Scenarios For The Future
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The following summary highlights the three scenarios and identifies how each could influence the transportation goals.
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Goals |
Staying On Track |
Switching Gears |
A New Direction |
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Transportation Service |
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Provides the necessary space, facilities and services to balance the use of all methods of transportation - automobile, transit, walking and cycling. |
Some progress is made to improve the services provided for non-automobile transportation, but there is little change in the priority or mobility of automobile. |
Progress is made to improve and expand the service provided for non-automobile transportation, particularly transit. By allowing some road congestion and changes to design and service standards, priority begins to shift from the automobile to transit, walking and cycling. |
To encourage a shift from the automobile to transit, walking and cycling, services and programs are aggressively promoted and expanded. Increased levels of road congestion are permitted, and service and design standards promote walking, cycling and transit. |
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Supports the integration of all methods of transportation with strategies and programs that are coordinated with system goals. |
Current planning practices, standards, guidelines and maintenance programs will continue. There is little effort to improve the strategies and programs that support the system goals. |
Planning practices, standards, guidelines and maintenance programs are improved for each method of transportation. There is a significant effort made towards creating the strategies and programs to support the system goals. |
Planning practices, standards and guidelines are very supportive and take a pro-active approach in creating programs that encourage the shift from the automobile to transit, walking and cycling. The entire transportation system, including parking, promotes the system goals. |
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Economic Environment |
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Promotes the efficient movement of goods to support economic development. |
By maintaining the existing levels of road congestion, it is very supportive of the movement of goods. |
Supportive of the movement of goods, but some increased road congestion may result in slightly longer intra-city travel times. |
Somewhat supportive of the movement of goods, but increased levels of road congestion will result in longer intra-city travel times. |
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Promotes the use of the existing infrastructure and resources to minimize the economic impact on the community. |
Roadway expansions occur at higher service levels. Somewhat supportive of minimizing the disruption of existing businesses. |
Balances the need for roadway expansion by maximizing the use of available space at slightly lower service levels. Supportive of minimizing disruption of existing businesses. |
Priority is given to non-automobile methods of transportation and to minor road improvements. Road expansion occurs only when the lower service levels are not met or are required for safety reasons. Very supportive of minimizing the disruption of existing businesses. |
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Supportive of better ways to pay for transportation infrastructure. |
Supports new methods of financing and new ways of delivering infrastructure. |
Encourages new methods of financing and new ways of delivering infrastructure. |
Promotes new methods of financing and new ways of delivering infrastructure. |
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Social & Cultural Environment |
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Promotes a mix of development densities and land use types. |
Somewhat supportive of land use mix, but continues to allow road expansion. |
Supportive, of land use mix that encourages non-automobile transportation. |
Very supportive of land use mix that promotes non-automobile transportation. |
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Supports and promotes elements necessary to accommodate users with special needs. |
By placing emphasis on automobile transportation, it is only somewhat supportive of users with special needs. |
By balancing the mix of automobile and non-automobile transportation, it is supportive of users with special needs. |
By promoting non-automobile transportation, it is very supportive of users with special needs. |
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Promotes urban transportation decisions that protect and enhance community features, institutions and their enjoyment. |
By allowing road expansions, it is only somewhat supportive of protecting and enhancing the community and will have greater social and cultural impacts. |
By balancing the approach to road expansions, it will be supportive of protecting and enhancing the community and will have lower social and cultural impacts. |
Very supportive of transportation decisions that minimize social and cultural impacts. |
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Natural Environment |
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Promotes urban transportation decisions that protect and enhance the environment. |
By allowing road expansions, it is only somewhat supportive and will have greater environmental impacts. |
Supportive of a balanced approach to road expansions, and will have lower environmental impacts. |
Very supportive of transportation decisions that minimize environmental impacts. |
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Cost |
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Capital and operating costs |
High - with emphasis on roads |
High - with a transfer of spending from roads to transit, walking and cycling |
High - with a substantial transfer of spending from roads to transit, walking and cycling. |
