Infrastructure and Growth Leadership Advisory Group Ideas and Approaches Survey

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1 Infrastructure and Growth Leadership Advisory Group Ideas and Approaches Survey In its second meeting, the Infrastructure and Growth Leadership Advisory Group expanded and refined the list of approaches/ideas to address each of the six key issues. In this survey, please evaluate how comfortable you are with each set of key issue and approaches/ideas. A rating of 4 indicates that you are completely comfortable that the key issue and the listed approaches/ideas accurately captures the concepts discussed by the group and adequately covers approaches/ideas for the scope of the key issue. A rating of 3 indicates that you would be comfortable with the set with a few slight changes. A rating of 2 indicates that you are less than comfortable with the set and have some recommendations for improvement. And a rating of 1 indicates that you are completely uncomfortable with the set and have recommendations for major revisions. Please provide comments in the box below each rating, particularly if you are responding with a rating of 2 or 1. The results of the survey will be our starting point for discussion at the final advisory group meeting on May 11th.

2 Key Issue 1: Maintain transportation system in good condition Expand from a traditional focus on highways to proactively manage transportation assets for all modes, including: o Assess risks and other uncertainties, e.g., service interruptions, changes in vehicle size and weight, changes in truck and passenger traffic from major developments, and climate trends; o Improve consistency in the availability of system inventory and condition data across modes and levels of government; o Develop and implement asset management objectives, performance measures, and performance targets for all modes and levels of government. Adapt maintenance practices to support changes in transportation infrastructure priorities, including: o Maintain new and emerging technologies, e.g. intelligent transportation systems, vehicle charging stations, solar highways, etc.; o Recognize the potential impacts of larger freight and passenger vehicles across all modes; and o Maintain infrastructure that supports shifting customer preferences, e.g., recognize potential growth in transit ridership and in travel on navigable waterways. I had to read this several time to understand what is being said. At the risk of making it a little longer, might use plainer English

3 Key Issue 2: Innovate to improve transportation system performance Promote more efficient freight flows and logistics patterns, including: o Accommodate both point to point and hub and spoke distribution models; o Improve the balance of inbound and outbound freight shipments to and from Florida; and o Integrate technology, such as ITS and truck platooning, to promote efficient freight movement. Develop innovative transportation solutions by harnessing software and data and its connection to the physical world, including: o Support automated route planning for freight and people; o Use emerging technologies such as intelligent transportation systems, dynamic adjustment of traffic patterns, connected vehicles, automated passenger and freight vehicles, and real time tracking of containers and other assets; o Improve parking through technology, e.g., apps to show available spots, automated vehicles that can park themselves; o Implement the use of a universal, user friendly payment system for all transportation modes (tolls, bus or train fare, bike share or car share fees, parking fees, etc.); and o Improve incident management through technology and information. Support the use of alternative fuels, including: o Providing fueling facilities or charging stations for alternative fueled vehicles on public infrastructure; and o Generating energy through pavement sensors, solar highways, and solar panels in medians or on noise abatement walls. Develop innovative multi-purpose, multimodal terminals and corridors including: o Emphasize optimizing existing facilities and right of way over developing new facilities and right of way; o Extend and integrate managed lanes into broader systems, including potential conversion of general purpose lanes to managed lanes as their use continues to evolve; o Develop freight-only corridors or truck-only highway lanes in targeted locations to improve safety and accommodate growth in demand and vehicle size; o Coordinate use of right of way to support multiple, compatible uses (multiple modes, utilities, and communication infrastructure); o Emphasize multimodal terminals to improve choice and connectivity; o Expand the capacity of major freight and passenger hubs and corridors to accommodate larger freight and passenger vehicles while staying sensitive to local context; and o Develop multi-level infrastructure, particularly as an option in built-out urbanized areas, e.g., elevated bicycle, transit, or express lanes. Research, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art materials, technology, and methodologies into all phases of transportation infrastructure design, construction, maintenance, and operations (e.g., visualization, 3D printers, self-healing pavement, solar highways). Improve customer service by streamlining regulatory processes (e.g., vehicle registrations, oversize/overweight vehicle permitting, safety and weight inspections, customs inspections) to reduce wait times. I would like us to recommend addressing stormwater by collecting water and sending to local water treatment systems to be used for water reclaim instead of retention ponds

4 I am concerned that freight-only corridors/truck only lanes will lead to more investment in roads instead of moving more freight onto rails and having trucks provide the first/last leg of the trip. Are there examples where this has been executed and found to be cost-effective? Multi-level infrastructure also sounds expensive. I would like to see an analysis of cost & use in places where this multi-level approach has been taken. I am also concerned about the cost of constructing roads & bridges to handle larger, heavier trucks & passenger vehicles. I would like to see a cost analysis of investing in rail capacity vs building roads/bridges for heavier loads

5 Key Issue 3: Expand modal choices for people and freight Improve the functionality of transportation systems that provide multimodal options, including: o Proactively and comprehensively plan for all transportation modes including walking, bicycling, and transit in the context of regional and community visions and land use decisions; o Provide infrastructure and services for shorter distance trips (e.g., circulators, personal rapid transit, on-demand transit); o Improve last-mile transit solutions that use walking, bicycling, and shared or automated vehicles to deliver people to transit stations; o Provide infrastructure and services for longer distance trips (e.g., air travel, interregional rail and bus, waterways); and o Promote the increased use of coastal and inland waterways. With respect to the last mile, I would add that the transportation systems must be convenient to be effective. If people have to make multiple connections to get where they are going on transit, ridership is pushed toward people that have no alternative. I want to get on the transit within walking distance of my origin and destination

6 Key Issue 4: Improve transportation connectivity Improve connectivity between communities and regions within Florida, including: o Improve synchronization and connectivity between modes, including automated trip planning, schedule coordination, co-located terminals, and integrated payment, for passenger travel; o Improve the efficiency of connections between hubs (airports, seaports, city centers, jobs centers, spaceports, intermodal logistics centers, etc.); o Improve connectivity among local transit systems and between local and regional transit systems; o Improve pedestrian, bicycle, and transit connectivity from a local to interregional scale to provide access to jobs, retail, and other destinations; o Provide cost-effective, competitive intrastate travel using multiple modes (roadways, air service, rail, transit) that address changing market demands, technologies, and business models; o Invest in high capacity passenger rail that connects urban centers with other modes throughout the state; and o Proactively plan for right of way/corridor/land use needs far into the future (all modes freight and passenger, pipeline, communications conduit, etc.). Improve connectivity between Florida and other states and nations, including: o Develop interstate truck and rail corridors to other states including Texas, Georgia, and Alabama; o Improve direct service to and from Florida s seaport and airports. Regarding ped/bike/transit connectivity, it is critical to understand that connectivity is not enough to make these systems effective. Florida has tens of thousands of miles of sidewalks along highways and streets that will never be used because they travel past parking lots, open fields, stormwater retention areas, gas stations, strip centers, malls, etc. Transportation systems that will be used by people requires that we pay careful attention to the design of sidewalks, bike lanes & transit that are actually used by people, Human are as particular and predictable as any species on the planet about preferred habitat. We know from successful ped & bike systems that connectivity is but one element of a successful design

7 Key Issue 5: Improve the transportation system s resiliency to extreme weather events and climate trends Adapt and maintain infrastructure in coordination with utilities and other partners to reduce the magnitude and consequences of damage and disruption as a result of future extreme weather events and climate trends. Incorporate asset management planning and risk modeling for all modes to balance investment decisions against the risk of damage. Provide more diversity in the system by providing multimodal options for evacuation. Create more inland distribution centers to reduce the vulnerability of the freight system. Incorporate the risk of climate trends and extreme weather events into long-range planning, design, asset management planning, and investment decision-making practices. None Provided