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Current Regional Planning Practice in Reno, Sparks & Washoe County, Nevada. Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County Presentation to the 2011 Transportation Research Board Planning Applications Conference Reno, Nevada. About the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Current Regional Planning Practice in Reno, Sparks & Washoe County, Nevada
Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County
Presentation to the 2011 Transportation Research Board Planning Applications Conference
Reno, Nevada
About the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County
• Metropolitan Planning Organization• Transit service provider• Roadway construction & maintenance
RAPID BRT Kietzke Lane Roundabout
Regional Transportation Plan Update
• Develop community-based vision to address changing needs
• Promote livability & prosperity• Update travel demand model
Schedule
•March 2011 – Begin traffic model update•August 2011 – Develop goals & objectives• Spring 2012 – Develop alternatives•Fall 2012 – Complete draft RTP•Spring 2013 – Finalize RTP
California Ave Complete Street4th Street Station
Complete Streets Program
• Designing roads for all transportation users:• Improves safety & health
– Reduced crashes by 30% on Wells Ave
• Enhances multimodal connectivity• Promotes economic development• Includes landscaping/beautification
Implementation
•Bike lanes added during road maintenance / resurfacing•Multimodal features included in new construction design•Bike/ped & ADA plan identify needs throughout community
Victorian Avenue Cycle Track Neil Road Complete Street
Community Outreach
• Provide a wide variety of opportunities for residents & stakeholders to participate
• Incorporate community & agency input
• Ensure consistency with other area plans & policies
• Electronic & traditional outreach
Corridor Studies
• Identify Multimodal Transportation Needs & Improvements– Safety– Bicycle & Pedestrian– Transit – Roadway & Traffic Operations – Link with Land Use/Economic Development
Transit Oriented Development Corridors
Virginia Street
• Resort corridor connecting– University of Nevada, Reno– Downtown– Truckee River– Resort Casinos– Convention Center– Meadowood Mall
• Major transportation corridor– 30,000 ADT
• Strong transit ridership– 5,000/day
– (14% Mode Split)
RAPID
• BRT vehicles• Enhanced bus shelters• Increased ridership
Street Car Concept
• Result of BRT and land use policies
• Promote walkability • Transit supportive land
uses• Encourage redevelopment• Attract high quality, high
density growth– Promote economic vitality
• High quality transit to serve attractions:
• Gaming, tourism, government, retail and educationPhase I
Travel Demand Model Upgrade
• Key element of RTP update• Partnering with NDOT & TMRPA
to make traffic analysis more accessible & transparent– TMRPA allocating Consensus
Forecasts to the TAZ level– Public workshop/training to be
provided on model inputs & use
• Conversion to TransCAD– GIS interface– Enhances data sharing &
communication
Sparks
Salt Lake City→
Reno
←Sacramento SEC
RTC’s TDM
EMME based, traditional 4-stepVisitors Sub-model
806 TAZs w/380,000 populationDeveloped in 1992 by Barton-Ashman
Conversion from MinuTP to EMME/2 : 2003Major Calibration : 2005
Q1. What if the SEC is not built?
Q2. What if the SEC build-out is phased?
Q3. Is there a relationship between the SEC and the
Pyramid Corridor?
Q4. How reliable is the TDM?
QUESTION 1What if the SEC is not built?
QUESTION 1What if the SEC is not built?
ANSWER By 2030, System Delay increases 10%
QUESTION 2 What if the SEC build-out is phased?
QUESTION 2 What if the SEC build-out is phased?
ANSWER Cost Efficiency will be low until SEC is complete
QUESTION 3Is there a relationship between the SEC and the Pyramid
Corridor?
QUESTION 3Do we still need the SEC ?
Isn’t it redundancy of the spending ?Who benefits from the SEC ?
QUESTION 3Do we still need the SEC ?
Isn’t it redundancy of the spending ?Who benefits from the SEC ?
ANSWER Yes.No.
The benefits will stay in local area.
QUESTION 4How reliable is the TDM?
QUESTION 4How reliable is the TDM?
ANSWER Model Transparency, Openness
& Public Participation
Communication, Consensus and Common Goal
NDOT, TMRPA, Cities, RTC and Local Planning Agencies
Cooperation and Teamwork
NDOT : Funding, and HPMS support TMRPA ; Socio-ec. data support under CF agreement
RTC: New ABM, ITS & field data support
New Organizations of Stakeholders
Thank you and enjoy Northern Nevada!!
Amy Cummings, AICP/LEED APRTC
Peter Bang, Ph.D., AITRTC