Regional Pedestrian Planning

1. Regional Pedestrian Planning MTC Pedestrian Safety Summit January 29, 2010 Robin Mayhew, AICP Transportation Mobility Program Manager

2. TRANSPORTATION 2040 5 5 Presentation Overview • About PSRC • Regional Planning for Pedestrians • VISION 2040 • Transportation 2040 • Transportation Improvement Program • Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Implementation Strategy • SMART Corridors and Data • Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee • Next Steps

3. TRANSPORTATION 2040 6 6 Who We Represent • Our Region • 4 Counties • 82 Cities and Towns • Hundreds of Special Districts ABOUT PSRC BACKGROUND CRITICAL ISSUES THEALTERNATIVES EVALUATIONFRAMEWORK • Our Members • Cities, Counties, Ports and Transit • State Agencies and Tribal Governments

4. PSRC AND REGIONAL PLANNING 7 Our Mission To play a key regional role in keeping central Puget Sound thriving as we grow OVERVIEW GROWTH MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP Growth Management Transportation Planning PSRC Economic Development

5. PSRC Planning VISION 2040 is the region’s long-range growth management, economic, and transportation strategy • VISION 2040 (adopted 2008) • People, prosperity, planet: environmental framework • Regional growth strategy (population and jobs) • Multicounty planning policies • Implementation • Regional Economic Strategy (adopted 2005) • Prosperity Partnership • Industry clusters • Transportation 2040 (underway – adoption 2010) • Long-range multi-modal transportation plan • Update of 2001 plan (Destination 2030)

6. PSRC AND REGIONAL PLANNING 9 VISION 2040 - Growth Strategy • Develop compact communities and centers • Promote growth in Metropolitan, Core and Larger Cities • Minimize incompatible rural development • Improve regional jobs-housing balance • Develop consistent regional targeting methods and planning horizons OVERVIEW GROWTH MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP

7. VISION 2040

8. Transportation 2040 • Objectives: • Align with VISION 2040 and the Regional Economic Strategy • Make progress on major transportation system issues and inform near-term project decisions • Respond to the 2040growth forecasts for person and freight travel demand

9. Major Factors Shaping Transportation 2040 Congestion and Mobility Regional economic vitality Mobility for people and goods movement Connectivity, Choice, Equity Environment Climate change Puget Sound water quality Habitat and Natural Resources Sustainable Funding New sources of revenue Reliable, predictable, sufficient 12

10. 13 13 T2040 Nonmotorized Element • Focuses regional bike and walk improvements • in 27 regional growth centers: • facilities with one terminus in a center, or within 3/4 mile of transit passenger facilities; and • build facilities that overcome a “barrier” or provide a missing link. • Complete streets emphasis for arterial roadways • Emphasis on: • Travel choices; • Mobility access for young, old, elderly, physically disabled and low income • Safe access to transit • Opportunities to spur economic development • Promoting physical health T2040 Plan Fiscally Constrained Plan completes 382 miles of new trails

11. TRANSPORTATION 2040 14 14 Funding We Distribute ABOUT PSRC BACKGROUND CRITICAL ISSUES THEALTERNATIVES EVALUATIONFRAMEWORK Federal funds flow from the Highway Trust Fund to each state by formulas PSRC distributes $160 million annually to projects in the region’s long-range transportation plan

12. Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Implementation Strategy • Published in 2003 • Offers specific implementation guidance for Destination 2030’s regional bicycle and pedestrian system and supporting local networks, and associated programs. • Sections contain objectives, suggested actions and agency responsibilities • A guiding tool

13. SMART Corridor Planning S=Safe & Sustainable M=Multimodal A=Accessible R = Reliable & Resilient T=Technology

14. 17 17 SMART Data (Existing Conditions) • Land Use • Safety • Transportation Demand Management • Park and Ride facilities • Tolling/pricing locations • Transit Congestion (5 factors) • Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities • Travel times (WSDOT “famous” commutes) • Priority Arterials Corridors (“Top 25”) • Stop-and-Go Conditions • Freight (Priority Corridors • Ferries • Technology/Regional Operations

15. Bike/ Pedestrian Data • What’s Happening Now: : • WSDOT coordinated with Cascade Bicycle Alliance for the Washington State Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project (September 2008) • Kitsap Co is installing bike meters on all trails • Regional Bike/Ped Implementation Strategy update – PSRC • Seattle and other locals are developing implementation plans • What we would like to know: • Bike Counts • Inventory of Bike Lanes/ Sidewalks • Bike Boarding on buses • Utilization of bike lockers • Other data derived from monitoring efforts • Potential Bike/ Ped performance metric data • Potential Regional Coordination Efforts: • Coordinate volunteer – staffed regional bike counts • Means of obtaining asset information region wide – maintenance data? • Obtain data collected from transit agencies • Coordinate to identify regional performance metrics to be used in the CMP

16. Summary and Next Steps • Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Strategy direction has been useful at the local level • Vision 2040 and Transportation 2040 Plans significant emphasis of nonmotor investments • Finalize Transportation 2040 • BPAC Annual Workplan Update • SMART Corridor and Data Collection Enhancements • Update to Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Implementation Strategy

17. Thank You! Puget Sound Regional Council www.psrc.org Robin Mayhew, AICP 206-464-7537 rmayhew@psrc.org