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Planning for Travel and Transportation Management National Training Center Course #8300-25 Unit One Why, What, How? Slide 2 Slide 3 Unit One Why, What, How?3 Slide 4 Why Manage Routes? 1.Ensure provision of Access and/or Experience 2.Maintain Connectivity 3.Increase Efficiency 4.Reduce Impacts Unit One Why, What, How?4 Slide 5 Authority & Guidance for Travel Management Planning Executive Order No. 11644, February 8, 1972 Executive Order No. 11989, May 25, 1977 43 Code of Federal Regulations Part 8342 National Management Strategy for Motorized Off- Highway Vehicle Use on Public Lands (BLM 2001) Travel and Transportation Management Manual (BLM Manual 1626, 2011) Travel and Transportation Management Handbook (BLM Handbook H-8342-1, 2012) Unit One Why, What, How?5 Slide 6 Whats in it for me? Unit One Why, What, How? Resource Protection Monitoring Mitigation Restoration Resource Use Access Connectivity Experience 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Public Lands Travel Network Unit One Why, What, How?8 Slide 9 9 Slide 10 Definition of OHV Definitions established in 43 CFR 8340.05 (a) Off-road vehicle [OHV] means any motorized vehicle capable of, or designed for, travel on or immediately over land, water, or other natural terrain, excluding: (1) Any nonamphibious registered motorboat; (2) Any military, fire, emergency, or law enforcement vehicle while being used for emergency purposes; (3) Any vehicle whose use is expressly authorized by the authorized officer, or otherwise officially approved; (4) Vehicles in official use; and (5) Any combat or combat support vehicle when used in times of national defense emergencies. Unit One Why, What, How?10 Slide 11 Question If TTM is comprehensive; but the CFRs only regulate OHVs, then how does the BLM regulate all other modes of travel and transport system users? Unit One Why, What, How?11 Slide 12 OHV Areas & Trails The only Transportation System use regulated in Law and Land Use Planning Unit One Why, What, How?12 Slide 13 Non-Motorized Modes-of-Transport Unit One Why, What, How? OHV Area Designations (Open, Limited & Closed) dont apply 13 Slide 14 Permitted & Authorized Use Incorporate into existing travel network and plan for future authorizations Unit One Why, What, How?14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Travel and Transportation Management Support BLMs mission and land use planning goals and objectives Establish long-term, sustainable, multi-modal transportation system Manage Travel and Transportation in accordance with law, EOs, regulations, proclamations, and policy Unit One Why, What, How?16 Slide 17 BLM Mission Unit One Why, What, How?17 It is the mission of the Bureau of Land Management to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations Slide 18 Transportation System Sustainable - Multi-Modal - Comprehensive Unit One Why, What, How?18 Slide 19 CTTM Designation Criteria 43 CFR 8342 - OHV Area Designations Terms & Conditions / Stipulations Permitted and Authorized Use Supplementary Rules Non-Motorized Routes Designation Criteria 43 CFR 8342 OHV Trails Designations Comprehensive! Unit One Why, What, How? Land Use Planning Land Use Planning and Implementation Planning 19 Slide 20 TTM Planning Presents opportunity to review Inventory & Resources Achieves Site-Specific Impact Analysis Allows incorporation of Best Management Practices Results in Defensible Decisions Aids in Dissemination of Information (User Maps etc.) Eases Development and Analysis of Future Actions Unit One Why, What, How?20 Slide 21 Planning Products Unit One Why, What, How?21 Slide 22 TTM Products Unit One Why, What, How?22 Slide 23 Questions? Unit One Why, What, How?23