Master Transportation Plan Task 4: Gap Analysis and Needs Network
Policy Area
Notable Best Practices
Current Practices or Policy
Gap Areas and Recommendations
• Requires collaboration among transportation, planning, public works, and private developers. • Uses up-to-date, context-sensitive design standards. • Aligns transportation planning with land use, zoning, and development goals. • Establishes clear performance measures (i.e., safety improvements, mode share, and access to destinations). • Uses transparent, equity-focused selection criteria to prioritize projects. • Outlines how the policy will be put into practice, including timelines, funding, and accountability.
• Covers all five transportation project phases: planning, design, construction, operation, and major maintenance. • Emphasizes connected networks and context-sensitive design. • Requires city review of external projects for policy compliance. • Encourages partnerships with regional and state agencies. • Exceptions must be reviewed and approved by designated departments with public documentation. Allowed for legal restrictions, excessive cost (over 20 percent of project budget), or safety concerns. Periodic evaluation of exception decisions is required. • Commits to using up-to-date design standards (e.g., Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA], American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials [AASHTO], National Association of City Transportation Officials [NACTO], Institute of Transportation Engineers) but allows flexibility to consider other standards if safety is maintained. • Performance measures include injury/fatality reductions, emergency response times, alternative mode usage, and economic impacts documented through annual reports. • Complete Streets is integrated into all city planning and regulatory documents. Projects that support complete streets are prioritized.
• Policy establishes a timeline for the review and improvements to project selection criteria. Recommendations: • Use strong, enforceable language. • Emphasize prioritizing vulnerable users and active transportation modes (walking, biking, transit). • Clearly state that all transportation projects and phases (including maintenance and temporary construction impacts) must comply unless explicitly exempted. • Adopt a specific, up-to-date set of guidelines (e.g., NACTO, AASHTO) and include a timeline for implementation. Ensure these guidelines prioritize safety and accessibility over vehicle speed. • Update general performance measures to include specific, measurable indicators (e.g., miles of bike lanes, crash data by mode and demographic, access to transit). • Establish a dedicated Complete Streets committee with representatives from key departments and community stakeholders. • Add a section requiring robust, inclusive engagement—especially with underserved communities. • Outline specific strategies to overcome barriers like language, time, and trust. • Include a commitment to review and revise project selection criteria regularly to prioritize Complete Streets principles. • Clearly state how private developers will be required or incentivized to comply with the policy. • Include mechanisms like development review processes or funding conditions. • Strengthen connectivity index enforcement. • Require collector continuity planning. • Introduce network-level access strategies into policy. • Coordinate connectivity plans with on-system facilities.
Connectivity
• Requires collector connectivity and index standards. • Minimizes waivers. • Embeds network-level access strategies. • Ensures connectivity plans link to regional on-system routes to enhance multimodal network cohesion. •
Connectivity index can be waived.
• Collector placement not coordinated across developments. • Access management policy lacks network-level strategies.
Cross Sections
• Provides flexible, context-sensitive cross sections. • Allows phased build-out. • Integrates active transportation comprehensively.
• Cross sections tied rigidly to functional class. • Minimal provisions for interim sections. • Active transportation focused on side paths.
• Develop context-sensitive, flexible cross sections. • Provide interim cross-section guidance. • Enhance integration of active transportation. • Plan for technology-ready cross sections.
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