Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Marin County

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Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot ProgramMarin
County

• WalkBike California Conference
• September 12, 2007

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What is the Pilot Program?

• Component of SAFETEA-LU, the six-year federal
  transportation bill (Section 1807)
• 100 million allocated to four communities
  nationwide, one of which is Marin County, for
  bicycle and pedestrian improvements and programs.
• Pilot Program runs through September, 2010, at
  which time a report on its outcomes is due to
  Congress.

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Purpose of the Pilot

• To demonstrate the extent to which bicycling and
  walking can carry a significant part of the
  transportation load and represent a major portion
  of the transportation solution within selected
  communities

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Program Highlights

• Marin receives 25 million from the program,
  along with Minneapolis, Minnesota Columbia,
  Missouri and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
• The program targets mode shift, or whether
  bicycling and walking can account for more of the
  overall number of trips to work, school, or
  errands.

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What it means locally

• Focus on motor-vehicle trip reduction strategies
  rather than recreational opportunities
• Given the list of suggested projects and
  programs, what are the most critical and what can
  be accomplished during the period of the program

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Measuring Success

• Travel habits survey conducted in Fall, 2006 and
  to be conducted again in Fall, 2010 in all four
  communities
• Localized counts and/or surveys for selected
  projects/programs in Marin before and after
  implementation

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Project and Program Selection

• Project and program suggestions identified
  through review of existing planning documents,
  meetings with local agency staff, and public
  input through community workshops over 220
  million in ideas.
• This comprehensive list represents buildout of
  the network, a goal of the federal program
• 19-member advisory committee appointed

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Advisory Committee

• Role was to assist the Department of Public Works
  with ranking of projects and programs
• The Advisory Committee met six times and was
  comprised of
• Marin County Office of Education
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Groups
• City Manager
• Public Works Directors
• Planning Director
• Business Representative
• Environmental Representative
• Accessibility Representative
• Marin County Transit District
• Health Representatives
• Metropolitan Transportation Commission
• Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit
• Caltrans
• Transportation Authority of Marin
• Federal Highway Administration

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Screening and Categorization

• Criteria adopted by advisory committee
• Key filters are
• Meets objectives of legislation
• Is sufficiently scoped to implement
• Can be implemented in timely fashion
• Has local support
• Ideas sorted into one of six categories
• Primary Network Projects
• Local/Feeder Network Projects
• Countywide Projects
• Planning Projects
• Programs
• Redirected to other funding programs

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Project/Program Ranking

• Ranking criteria developed by advisory committee,
  such as
• Impact in achieving modal shift
• Complements existing transportation network
• Ability and timeliness of implementation
• Cost-Benefit determination
• Improves safety
• Presents a unique opportunity
• Ability to provide measurable results
• Criteria vary between funding categories, as
  relevant and appropriate

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Project/Program Ranking

• Under each criterion, specific measures
  identified to evaluate a proposals merits
• Advisory committee assigned weights to each
  criterion
• Projects and programs are scored based on the
  criteria and then the weighting is applied to
  arrive at a numerical score.
• Projects and programs are ordered in each funding
  category by numerical score highest to lowest.

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Funding Allocation

• For the five funding categories, the advisory
  committee recommends a funding allocation to each
  category, or slice of the funding pie
• With the amount recommended for each category,
  projects are included for funding until the funds
  allocated to that category are exhausted, using
  the scored and ranked lists as prioritization
  tools.
• Draft recommended projects and program lists
  adopted by advisory committee

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Funding Allocation (contd)

• Advisory Committee recommendations submitted to
  Department of Public Works
• Public Works Director submits funding
  recommendations to the Board of Supervisors,
  based on Advisory Committee recommendations.
• Board of Supervisors adopts funding plan on April
  17, 2007

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Funding Categories

• Countywide Typically smaller, dispersed
  projects in many neighborhoods and jurisdictions
  such as bike racks, striping/stenciling, and
  signage
• Projects in this category will be determined
  through a separate process this fall

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Funding Categories

• Primary Network infrastructure improvements on
  the major north-south or east-west corridors
• Funded projects include
• Cal Park Tunnel Pathway (Class I)
• Puerto Suello Hill Pathway (Class I)
• Commuter Connection-Enfrente Road (Class I)
• Los Ranchitos Connector (Class II)
• Alameda del Prado (Class II)
• Northgate Gap Closure (Class II and III)
• Puerto Suello to Transit Center Connector (Class
  I)
• Mahon Creek Path to Transit Center (Class I)

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Funding Categories

• Local/Feeder Network infrastructure
  improvements connecting neighborhoods and
  community facilities with each other and the
  Primary Network
• Funded projects include
• Tennessee Valley Pathway (Class I)
• Doherty Drive Pathway (Class I)
• Terra Linda/North San Rafael Improvements (Class
  II/III)
• Medway Improvements (Class II/III/Sidewalks)
• County Health and Wellness Center (facility
  access)

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Funding Categories

• Planning Project ideas which, with additional
  study and planning, could be sufficiently scoped
  to be competitive for future funding
  opportunities.
• Funded projects include
• Central Marin Ferry Connection
• Mill Valley-Corte Madera Bikeway
• San Rafael-Fairfax Corridor Study
• Bridgeway Path
• Francisco Blvd. East Improvements
• Miller Creek/Las Gallinas Improvements

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Funding Categories

• Programs Educational and outreach programs to
  encourage bicycling and walking
• Funded Programs include
• Street Smarts
• Personal Travel Planning
• Engineers bike/ped facility design training
  courses
• Share the Road
• Booths at Events
• Safety Campaign
• Community Walking and Biking Maps

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Next Steps

• Project design and program development/
  implementation under way
• Countywide project category ideas solicited,
  prioritized, and implemented Fall of 2007
• Compilation of survey data collected September,
  2007
• Construction of major capital projects begins
  Summer, 2008

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Next Steps (contd)

• Construction of infrastructure completed by the
  end of 2009
• Second travel habits survey and project-focused
  survey conducted Fall, 2010
• Reports submitted to Congress Fall, 2007 Fall
  2010 and Spring, 2011.

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