas_and_mpo_tma/schedule/index.cfm http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-07-18/html/2012- 17514.htm 8

PRE-CERTIFICATION & FHWA: MPO CERTIFICATION 9

PRE-CERTIFICATION/ MPO WEAKNESSES & STRENGTHS 10

CONGESTION MGT. PROCESS (CMP) 11

NOTEBOOK (TMA QUESTIONNAIRE) 12

MANY, MANY QUESTIONS? 58. DOES BMPO COLLECT AND ANALYZE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GOODS MOVEMENT FLOW DATA? HOW DOES THE MPO CONSIDER AND EVALUATE LAND USE AND FREIGHT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THEIR MPA? 13

ON-GOING PARTNERSHIPS (DO IT & DOCUMENT IT) • U.S.F.W.S • NOTICE TO NATIVE AMERICANS • EARLY COORDINATION /PLANNING RE: • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • LAND USE • NEW PARTNERS / WHO ELSE? 14

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES EXTENSIVE • DOCUMENTATION IS THE KEY ADDING “FUN” IS A GOOD • STRATEGY • “PIGGYBACK” A) OTHER MEETINGS B) OTHER EVENTS 15

GET SOME HELP! 16

OUTSIDE SIDE HELP & ASSIST ISTANCE ANCE  SOME STATE DOTS PRO ROVI VIDE DE TRAINING ING  OTHER ER MPO’S  UNIVERSITIES VERSITIES & COLLEGE EGES  TRANSPO PORT RTATION TION PLANNING ING CAPACI CA CITY Y BUILDING DING PEER PRO ROGRA GRAM M (TPCB) http://www.planning.dot.gov/peer_app.asp 17

GI GIVE YOURSE RSELF LF LOTS OF TIM IME (NOTEBOO TEBOOK K PREP EPAR ARATION ION & DOCUMENT CUMENTATION) TION) 18

A COLLA LABORA BORATIVE TIVE PROCE OCESS SS IS IS GO GOOD. 19

WHAT CA CAN GO WRO RONG? G? (THE E DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK) ORK) 20

ANY QUESTIONS? 21