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Transportation Planning and Decision Making

Transportation Planning and Decision Making. Government Legislation and Regulations have been the driving force behind the definition and evolution of the Transportation Planning Process 3-Cs: Continuing, Comprehensive and Coordinated, Legislated in 1962, with many changes and additions:

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Transportation Planning and Decision Making

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  1. Transportation Planning and Decision Making • Government Legislation and Regulations have been the driving force behind the definition and evolution of the Transportation Planning Process • 3-Cs: Continuing, Comprehensive and Coordinated, • Legislated in 1962, with many changes and additions: • 1964 UMTA Act • 1966 DOT created • 1970 Clean-air act • 1976 Federal-aid Highway act (Hwy $$ to transit) • 1978 Surface transportation Act – 1st multi-modal legislation • ADA (Am Disa Act) • 1991 ISTEA • 1998 TEA-21http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/index.htm • 2003 (SAFETEA) • Surface Transportation Extension Act 2004 Week 3

  2. Establishment of Transportation planning Organizations • Metropolitan Planning Organizations • $$ Flow through them to State DOTs for Implementation of most plans • Responsible for the 3C process • Continuing tug of war between MPOs and DOTs • MPOS bridge state lines Week 3

  3. Institutional Framework for making decisions • Players: MPOs, DOTs, local boards, • “back door” linkage to other policy initiative • Environment, energy, social, special interests Week 3

  4. Financial structure • Use taxes (fuel, tires, registration • Sales taxes and other general revenue • Private/Public “Partnerships” • Direct revenue: Fare box, Tolls, Advertising Week 3

  5. Planning and decision making process • Rational process leading to technical revolutionary solutions • Often unimplementable • Need evolutionary based on political consensus Week 3

  6. Conceptual Models of Decision Making • Rational Approach • Need comprehensive knowledge and selection of the “Optimal” solution • Satisfying Approach • Minimize harm while providing at least some benefit • Incremental Approach • Take small steps with limited info doing limited harm; focus on those that differ from existing policies • Organizational process Approach • Political Bargaining Approach • Search for consensus among the many participants, get everyone to buy-in, make them feel like they own it/thought of it. Week 3

  7. Characteristics of a Decision-Oriented Planning Process • Establish a future context • Respond to different scales of Analysis • Expand the scope of the problem definition • Maintain flexibility in Analysis • Provide constant feedback • Relate Programming and Budgeting Processes • Provide for Public Involvement Week 3

  8. Development of a Decision-Oriented Transportation Planning Approach Problem Identification Debate and collective decision making Implementation Evaluation and Feedback For details: Click on: Part 2: Planning and Analysis Tools of Transportation Demand and Investment For more background see: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp/modlmeth.pdf Week 3

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