Redundancy & Mode Choice

VTrans2040 Vision

VTrans Multimodal Transportation Plan

Virginia’s multimodal transportation plan will be Good for Business, Good for Communities, and Good to Go. Virginians will benefit from a sustainable, reliable, transportation system that advances Virginia businesses, attracts a 21st century workforce, and promotes healthy communities where Virginians of all ages and abilities can thrive.

• Optimize Return on Investment

• Ensure Safety, Security, and Resiliency

• Efficiently Deliver Programs

• Consider Operational and Demand Management First

• Ensure Transparency and Accountability and Promote Performance Managements

• Improve Coordination Between Transportation and Land Use

• Ensure Efficient Intermodal Connection

2025 Needs Assessment

2025 Recommendations

2040 Scenario Analysis

2040 Freight Element

Economic Competitiveness and Prosperity

Accessible and Connected Places

Safety for All Users

Proactive System Management

Healthy and Sustainable Communities

The VTrans2040 Vision provides a policy framework to guide Commonwealth transportation agency investment decisions over the next 25 years. The vision is supported by guiding principles, goals, objectives, and a data-driven trends analysis that provide a framework for implementing the Vision. This framework guides development of the VTrans Multimodal Transportation Plan (VMTP), which includes four companion efforts:

Guiding Principles

Goals

VTrans2040 Vision

• Vision• Guiding Principles• Goals & Objectives• Trends

2025 Needs Assessment*

Agency and jurisdictionplans and programs

Implementation

*Screening tool for SMART SCALE

Adopted

www.VTrans2040.com

In Progress (Fall 2017)

Bottlenecks

Congestion

Circulation and Access within the UDA

Access to Transportation Networks beyond the UDA

Walkability & BikabilityNetwork Connectivity

Corridor Reliability

SafetyTransportation Demand Management

Inform plans, policy, programs, and project development

Stakeholders• Planning Partners and Providers• Partner Commonwealth Agencies

• Non-Agency Stakeholders• Public Stakeholders

Concurrent Planning Efforts

Stakeholder Input

Performance Measures

Funding Sources

Measure Results

The VMTP process incorporates both stakeholder input and performance measure results to inform and guide transportation planning, policy, and programs. Within this long-range plan short-range recommendations out to 2025 highlights Commonwealth Transportation Board priorities for achieving VTrans Goals and details a pipeline of candidate projects for SMART SCALE and other funding sources.

2025 Recommendations

2040 Scenario Analysis

2040 Freight Element

Commonwealth of Virginia

Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, Office of the Secretary of Transportation

Prepared by:Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

With:Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning

TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction ....................................................................................................................................3VTrans2040 Vision, Guiding Principles and Goals ...................................................................4VMTP Needs Assessment Process ............................................................................................. 5VMTP Needs Assessment Summary Map .................................................................................6Needs Assessment Approach ......................................................................................................7Consolidated Needs Tiering Results .........................................................................................9How to Read Needs Assessment Maps ....................................................................................9VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Bristol Construction District .................................12VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Culpeper Construction District ............................14VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Fredericksburg Construction District .................16VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Hampton Roads Construction District ...............18VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Lynchburg Construction District ..........................20VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Northern Virginia Construction District ............22VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Richmond Construction District ..........................24VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Salem Construction District ..................................26VMTP Tiered Consolidated Needs - Staunton Construction District ............................28Next Steps .....................................................................................................................................30Smart Scale ....................................................................................................................................30References .....................................................................................................................................31

INTRODUCTIONVirginia’s transportation system is a complex network of highways, sidewalks, trails, rail cor-ridors, transit systems, information systems, airports and runways, shipping ports and docks, intermodal connectors, and even a space port. This variety of travel choices is the essence of a “multimodal” transportation system. The multimodal transportation system serves residents, businesses, tourists and other visitors, all of whom have different travel needs and desires. Virginia’s transportation providers are facing ever-increasing challenges to address growing demands for facilities and services with limited public funds. Consequently, it is more important than ever to identify the most critical needs and cost-effective means to operate, maintain and improve the Commonwealth’s transportation systems.

The General Assembly of Virginia directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), with assistance from the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment (OIPI), to conduct a comprehensive review of statewide transportation needs in a Statewide Transportation Plan. The Statewide Transportation Plan, also known as VTrans, sets forth an assessment of capac-ity and operational needs for all corridors of statewide significance, regional networks, and improvements to promote urban development areas established pursuant to § 15.2-2223.1 of the Code of Virginia. This Statewide Transportation Plan must be updated at least once every four years to establish goals, objectives, and priorities that cover at least a 20-year planning horizon.

The development of VTrans2040 was initiated in spring 2014. Since then, the approach has focused on the production of two companion statewide planning documents: the VTrans2040 Vision and the VTrans2040 Multimodal Transportation Plan (VMTP). Each planning document includes multiple companents, all interrelated and connected to the VTrans vision, goals, and objectives. The VTrans2040 Vision and the first component of the VTrans2040 Multimodal Transportation Plan, the 2025 Needs Assessment, were adopted by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) in December 2015.

“We should be focused on improving the ability of Virginia businesses to move goods, attract more jobs to the Commonwealth, and improve the quality of life for all Virginians.”

Governor McAuliffe June 18, 2014

VTrans2040 is the current long-range, statewide multimodal policy plan that provides the overarching vision and goals for transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It identifies transportation conditions and trends anticipated over the coming years and their potential influence on transportation.

VTrans2040 provides a vision for Virginia’s future transportation system and defines goals, objectives, and guiding principles to achieve the vision. It provides direction to state and regional transportation agencies on strategies and policies to be incorporated into their plans and programs.

“Demographic and market studies consistently show that workers in the 21st century economy prefer walkable communities that are served by rail and public transit, as well as roads. If we want to cultivate this work force, which we need to do, we need to get ahead of these trends.”

Governor McAuliffe June 18, 2014

2014 2015 2016

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

Spring

Fall

Spring

Fall

Summer

Winter

Summer

Initiate VTrans2040development

Start VTrans2040 Trends Analysis and development of

Visions, Goals, Objective, and Guiding Principles

Stakeholder outreach toreview VTrans2040 Trends

Analysis and Vision

Initiate VTrans Multimodal Transportation Plan (VMTP) Needs Assessment research and analysis, informed by

VTrans2040 Trends Analysis

Stakeholders and public provide feedback on VMTP Needs Assessment research

and analysis during two rounds of regional forums

Extension of Spring 2015

VMTP Needs Assessment for CoSS, RNs, UDAs,

and statewide safety needs finalized

CTB adopts VTrans2040 Vision,Goals & Objectives, and

Guiding Principles, as wellas the VMTP Needs Assessment

OIPI develops andvalidates VDOT District-levelconsolidated needs with local

planners during regional forums and seeks input on need tiering

Initiate VTrans2040 Scenario Plan; OIPI works with VDOT, DRPT

and the CTB to finalize need tiering and begin

recommendationdevelopment process

VMTP Needs AssessmentExecutive Summary released;

VMTP recommendations work ongoing

WinterFinalize VMTP 2025 Recommendations;

Continue VTrans2040 Scenario Plan through

Summer 2017

This report documents the high-level process and results of the two-year effort to develop the 2025 Needs Assessment, also known as the VTrans Multimodal Transportation Plan (VMTP) 2025 Needs Assessment. It is intended to provide a summary of the 2025 Needs Assessment at a level valuable for both decision makers and the public. The detailed findings of the Needs Assessment are available at www.vtrans.org.

VTrans2040 Development Timeline

Defining and Prioritizing Transportation Needs through 2025

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• SMART SCALE• TAP• CMAQ• HSIP• Others

Annual VTrans Performance Report

Measure and Evaluate

www.VTrans2040.com

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