Statewide Planning Activities and Challenges

8. In what calendar year did your state DOT issue its most recent long-range statewide transportation plan?
  Year

9. If your state issued a long-range plan prior to the most recent plan (identified in 8), in what calendar year did your state issue that plan?
  Year

    a. Not applicable (State did not issue a prior plan.)
 

   

10. Which of the following elements are included in your state’s most recent long-range transportation plan?
    Yes No Don't know
  a. Broad goals for the state’s transportation system
  b. Objectives to achieve transportation goals
  c. List of specific projects to be programmed
  d. Cost estimates for specific projects to be programmed
  e. Financial plan demonstrating fiscal constraint for implementing the plan
  f. Quantitative performance targets for achieving transportation goals
  g. Identification of regionally significant projects
   

    Yes No Don't know
  h. Cost estimates for regionally significant projects
  i. Statewide freight transportation strategy
  j. Statewide intermodal transportation strategy
  k. Published schedule for updating and revising the plan
  l. Method for the public to track progress made in implementing the plan
  m. Other
   

  (If "Other") Please specify.  
   

11. In developing your state's most recent long-range transportation plan and statewide transportation improvement program (STIP), did your state DOT perform any of the following activities?

  Funding
    Performed for long-range plan Performed for STIP Performed for both long-range plan and STIP Not performed for either Don't know
  a. Referred to state-defined principles or priorities for investment decisions
  b. Allocated funding across regions by formula
  c. Allocated funding across regions based on need
  d. Allocated funding across types of projects (e.g., bridge, pavement maintenance, transit, bicycle/pedestrian)
   

  Modeling
    Performed for long-range plan Performed for STIP Performed for both long-range plan and STIP Not performed for either Don't know
  e. Used transportation models to develop scenarios
  f. Developed statewide transportation demand model
  g. Developed statewide freight demand model
   

  Outreach
    Performed for long-range plan Performed for STIP Performed for both long-range plan and STIP Not performed for either Don't know
  h. Held individual meetings with local officials in state regions to determine needs
  i. Conducted surveys or focus groups with the general public
  j. Conducted surveys or focus groups with freight users
   

  Research and Analysis
    Performed for long-range plan Performed for STIP Performed for both long-range plan and STIP Not performed for either Don't know
  k. Inventoried major elements of the existing transportation system (e.g., bridges, interstates)
  l. Reviewed the condition of existing transportation assets to identify assets with the greatest need
  m. Conducted statewide or regional corridor studies
  n. Used performance data to make decisions on long-range statewide transportation plan or STIP
  o. Conducted economic analysis for individual projects (e.g., benefit-cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, economic-impact analysis)
  p. Used a quantitative approach for selecting projects (e.g., scoring system, selection criteria)
   

  Other
    Performed for long-range plan Performed for STIP Performed for both long-range plan and STIP Not performed for either Don't know
  q. Procured contractor services to assist with technical planning activities (e.g., data collection, modeling, developing planning products)
  r. Required rural planning organizations to develop their own long-range plans or transportation improvement programs (TIPs)
  s. Linked planning activities to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) standards
  t. Presented projects to state legislature for approval
  u. Other
   

  (If "Other") Please specify.  
   

12. Does your state DOT currently use a statewide transportation demand model(s)?
(Check one.)
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2. (Skip to 14.)
3. (Skip to 14.)

13. (If "Yes" to 12) Does your state DOT's statewide transportation model(s) include any of the following elements?

  Modal Accessibility and Use
    Yes No Don't know
  a. Accessibility of seaports
  b. Accessibility of inland navigable waterways
  c. Accessibility of airport to vehicular traffic
  d. Transit use
  e. Intercity passenger rail use
   

  Traffic
    Yes No Don't know
  f. Truck traffic
  g. Rail freight traffic
  h. Peak vehicular traffic
  i. Total vehicular traffic
  j. Bicycle or pedestrian traffic
   

  Other
    Yes No Don't know
  k. Land use
  l. Economic or fiscal prospects
  m. Demographic profile
  n. Other
   

  (If "Other") Please specify.  
   

14. What are the three most significant challenges that your state DOT encounters in developing its long-range statewide transportation plan?

  a. Our most significant long-range planning challenge is:

  b. Our second most significant long-range planning challenge is:

  c. Our third most significant long-range planning challenge is:

15. How important were the following when determining which projects to include in your state's most recent STIP?

  Analysis and Planning
    Very great importance Great importance Moderate importance Some importance No importance Don't know
  a. Results of economic analysis of individual projects (e.g., benefit-cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, economic-impact analysis)
  b. Transportation plans developed by nearby states
  c. Transportation projects recommended by rural planning organizations
   

  Funding
    Very great importance Great importance Moderate importance Some importance No importance Don't know
  d. Transportation funding priorities established by the governor
  e. Availability of federal funds
  f. Availability of state funds
  g. Availability of state or local funds to match federal funds
  h. Federal earmarks
  i. State earmarks
   

  Stakeholder Support
    Very great importance Great importance Moderate importance Some importance No importance Don't know
  j. Political support for specific projects
  k. Public support for specific projects
  l. Land-use interests of private developers
  m. Land-use interests of local governments
   

  Other
    Very great importance Great importance Moderate importance Some importance No importance Don't know
  n. Other
   

  (If "Other") Please specify.  
   

16. What are the three most significant challenges that your state DOT encounters in developing its STIP?

  a. Our most significant STIP challenge is:

  b. Our second most significant STIP challenge is:

  c. Our third most significant STIP challenge is:

17. How frequently does your state DOT revise and submit a new STIP to FHWA and FTA for approval, not including STIP amendments?
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