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PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. Good roads creating a great system. Realities. Limited budget Need for roadway improvements Safety Mobility Unfunded short term needs More projects than funds. Objective. Use available funds more efficiently Address more needs faster Complete more projects

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PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

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  1. PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS Good roads creating a great system.

  2. Realities • Limited budget • Need for roadway improvements • Safety • Mobility • Unfunded short term needs • More projects than funds

  3. Objective • Use available funds more efficiently • Address more needs faster • Complete more projects • Opportunities for balancing priorities system-wide

  4. The Approach To deliver an improved system with limited resources, KYTC must find ways to extract more value from our expenditures. KYTC will derive this value from“Practical Solutions.”

  5. What are Practical Solutions? TECHNICAL DEFINITIONprac-ti-cal so-lu-tions (prăk´tĭ-kəl sə lóosh'ns) n. 1. A process by which the value of a project is maximized.

  6. What are Practical Solutions? TECHNICAL DEFINITIONprac-ti-cal so-lu-tions (prăk´tĭ-kəl sə lóosh'ns) n. 2. Ensuring that a project is the correct solution for it’s surroundings: RIGHT SIZING.

  7. What are Practical Solutions? TECHNICAL DEFINITIONprac-ti-cal so-lu-tions (prăk´tĭ-kəl sə lóosh'ns) n. 3. An approach to transportation in which an improvement is considered on the basis of its contribution to the entire system instead of its individual perfection.

  8. What are Practical Solutions? NOT SO TECHNICAL DEFINITON:“Why pay for the Cadillac when the Chevy will get you where you’re going?”

  9. The “Basics” of a Roadway Project Project Costs Mobility Increased Safety Improved

  10. Basic Road Costs • 2 lane • $5.7-8.7 million/mile • 4 lane • $18.9-23.9 million/mile

  11. Basic Needs-Mobility • Estimates of mobility • Delay • Speed • Time • Level of Service (Rating of congestion)

  12. Speed and Road Width (4 Lane 12’/2’)

  13. Basic Needs-Safety • Crashes happen with every roadway design • Goal: Safety improvement

  14. Safety Tradeoffs Practical (2 Lane 12’/8’) Typical (4 Lane 12’/8’)

  15. Miles improved w/$500 m Miles improved w/$500 m

  16. Miles improved w/$500 m

  17. Road Improvement Example (1/2) Available budget $500 m to improve 2 lane roads Miles improved w/$500 m

  18. Road Improvement Example (2/2) More miles, fewer crashes and fewer delays for same budget!

  19. THE GROUND RULES: “Practical Solutions” is NOT: Cutting Corners We must deliver the system as promised. Compromising SafetyEvery project gets safer. A Magic Bullet It will not solve all our problems.

  20. Guiding Concepts • Meet goals of purpose and need. • Improve safety over existing conditions. • Design to meet anticipated capacity needs. • Consider all possible options and alternatives. • Target minimum design values. • Design and justify all elements.

  21. Summary • More projects with same funds • Decreased traffic delays • Improved safety • Potential for setting system-wide approach and priorities • Appropriate and contextual design

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