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What is a Link?

What is a Link?. Planning and Environmental Linkages for 2014 and Beyond Carmen M. Stemen, MUP Planning & Environment Specialist FHWA Ohio Division Carmen.Stemen@dot.gov (614) 280-6848. Planning and Environment Goals.

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  1. What is a Link? Planning and Environmental Linkages for 2014 and Beyond Carmen M. Stemen, MUP Planning & Environment Specialist FHWA Ohio Division Carmen.Stemen@dot.gov (614) 280-6848

  2. Planning and Environment Goals We recommend that, in laying out new towns and villages, and in extending those already laid out, ample provision be made for a supply, in purity and abundance, of light, air, and water; for drainage and sewerage, for paving, and for cleanliness. Report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts, 1850

  3. PEL Planning and Environment Linkages An approach to transportation decision-making that considers: Environmental Community Economic

  4. Benefits of Planning & Environment Linkages • Relationship-building benefits: • Become an effective player in the decision-making process • Build interagency relationships early in Planning • Improve inter-agency relationships to resolve differences on key issues • Improved project delivery timeframes and efficiency by: • Minimize duplication of planning and NEPA processes • Create a cohesive flow of information • Move from planning to design/implementation with less effort • On-the-ground outcome benefits: • Design programs and projects to effectively serve the community's transportation needs • Provides tools to design better projects while avoiding/minimizing impacts on natural resources

  5. TOOLS to Strengthen PEL Example for Category 1 NOACA (Cleveland) SHRP2, Organizing for Reliability (TSMO - Transportation Systems Management and Operations) Project • Category 1: Institutional Changes • Champions and Exchanges • Training and Exchanges • Documenting new procedures/analysis • Organizational structuring • Executive-level commitment • Performance measures

  6. TOOLS to Strengthen PEL Examples for Category 2 LACRPC (Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission), Transportation Infrastructure Risk Assessment for Flooding • Category 2: Planning and Environmental Process Enhancements • Develop long-range transportation plans in consultation with resource and regulatory agencies • Consider mitigation opportunities • Corridor planning, sub area planning, and tiering • Carry planning decisions into and through project development • Consider Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) 2) ODOT’s revision of its Project Development Process (PDP) The extent of the Great Black Swamp prior to the 19th Century – Wikipedia.org

  7. TOOLS to Strengthen PEL Example for Category 3 National Gateway Clearance Initiative (FRA, FHWA, ODOT, Penn DOT, WV DOT, Maryland DOT • Category 3: Coordination and Communication • Communicate with stakeholders • Establish standing inter- and intra-agency coordination groups • Develop Memoranda of Understanding/ Agreement • Fund staff positions at partner agencies • Planning and Environmental Process Enhancements

  8. TOOLS to Strengthen PEL Example of Category 4 FHWA – Solicitation of DOT/MPO Greenhouse Gas (GHG) or Energy Analysis of Transportation-related Emission or Energy-use Sources in the Planning Process • Category 4: Data and Analysis Tools • Document existing geographic data • Develop protocols and tools for sharing data and analysis among and within agencies • Improve access to and use of geographic resource data by transportation staff • Collect and maintain data regularly

  9. Summary - Goals of PEL • Goals: • create a seamless decision-making process • minimize duplication of effort • promote environmental stewardship • reduce delay from planning to project implementation • Lays the foundation for broad consensus on goals and priorities in transportation

  10. Resources FHWA’s website on Planning and Environment Linkages http://environment.fhwa.dot.gov/integ/index.asp SHRP2 Solutions – tools for the Road Ahead website http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/goshrp2/ NOACA’s (Cleveland) website ODOT’s PDP http://www.noaca.org/ http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/pdp/Pages/default.aspx LACRPC ‘s (Lima) website The President’s Plan to Fight Climate Change http://lacrpc.com/http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan FHWA website http://dotnet.dot.gov/

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