Working With Transportation Concurrency Management Systems

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Working With Transportation Concurrency
Management Systems
Companion to the Booklet Working with
Transportation Concurrency Management Systems

• Florida Department of Transportation

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What is the purpose of this guide?

• Coordination guide for FDOT staff as they
  coordinate with Local Governments on
  Transportation Concurrency Management Systems
  (CMS)

Working with Transportation Concurrency
Management Systems
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Working with Transportation Concurrency
Management Systems
Working with Transportation Concurrency Exception
Areas
TCEA
See Page 2
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What is Concurrency?

• Local Governments usually define what constitutes
  an adequate level of service (LOS)
• New development exceeding the Level of Service
  must schedule improvements in the Capital
  Improvements Element (CIE)

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What is Transportation Concurrency?

• transportation facilities needed to serve new
  development
• shall be in place or under actual construction
  within 3 years after the local government
  approves a building permit
• Chapter 163.3180(1)(c) Florida Statutes

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How Can We Ensure This Happens?

• Each local government shall adopt, as a
  component of the comprehensive plan, objectives,
  policies and standards for the establishment of a
  concurrency management system
• . . . will ensure that issuance of a development
  order or development permit is conditioned upon
  the availability of public facilities and
  services necessary to serve new development
• Rule 9J-5.0055 Florida Administrative Code

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What is a Concurrency Management System Used For?

• Planning tool to estimate needs and update the
  Capital Improvement Elements (CIE)
• Simple system is a spreadsheet with road volumes
  and existing conditions

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Source St. Johns County
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Hillsborough County Example
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Are any Areas Exempt From Concurrency?
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Yes

• Transportation Concurrency Exception Areas
  (TCEA)
• Limited to specifically defined urban areas
• However, Local Governments MUST consider the
  impacts on the Strategic Intermodal System (SIS)

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Partial List of Existing TCEAs
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TCEA Example Gainesville Florida
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TCEA Example Orlando, Florida
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Other Concurrency Tools

• Transportation Concurrency Management Areas
  (TCMA)
• Similar too TCEA, but may establish Areawide
  Level of Service

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Oviedo, FL
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Other Concurrency Tools

• Long Term Transportation Concurrency Management
  System (CMS)
• Uses a longer planning horizon
• Depends on Capital Improvements
• Multimodal Transportation Districts (MMTD)
• Primary priority is supporting pedestrian, and
  transit service
• Must have supporting community design and
  policies.

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General Requirements for Local Government

• Local government shall maintain the adopted LOS
  standards for roads and transit, if applicable
• Must be part of the Comprehensive Plan
• The Capital Improvement Element (CIE) can assure
  LOS standards
• System of tracking and monitoring
• Supporting Land Development Regulations

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What Should FDOT Look For?

• Concurrency Management System Ordinance
• Tracking and Monitoring System

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Tracking Systems

• Basic spreadsheet tracking systems
• Recommend column headers for spreadsheet
• Intranet tracking systems
• Internal review and sign off
• Automatic updates
• Collecting and updating critical traffic data
• Recommendations for service volumes, traffic
  counts, and inclusion of capacity from planned
  improvements
• Supplement with developer counts

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Are Their Differences In How We Treat SIS
Facilities?
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Yes

• For Facilities on the SIS and
  Transportation Regional Incentive Program (TRIP)
  
• Local Governments shall adopt the LOS standards
  of the FDOT on SIS facilities
• Local Governments can choose their own LOS
  standards on other highways
• (including State Highway System not on the SIS)

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What if a Development Generates very Few Trips?

• This is de minimis having very minimal impact
• Only if the impact is no more than 1 of the
  Maximum Service Volume at the adopted LOS
• No impact will be de minimis if the results
  exceed 110 of the Maximum Service Volume
• Or on a hurricane evacuation route

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de minimis
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De Minimis Trip Reporting

• Definition of de minimus
• Report content
• Report format
• Not applicable in TCEAs
• Report links at 90 of LOS volumes

• Road Link
• Road
• From/To
• Existing PH PD Volume
• Approved Trips
• De Minimis Trips
• Total Committed
• PH PD Traffic
• LOS Standard
• PH PD Service Volume
• Traffic Analysis Service Volume
• 110 Service Volume
• 110 Service Volume Exceeded?
• Hurricane Evacuation Route
• Planned Improvements

Source DCA
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Proportionate Fair-Share

• Prop Fair-Share does not apply to DRIs, but
  only applies for sub-DRIs
• The number of project trips may differ

• Prop Share for Developments of Regional Impact
  (DRI)

Local Governments are required to have this in
ordinance Difference between
Prop Share DRI
Prop Fair-Share sub-DRI
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Proportionate Fair Share

• How does it differ from Proportionate Share for
  Developments of Regional Impact (DRI)
• The number of project trips may differ
• Proportionate Fair Share Model Ordinance is at

http//www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/gm/pfso/model-
ordinance.pdf
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What About Existing DRIs?

• DRIs submitted or approved before May 2005 are
  exempt
• Those submitted afterwards

Exempt
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Law Applies
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How Often Should the District Office Coordinate
with the Local Governments regarding the CMS?
1
minimum

• At a minimum, once a year

Districts review local annual reports
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Where Can I Find More Information?

• For more information regarding the Florida
  Department of Transportation (FDOT), please visit
  the FDOT website at
• www.dot.state.fl.us
• If you have questions or comments concerning
  this document, please contact Robert Magee at
  [phone].