Statewide Transportation Planning Framework  
Community Workshop Online Participation  

Following is background information that will assist you in providing your feedback.

Some common terms defined:

• Scenario – a representation of the potential future transportation system considering the stated assumptions.
• Assumptions – statements describing the future conditions that the scenarios are based upon.
• Sustainability – meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. As defined by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Please review the brief Community Workshop Presentation that will provide an overview of the bqAZ process to date and explain the three scenarios. When finished, there are a series of questions related to each of the scenarios for you to consider and provide your input.

Overview of Scenarios

Scenario Planning Goals

• Foster safe and efficient mobility.
• Achieve sustainable development which is defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
• Reduce greenhouse gas production.
• Support energy independence (security).
• Improve overall quality of life.
• Provide various types of transportation options (such as transit).

Assumptions for all Scenarios

• Each scenario includes multimodal transportation options, but to varying levels.
• All scenarios address sustainable or smart growth principles, but to varying levels.
• Builds upon the baseline (today’s current situation) condition of statewide transportation system. This includes state, local and regional existing projects and maintenance, plus committed (funded) transportation projects.
• Includes selection of appropriate projects from the Statewide Transportation Investment Strategy and Critical Needs Study (which identified potential transportation improvements statewide) that address each scenario’s philosophy.
• Land use that the regional transportation system supports is consistent with current local and regional plans--except Scenario C, which encourages increased land use densities in certain areas.
• Each scenario is independent of the others.

Please provide your reactions to the three multimodal scenarios presented. Each scenario used a set of assumptions that guided the creation and includes a variety of projects that address the long-term (2030 and 2050) regional mobility needs and desires. We want your reaction to both – assumptions and scenarios.

Scenario A – Personal Vehicle Mobility

Description: This scenario assumes a continuation of the existing approach of focusing on transportation solutions (primarily roadways) that assume people will continue to choose to drive their cars as their primary mode of transportation. However, this scenario also includes significantly more transit than is currently available today.

Scenario Philosophy

• Transportation planning and infrastructure improvements will be similar to today (2009).
• Personal vehicles will continue to be the primary travel choice.
• New technologies, such as clean, affordable and abundant fuels, will be developed for vehicles and available to the average consumer.
• This scenario also contains significant transit improvements.

What is your reaction to the assumptions used to craft this scenario?

Please review the Statewide Scenario A graphics:

• 2050 Scenario A: Personal Vehicle Mobility   

  What is your reaction to the projects identified in the scenario?
  

Scenario B – Transit Mobility

Description: This scenario shifts the focus from personal vehicles to a heavier emphasis on public transit, walking, and bicycling for regular daily trips in response to increased cost of owning and operating personal vehicles (fuel, insurance, and vehicle maintenance costs) and socioeconomic trends such as an aging population, environmental considerations, and a desire for a wider range of transportation choices.

Key Assumptions

• Transit, walking, and bicycling become a more prominent choice for regular trips in response to increasing fuel costs and limited improvements in alternative energy technologies.
• Personal vehicles remain an important mode of transportation.
• Includes a major emphasis on the use of public transit for regular trip making.
• Fuel costs continue to increase and vehicle technology improves somewhat.
• Land use is consistent with current plans.

What is your reaction to the assumptions used to craft this scenario?

Please review the Statewide Scenario B graphic:

• 2050 Scenario B: Transit Mobility

  What is your reaction to the projects identified in the scenario?
  

Scenario C – Focused Growth

Description: This scenario envisions a change in community development patterns toward more compact instead of spread-out development. It shifts the focus from personal vehicles only to transportation improvements emphasizing local travel using transit, bicycling, and walking. This scenario responds to a growing trend toward a non-auto-dependent lifestyle that encourages a mix of land uses close to one another.

Key Assumptions

• Combines a mix of technology improvements, increased public transit use, and increased walking and bicycling.
• Transportation improvements are located to maximize preservation of local and regional environmental, cultural, and scenic values.
• Transportation improvements encourage more compact growth patterns in towns and cities and increasing local travel using transit, bicycling, and walking.
• Continued use of personal vehicles as a primary travel choice with increasing use of advanced technology vehicles.
• Land use will be consistent with Smart Growth principles (major towns and cities become denser while smaller communities’ land use remains constant).

What is your reaction to the assumptions used to craft this scenario?

Please review the Scenario C graphics:

• 2050 Scenario C: Focused Growth

What is your reaction to the projects identified in the scenario?

Just One Last Question

Please let us know if ADOT and the project team should consider additional information as the project moves forward.

Thank you for your input.