The Appalachian Regional Commission

Only Two Basic Reasons for Transportation Coalitions

•Solve Common Problems or• Achieve Common Goals

Only Two Basic Reasons for Transportation Coalitions

•Solve Common Problems or• Achieve Common Goals

– ECONOMIC– QUALITY of LIFE

Specific Reasons for Transportation Coalitions

• Creation & Retention of Jobs

• Competition in national / global markets

• Meet the needs of a mobile society

• Provide human services

• Preservation of the environment

Specific Reasons for Transportation Coalitions

• Creation & Retention of Jobs

• Competition in national / global markets

• Meet the needs of a mobile society

• Provide human services

• Preservation of the environment

• When you think about it• Local agencies can not afford to compete with their neighbors

• There is strength in numbers

• It just makes common sense

The Appalachian Region

All of West Virginia

Parts of:AlabamaGeorgiaKentuckyMarylandMississippiNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennessee Virginia

The Appalachian Region

• 13 States

• 406 Counties

• 198,931 square miles

• 22,216,361 people

• 42 % rural

By the 1960s,

Appalachia was a “region set apart.”

• One of three Appalachians lived in poverty,

50% higher than the national average.

• Unemployment was 40% higher than the national average.

• Between 1950 and 1960, net out-migration from Appalachia

exceeded two million persons.

• The school dropout rate was well over 50%.

Appalachian Regional Commission

1965

• Highways

• Hospitals

• Sewage Treatment

• Land Conservation

• Mine Land Restoration

• Flood Control

• Water Resource Mgmt.

• Vocational Education

• Community Development

• Technical Assistance

Program and Projects

PurposePromote Economic and Social Development

PurposePromote Economic and Social Development

Appalachian Regional Commission organizational chart

Federal Co-ChairmanJesse L. White, Jr.

2001 States’ Co-Chairman Kentucky Gov. Paul E.

Patton

Federal Office

Inspector General

Executive Director

Washington States’ Office

Planning and Research Program Operations

Finance and Administration

General Counsel

Federal partner 13 Appalachian Governors

Public Affairs

PublicationsEntrepreneurship

Distressed Counties

Local Development Districts

Transportation

= 1 vote = 1 vote

Education

Infrastructure

Health Care

Leadership &Civic Capacity

Dynamic Economy

ARC’s

Six Major Program

Areas

Transportation

Transportation$450.0 mil

Education$10.0 mil

Infrastructure$41.9 mil

Health Care$11.2 mil

Leadership &Civic Capacity

4.3 milDynamic Economy$11.4 mil

ARC’s

Six Major

Program Areas

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

West Virginia

Virginia

Tennessee

South Carolina

Pennsylvania

Ohio

New York

North Carolina

Mississippi

Maryland

Kentucky

Georgia

Alabama

Education and Training

Physical Infrastructure

Civic Capacity

Dynamic Economies

Health Care

Fiscal Year 1999Fiscal Year 1999

ARC Funding by State and Goal AreaARC Funding by State and Goal Area

Health Care

Appalachian Development Highway SystemAppalachian Development Highway System

Adequate or Complete

To be Completed

Interstate System

Two Distinct Funding Mechanismsfor Advancing ARC Projects

• Area Development Projects– Annual appropriation from

General Fund

– Funds flow through ARC

• Highway Projects– Multi-year appropriation

from Highway Trust Fund

– Funds flow through FHWA

Two Distinct Tracks for Advancing ARC Projects

• Area Development Projects

• Highway Projects

Area Development Projects

• ARC Strategic Plan approved by the Commission• State’s Strategic Statement submitted by each Governor &

approved by the Commission • Projects initiated by LDDs• Projects prioritized by State Program Manager• Projects reviewed by State’s Alternate• Projects submitted by the Governor• Projects reviewed by ARC Staff• Projects approved by Federal Co- Chairman• Projects implemented by LDD/Locals/State or Federal

Agency• Projects evaluated by ARC staff

Highway Projects

• ADHS & eligible mileage authorized by Congress

• Corridor location, termini, and eligible mileage to States are approved by the Commission

• Projects are advanced by State DOTs

• Projects follow federal-aid highway procedures and are monitored by the FHWA

Export Trade

ARC’s Special Initiatives

Intermodal Transportation Telecommunications

Entrepreneurship

An Assessment of Intermodal Transportation in the Appalachian Region

May 1999

TOFC/COFC FacilitiesInter-city Bus Routes

AirportsAmtrak Stations

IntermodalTransportation

Systems

Intermodal Transportation Systems

Intermodal Transportation Summitsponsored by

ARC & USDOTLexington, KY

May 1999

ARC’s 10 Intermodal Planning Grants

$0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7

Total Building andMaintenance Costs

Total Impact withConstruction Benefits

ADHS Total EconomicImpact

Billions of Dollars

ADHS Benefits Exceed Costs

Have We a Difference in Appalachia ?

Distressed Counties of the Appalachian Region: 1960

219 Counties

Distressed Counties in the Appalachian Region - FY 2001

114 Counties

Reasons for ARC’s Success• Set up by Congress (clout with Federal agencies)

• Staff to provide technical support, research & evaluation

• Separate federal funding provides a catalyst

• Multi frontal approach

• Bottoms up approach

• 50 / 50 State/Federal partnership

• Local/State/Federal partnership

• Forum to share successes and failures

• Common goal to reach win-win solutions

Major Challenges Facing ARC’s

• Funding levels have not kept pace with the demand

• Keeping a regional focus vs. a local focus

• Balance of power requires consensus on all decisions = time

• Shooting at a moving target

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Appalachia

A Proud Past!

A Bright Future!