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Uptown Access Study: Enhancing Transportation and Economic Development

The Uptown Access Study aims to improve transportation in the Uptown area by reducing travel times, enhancing economic development, and evaluating access improvements. The study involves public involvement, set goals and evaluation criteria, and outlines next steps.

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Uptown Access Study: Enhancing Transportation and Economic Development

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  1. Advisory Committee Meeting January 19, 2010

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Purpose of the Project • Study Area • Public Involvement Plan • Goals and Objectives/Evaluation Criteria • Next Steps

  3. Purpose of the project

  4. Purpose of the Project • Background • Uptown Study, led by OKI, overall study of transportation in Uptown • Part B focused on access to and from I-71 • Recommended consideration of improved access at Taft/McMillan, new access at Martin Luther King Drive, or a combination • Purpose and Need • Reduce travel times • Improve wayfinding • Enhance economic development

  5. Study area

  6. Study Area • Overall area considered for traffic impacts, big picture issues • A smaller study area will have the potential for direct impacts Advisory Committee Meeting January 19, 2010

  7. Public involvement plan

  8. Public Involvement Plan • Two Rounds of Input • Issues/Goals • Comparison of Alternatives • Contacts for Round 1 • Community Councils – December, January, February • Advisory Committee – January 19 • Open House Public Meeting – January 27 • Newsletter -- February • Website Survey – on-going at www.UptownAccessStudy.com

  9. Public Involvement Plan • Specialized Committees (8-12 people) • Typical Sections – assumptions for city streets • Land Use – assumptions regarding changes • Aesthetics – options for details

  10. Goals and objectives/evaluation criteria

  11. Evaluation Criteria • Feasibility (required for approvals) • Minimum traffic operations • Design standards

  12. Evaluation Criteria • Impacts • Social, Economic and Environmental Issues under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and related laws and regulations • Property impacts and relocations • Historic properties • Civic, religious and public institutions • Parks and recreation areas • Streams, wetlands, and habitat • Traffic noise • Air quality

  13. Evaluation Criteria • Impacts • Impacts during construction • Others identified through public outreach • Benefits and Opportunities – • Purpose and Need elements – travel time, wayfinding, economic development • Others identified through public outreach

  14. Evaluation Criteria What other criteria do you feel should be included when evaluating alternatives?

  15. Next steps

  16. Progress and Schedule • Current activities – • Public outreach – Round 1 • Traffic analyses • Beginning conceptual design • Environmental studies – historic architecture, ecological resources, social/community resource inventories

  17. Progress and Schedule • Upcoming activities – • Public outreach – Round 1 summary, update evaluation criteria • Continue environmental studies – hazardous materials, noise, relocations • Traffic analysis and conceptual design continues • Rail transit alignment study • Economic impact assessment • Develop Conceptual Alternatives drawings and prepare a comparison • Public outreach – Round 2 (tentatively planned for late Spring/early Summer)

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