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Mn/DOT– ACEC/MN Annual Consultant Conference

Mn/DOT– ACEC/MN Annual Consultant Conference. Overview. Background Defining the 50 Year Vision Mn /DOT’s Family of Plans The Visioning Process The Future. 2. Mn /DOT Strategic Vision.

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Mn/DOT– ACEC/MN Annual Consultant Conference

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  1. Mn/DOT– ACEC/MN Annual Consultant Conference

  2. Overview • Background • Defining the 50 Year Vision • Mn/DOT’s Family of Plans • The Visioning Process • The Future 2

  3. Mn/DOT Strategic Vision Global leader in transportation committed to upholding public needs and collaboration with internal and external partners to create a safe, efficient and sustainable transportation system for the future Supported by 5 Strategic Directions and 12 Flagship Initiatives 3

  4. Context: Modal Integration • Mn/DOT Flagship Initiative to: • Revise Mn/DOT’s organizational structure and planning/funding/programming processes to transition the department to a fully multimodal organization. 4

  5. Statewide Multimodal Planning • New Office Created February 2010 • Lead the development of the next Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan • Coordinate transportation planning efforts among modal offices, Districts, Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Development Commissions • Develop policies and guidance to advance multimodal planning • Develop and articulate a long-term vision 5

  6. Defining the 50 Year Vision 6

  7. Visioning as a Planning Tool • Often used in strategic planning or for regional planning • Recently used in AZ, FL & OH for statewide transportation planning 7

  8. What is a Vision? • A description of a desired future • Answers the question “what are we trying to achieve?” • Does NOT answer the question “how will we do it?” • This will be addressed in subsequent statewide, modal, and regional planning efforts. 8

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  10. Emerging Issues/Expectations • Quality of Life • Economic Competitiveness • Environmental Health • Fiscal Constraints 10

  11. Minnesota GO • A visioning process to: • Engage Minnesotans from all walks of life in both online and in-person activities to help craft a transportation vision for generations. • Better align the transportation system with what Minnesotan’s expect for their quality of life, economy, and natural environment. • Prioritize among the multiple goals, objectives, and expectations for the transportation system. 11

  12. Objectives • Establish a vision statement • Affirm existing or develop new principles for long-range policies and strategies • Highlight potential policies and strategies to be considered in the next Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan • Document public thinking on a range of issues affecting and affected by transportation in Minnesota 12

  13. Mn/DOT’s Family of Plans 13

  14. Plans, Plans, Plans … 14

  15. The Visioning Process Will Lead Directly Into The Next Statewide Multimodal Plan 15

  16. Family of Plans 16

  17. The Visioning Process 17

  18. Project Partners • Mn/DOT • University of Minnesota • Center for Transportation Studies • Humphrey Institute • Center for Integrative Leadership • Citizens League 18

  19. Minnesota GO Inputs 19

  20. Steering Committee • Purpose is to recommend to the Commissioner of Transportation: • A vision statement for transportation in Minnesota • A set of guiding principles/objectives for long-range transportation planning 20

  21. Advisory Groups (6 groups) • Advocates • Business • Health Care • Modal Representatives • Agriculture • Economic Development • Local Government • Freight • Philanthropy • Utilities • Unions • Trade Groups • Traditionally Underserved • Education • Etc. 21

  22. Advisory Group Structure 22

  23. Topic/Trend InterviewsVideo-taped interviews with U of M Faculty on 15 Different Topics • Energy • Demographics • Economy – Rural • Economy – Urban • Public Health • Water Quality • Air Quality • Climate • Global Trade/Supply Chains • Telework/Alternative Work Arrangements • Safety • Governance • Accessibility • Technology • Community Design 23

  24. Online Engagement • CitiZing.org • Early opportunities will shape public workshop content • Continue public workshop input after meetings 24

  25. Students Speak Out • Ongoing program of the Citizens League • High School Students – mostly peers engaging peers 25

  26. Public Workshops • Eight workshops throughout the state • Scenario Exercises • Additional 4 targeted outreach opportunities with groups traditionally underserved by planning processes 26

  27. Timeline 27

  28. The Future 28

  29. Minnesota GO: Data and Trend Informed not Based • Can’t anticipate transformational change • Focus is on establishing vision and guiding principles 29

  30. What “today” would you have planned for in 1980? • Internet and e-commerce were not in the picture • Prime rate was 15.26% • China was the US’s 24th ranked trading partner (below Switzerland) • AT&T had phone monopoly – there were no mobile phones • Technology adoption: • Microwaves were in just 14% of households • VCR’s in < 1% • PC’s were in none! • Communism was viewed as a stable economic system 30

  31. What Do You Think? 31

  32. THANK YOU mark.b.nelson@state.mn.us

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