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FHWA Planworks: Better Planning, Better Projects

LRP-10: Adopt LRTP by MPO

Long Range Transportation Planning

Description:

At this Key Decision a final plan is adopted by the MPO board. This plan includes the preferred scenario, fiscal constraint, and transportation conformity. It has been revised to reflect stakeholder comments received on the draft LRTP.

There is information developed in prior Key Decisions that informs this step.

Basics:

The first table describes the purpose and anticipated outcome of a Key Decision. If the decision is federally mandated, the purpose and outcome will relate to the legal intent.

The second table describes roles for key partners with legal decision making authority in the transportation process. The roles indicate the influence a partner can have on a decision, and show each partner where their input is most needed. For a full understanding of roles see the Partner Portal.

Purpose

To review the Draft LRTP that reflects the public comment for final adoption

Outcome

Adopted LRTP

Partner Role Type Description
MPO Decision Maker Adopts a LRTP that addresses the transportation needs of the region while remaining consistent with the approved vision and goals.
FHWA/FTA Advisor Ensures that LRTP adoption meets all legal requirements.
State DOT Advisor Ensures that the LRTP meets all federal requirements and state interests.
Resource Agency Advisor Advise partners in the development of a conservation and mitigation strategy for the preferred transportation scenario. Approve a MOU, agreement or programmatic permit and performance monitoring strategy for mitigation sites.
Public Transportation Operator(s) Advisor Ensures that the LRTP meets transit interests.

Questions to Consider

Questions are a way to gather input from partners and stakeholders that can be used to inform the decision. Decision makers can discuss the questions provided to ensure a broad array of interests are considered to support a collaborative process. Questions also allow staff to collect stakeholder interests, ensure these are included in the decision, and provide a response based on the decision outcome. Although Public Transportation is not represented by a PlanWorks Application, the information provided may be useful in a collaborative transportation process.

Category Questions to Consider
Long Range Planning
  • Does the adopted plan meet fiscal constraint requirements?
  • What comments on the proposed plan were received and how were they addressed?
Programming
  • What implications does the approved LRTP have on project prioritization and TIP development?
Corridor Planning
  • What implications does the approved LRTP have on corridor planning?
Environmental Review
  • What implications does the approved LRTP have on environmental review?
Bicycles and Pedestrians
  • Have the implications of the adopted plan on bicyclists and pedestrians been considered?
  • Has the role of pedestrian and bicycle transportation in meeting a range of identified community goals been documented?
  • Have the legislative requirements for the inclusion of bicycle and pedestrian policies and projects into transportation plans been met?
    See FHWA Guidance: Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions of Federal Transportation Legislation
    (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/guidance/guidance_2015.cfm)

Capital Improvement
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Economic Development
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Freight
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Health in Transportation
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Human Environment and Communities
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Land Use
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Linking Planning and Operations
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Natural Environment and Implementing Eco Logical
  • How can conservation goals be met, if at all, through the mitigation approaches?
  • How does the approved plan inform conservation and mitigation strategies?
  • Has a mitigation strategy that is acceptable to all partners been identified? Is there agreement on implementation?
  • What are the mitigation priorities?
Performance Measures
  • How does the LRTP support required and/or agreed to performance measures and targets?
  • Have partners been alerted to the support that is needed to meet these targets?
  • Have stakeholders been made aware of the performance requirements that the LRTP must meet?
Planning and Environment Linkages
  • How does the adopted plan inform scoping of corridor planning and/or environmental review?
  • Are there mitigation strategies and/or agreements reached during planning to inform corridor planning/environmental review?
Public Private Partnerships
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Public Transportation
  • Have the implications of the adopted plan on public transportation been considered?
  • Has the role of public transportation in meeting a range of identified community goals been documented?
Safety
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Stakeholder Collaboration
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Transportation Conformity
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Visioning and Transportation
  • Does the adopted LRTP acknowledge transportation support of the future vision?

Data

The following list of data may be needed to support the Key Decision. Practitioners collect this information for decision makers to consider. Although Public Transportation is not represented by a PlanWorks Application, the information provided may be useful in a collaborative transportation process.

Category Data to Consider
Long Range Planning
  • Fiscal constraint analysis that supports adoption
Programming
  • Proposed projects
  • Data on potential project costs and revenues
Corridor Planning
  • Data to inform corridor planning studies
Environmental Review
  • Data to inform the scope of environmental review
Bicycles and Pedestrians
  • Proposed future pedestrian and bicycle network data and map
  • Environmental streamlining opportunities and other time savings that can speed up the delivery of bicycle and pedestrian programs and projects
  • Input from bicycle and pedestrian stakeholders
Capital Improvement
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Economic Development
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Freight
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Health in Transportation
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Human Environment and Communities
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Land Use
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Linking Planning and Operations
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Natural Environment and Implementing Eco Logical
  • Data to inform conservation and mitigation strategies
Performance Measures
  • Stakeholder and partner input on system performance requirements
  • Methods to report progress against performance targets during the period
Planning and Environment Linkages
  • Adopted plan
  • Mitigation strategies/agreements, if available
Public Private Partnerships
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Public Transportation
  • Future public transportation network, as identified in the adopted plan
  • Input from public transportation stakeholders
Safety
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Stakeholder Collaboration
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Transportation Conformity
  • This Key Decision is not associated with the Application.
Visioning and Transportation
  • Long-range plan documentation

Examples

In - depth case studies of successful practices in collaborative decision making were used to develop the Decision Guide.Links in this table point to a specific paragraph or section of a case study that supports a Key Decision. It is not necessary to read through an entire case study to find the example; however, full versions are available in the Library.

PlanWorks Case Study Examples:
None.

Other Examples:
None.