Careers in Transportation Planning

1. Careers in Transportation Planning What is the role of the transportation planner? Reference: Institute of Transportation Engineers

2. What is the Role of a Transportation Planner? Transportation planners work to improve the quality of life of the communities they serve by developing sustainable solutions to issues such as urban sprawl, traffic congestion, air pollution, access to jobs, social events, etc, and the mobility needs of an aging population

3. Old Paradigm - Long Range Transportation Models Local Future Land Use Plans Employment & Household Projections • Assumes future land use is valid • Assumes community will develop per its plan Projected Deficiencies (congestion) and Alternatives Analysis Recommended Changes – typically to add capacity Source: Washtenaw Area Transportation Study (WATS), LSL Planning, Inc.

4. Comparison of the Planning Processes • Major Difference: • Transportation based on planned Land Use • Land Use has limited consideration of transportation

5. A New Paradigm • Link land use with transportation: • Land use arrangement to reduce peak hour auto trips • Site design to support bicycling/walking/transit • Combine land-use planning with transportation planning (regional, community, and site specific) • Increased cooperation among all parties involved in land use and transportation • Operate in limited funding environment by planning practical (and affordable) and sustainable solutions to meet our transportation system needs

6. Role of the Transportation Planner • “Bridge the gap” • Educate parties in an understandable way • Focus on long term • Advocate for underserved groups • Environmental justice • Use transportation to improve community sustainability Source: LSL Planning, Inc.

7. Role of the Transportation Planner Source: LSL Planning, Inc.

8. Public Involvement Facilitate, educate to gather meaningful input Brochures Open house Public workshops Advisory committees “Road show” Visualization/simulation Photos: Courtesy of LSL Planning, Inc.

9. A transportation planner does . . . • Long range plans • Corridor simulation models • Flexible design/street widths/road diets (traffic calming/CSS) • Non-motorized plans & walkable design • Demand management • Transit oriented land use and design • Access management • Overlay zones • Form-based codes • Transportation to support economic development

10. Corridor Planning Bluffton, SC Portage, MI Identify the function and character of major streets Traffic operations (Level of Service) Accommodate all users Access system Road and streetscape design (Context Sensitive Solutions) Source: LSL Planning, Inc.

11. Access Management Sources: Photo and Cover, MDOT Access Management Guidebook. Graphic, LSL Planning, Inc. Cost effective traffic management methods to: • Promote the flow of traffic • Improve safety of pedestrians & vehicles • Improve aesthetics of roadway areas …by managing the location, quantity, type & design of access to a roadway

12. Benefit: Safety • Access management can help reduce injuries and property damage due to crashes • Doubling of access density from 10-20 access points per mile often results in about a 40% increase in expected crash rates* Source: FHWA, MDOT Access Management Guidebook • *according to the Michigan Department of Transportation

13. Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) CSS Median Cross-Section Alternative Roadway Cross-Sections Designing for: • Character • Users • Land Uses • Multiple Functions • Linking to the past and to the future Source: LSL Planning, Inc.

14. City of San Jose An Example of a Successful City

15. San Jose, California Existing conditions

16. San Jose, California Mixed-use development at sidewalk

17. San Jose, California Street trees; medians and pedestrian refuges; crosswalks

18. San Jose, California Live-work housing; mixed-use building

19. San Jose, California Bus lane

20. San Jose, California Rapid transit lane demarcated in red

21. Promote Effective Solutions • Transportation planners can promote effective solutions such as roundabouts, ITS, creative interchange design, multi-modal streets and traffic calming measures. • This includes both technical analysis and building support from other professionals, the public, and decision makers. Photo: LSL Planning, Inc. A multimedia demonstration from the City of Sammamish, WA official website.

22. Road Diets Before After Washtenaw County Access Management Plan: One-Way 3-to-2 Road Diet Concept • Reducing # of traffic lanes to provide left turn, transit, or bike lane • Consider: • Function & environment • Traffic volumes (consider for 8,500 – 24,000 vpd) • Peak hour volumes & Level of Service • Crash types, pedestrian, bike, & transit activity • Impact on parallel roads Source: LSL Planning, Inc.

23. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Moderate to higher density Within an easy walk A mix of uses Designed for the pedestrian New construction or redevelopment Increases transit ridership Strong benefits

24. Using Transportation as a Catalyst • Rather than respond to land use, transportation investment can be a catalyst to sound, sustainable growth and development • Increase property value by improving access and safety • Balance land use with traveler needs • Examples: • Convert one-way to two-way • Add on-street parking • Add transit (Bus rapid transit/ streetcar/light rail) Images Source: City of Birmingham, MI Triangle District Master Plan, LSL Planning, Inc.

25. Manage Demand • Manage transportation demand to influence the intensity, timing and spatial distribution • Purpose: reduce the impact of traffic or enhance mobility options • Offering commuters one or more alternative transportation modes and/or services • Providing incentives to travel on these modes or at non-congested hours, or • Providing opportunities to better link or "chain" trips together, and/or incorporating growth management or traffic impact policies into local development decisions. Photo with permission from VPSI

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