Strategic Traffic Planning For Small-Mid Cities

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1 Strategic Traffic Planning For Small-Mid Cities The 8 Step Guide To Make Your City The Place to Live John Taber, Ph.D., PE Heber, UT

2 The Traffic Planning 8 Create The Vision & Quality Standards Long-Term at Expense of Short-Term Form Follows Function Concept Time is Critical

3 The Traffic Planning 8 Continuous Process Flow Integrate Special Routes (Ped/Bike, Emergency, Special Events) Dealing With Disasters Prioritize & Incremental Improvement

4 Keep The Vision of Your City

5 Keep The Vision of Your City

6 Typical Collector

7 Set The Quality Standards

8 Set The Quality Standards

9 Set The Quality Standards

10 Set The Quality Standards

11 Protect Your City's Base Infrastructure Establish What The City's Base is Recreation Industry Residential Commercial Be Sure Your Road Plan Supports That

12 Stopping The Line

13 Long-Term vs. Short-Term

14 Toyota Way Typical City

15 Fail To Plan Plan To Fail

16 Corridor Preservation Maybe Original

17 No 4-Lane Roads

18 Failing To Capture The Development Money

19 Road Problems Don't Go Away They Get Worse

20 Projecting Growth

21 Top Down Bottom Up

22 Pockets of Build-Out

23 Evaluate Build-Out Then Scale Back

24 Coordinating With The DOT

25 By-Passes That Work Limited Access Controlled Development Easy On-Off Business Route Divert Trucks

26 Form Follows Function

27 Functionality Arterials Thru Traffic High Speed Minimal Access Collectors Lots of Access Lots of Conflicts Local Slow Speeds

28 True or False As a Collector Gets More Traffic, It Becomes An Arterial

29 A Road Cannot Serve 2 Masters

30 A Road Cannot Serve 2 Masters

31 A Road Cannot Serve 2 Masters

32 Create a Smooth Planning & Review Process Maintain Plan Consistent w/ Developers Staff Efficiency

33 Concept Time Is Critical

34 Concept Issues Vision Fit Right of Way Number of Access Points Driveway Locations Outlook For Major Improvements Est. Impact Fees

35 Efficient Review

36 Integrate Special Routes (Ped/Bike, Emergency, Special Events) Ped / Bike Routes Make Viable From-To Routes Emergency Routes No Speed Bumps! Flash Pt (approx 6 mins) Special Events Preserve Park & Ride Lots

37 Where's The Route?

38 Separate The Conflicts

39 Separate The Conflicts (CBD)

40 Disaster Planning Pro Active vs. Reactive The Red Cross & FEMA Need a Master Course From Wal Mart Phil Capitano, Mayor Kenner,LA

41 Planning To Avoid Disasters Assign Dangers To Zones Flooding, Fire, Earthquake, Slides Requirements For High Risk Zones Firehouse?, Escape Routes Protect Emergency Routes Uncongested, No Speed Bumps!

42 Kaizen Start Small Provo: 1st Rounabout at minor location, now about 15 roundabouts Improve First Attempts Midway Street Lights Build Half

43 A Beginning

44 Get ROW Build Half

45 What You Can Do Now Create Urgency To Create Plans Once Development Approved - Tough To Change. Have An Advance Scenario Plan Anticipate Major Developments Have Possible Courses of Action For Major Projects - Rally Troops Establish Response Team

46 Our Strategic Plan Is To Do Something Herb Kellerher, Southwest Air

47 Questions? Blog: Web:

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