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Delaware Department of Transportation Council on Transportation April 15, 2019

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Curren ent t DelDOT OT CTP Prior oritiz itization ation Criteria ria 5.0% 5.0% Safety 6.5% 6.5% System Operating Effectiveness 7.2% 7.2% 33.0% 0% Multi-Modal 7.9% 7.9% Mobility/Flexibility/Access Revenue Generation/Economic Development/Jobs & Commerce 15.6% 6% Impact on the Public/Social Disruption/Economic Justice 24.8% 8% Environmental Impact/Stewardship System Presevation 3

 Current rrent Quan uanti tita tativ ive e Criteri eria a (70. 0.7%): o Safety (33%) o System Operating Effectiveness (24.8%) o Revenue Generation/Economic Development/Jobs & Commerce (7.9%) o System Preservation (5%)  Current rrent Qualit ualitat ativ ive e Criter eria ia (29. 9.3%): %): o Multi-Modal Mobility/Flexibility/Access (15.6%) o Impac pact t on the Publi lic/S c/Soci cial al Disru ruption tion/Econ /Econom omic ic Just stice ice (7.2 .2%) %) o Environmental Impact/Stewardship (6.5%) 4

 Current process was adopted in December 2013  DelDOT’s current investments in data collection allows the opportunity for more “data - driven” process  Other r criteria eria have ve evolved ved, possibly better able to “drive the CTP” 5

 Setting the course for transportation investment in highways, the FAST Act — o Improves mobility on America’s highways o Supports economic growth o Incorporates Performance Measures ◦ Safety ◦ Travel Time Reliability/Information from TMC APP  These goals could be better incorporated in our process 6

Mission Vision Goal Prioritization Criteria Prioritization Sub-Criteria Every Trip We strive to make every trip taken in • Minimize the number of fatalities • Safety ty − New Safety ty Scores Delaware safe, reliable and convenient for and injuries on our system • System Operating −No. of Strategies addressed in people and commerce. • Build and mainain a nationally Effecti tive veness the Strateg tegic Highwa way Safety ty Plan recognized system benefiting • Priority − Apply TMPC operati tion on data travelers and commerce −Identified as Congestion Corridors by MPO, Comprehensive Plans, and/or Planning Studies − State and Local Prior ority ty Every Mode We provide safe choices for travelers in • Provide every traveler with access • Multimodal − Multimodal Delaware to access roads, rails, buses, and choices to our transportation Mobility/Flexibility/ Mobility/Flexibility/ Access airways, waterways, bike trails, and walking system Access paths. Every Dollar We seek the best value for every dollar • Minimize the environmental • Environmental − Environmental spent for the benefit of all. impact of the state's transportation Impact/Stewardship Impact/Stewardship system • Revenue Generation and −Identified in a Transportation • Achieve financial sustainability Economic Development Improvement District (TID) through accuracy, transparency and − Cost -sharing Support accountability − Freight Corridor − Economic omic Impact t Everyone We provide safe choices for travelers in • Develop and maintain a place • Imp mpact t of the Delaware to access roads, rails, buses, where talented and motivated Public/Soc ocial − Social and Health th Elemen ments ts airways, waterways, bike trails, and walking employees love to work and can be Disrupt ption/Envi viron onme menta tal paths. national leaders in transportation Justi tice 7

 Safety ◦ Apply Safety ty Scores to a all projects ts ◦ Roadway y Segme ments nts – Critica cal l Crash h Ratio ◦ Inters rsecti ctions ons (new) ) – Crash h Index ◦ No. of Strategies addressed in the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) – consider derin ing g removi ving ng this criterion rion ◦ Rationale – nearly every project meets at least one emphasis area of the SHSP so this criterion is not helpful in prioritization ◦ Rationale for revisions ◦ More aligned with the DelDOT Goal of “ Minimize the number of fatalities and injuries on our system” ◦ More aligned with the Strategic Highway Safety Plan DelDOT Division of Planning 8

 Safety ◦ Roadway Segment: Critical Crash Ratio ◦ Three (3) most recent calendar years of fatal and injury crash data for which data is available. ◦ Current method considers all crashes in calculations ◦ Intersection: Crash Index ◦ Crash Index (CI) based on three (3) most recent calendar years of crash data ◦ Methodology developed in coordination with WILMAPCO ◦ Values updated every other year in coordination with WILMAPCO ◦ CI = (Number of Fatal Crashes * 40) + (Number of Injury Crashes * 4.5)+ (Number of Property Damage Only Crashes * 1) DelDOT Division of Planning 9

o Existi ting ng Conge gesti tion on Leve vel o DelDO DOT TMC C Opera eratio ion Data a o TMC or T TDM o Bluetoo tooth th Reader ers o Roadway Segment ent o Traffi fic Signal System tem Detecto ectors rs o Intersec rsecti tion on o Identified as Congestion Corridors by MPO, Comprehensive Plans, and/or Planning Studies 10

 Multi-Modal Mobility/Flexibility/Access - ◦ Assess the extent to which the Project addresses transportation choices and allows additional connectivity to the existing system  Revenue Generation/Economic Development/Jobs & Commerce – ◦ Identified in a Transportation Improvement District (TID) ◦ Cost-sharing Support ◦ Freight Corridor ◦ Econom omic c Impact (Competi petiti tive veness) DelDOT Division of Planning 11

Transportation Improvement Household and Industry Response & Change in Access Travel Benefits Economic Growth (Impact) Source: TREDIS 12

Transportation Data Input (Delaware Travel Demand Model) TREDIS ANALYSIS Decision Lens Project Result Data 13

 Project Result Data for Decision Lens Inputs ◦ Future year percentage change in employment ◦ Future year percentage change in economy ◦ XX-year GDP added by the project, divided by the XX-year level of value in the baseline economy ◦ Compare re the perce centag age chang nge in employment yment and econo nomy my of e each ch project ect and rank k them em accordingly ngly DelDOT Division of Planning 14

o Baseline and Project-Build cases o Annual Trips o Passenger Vehicles and Trucks o Annual Vehicle-Miles Traveled o Annual Vehicle-Hours Traveled 15

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o Travel demand models may show changes in traffic volume, vehicle-miles of travel, vehicle-hours of travel and volume/capacity ratio. o TREDIS translates such changes into effects on costs, reliability, safety and traffic volumes. o It incorporates the full industry structure of IMPLAN - an economic input-output model of industry relationships among producers, consumers, and institutions for any given region. o TREDIS also adds dynamic forecasting of long-term changes in the economy, general equilibrium equations representing labor force and industry cost responses, and transportation effects. DelDOT Division of Planning 17

 Impact on the Public/Social Disruption/Economic Justice (Revised) ised) ◦ Assess the extent to which the project supports investment in existing communities and provides community enhancements such as sidewalks, safe routes to school, etc. ◦ Keep for connectivity purpose ◦ Social and Healt lth h Elements ◦ EPA A EJ Screen eens DelDOT Division of Planning 18

o Social and Health Elements – ◦ Base on EPA’s EJ Screen Demographic Indicators (https://ejscreen.epa.gov/mapper/) ◦ Below are factors to considering ◦ Perce cent t low – income ** ◦ Perce cent t minority * ◦ Percent less than high school education ◦ Percent in linguistic isolation ◦ Percent over age 64 ◦ Percent under age 5 *= Per USDOT Environmental Justice Strategy (November 15, 2016) DelDOT Division of Planning 19

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 Environmental Impact/Stewardship – ◦ Assess the extent to which the Project mitigates the threat or damage to the environment, including Air Quality  System em Preservati rvation (Delet lete) e) ◦ Assess the extent to which a project contributes towards system preservation and is identified through an existing preservation program ◦ DelDOT currently has a system preservation program for bridge, roadway pavement, signage, etc DelDOT Division of Planning 22

 Priori rity y (New) ew) ◦ Delaware ware Strate tegies gies for State te Policies es and Spendi nding ng ◦ Prepared by Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination ◦ Approved by Cabinet Committee on State Planning Issues ◦ Local Priority: y: Top fifteen projects identified by Delaware MPOs and Sussex County that are supported by the local and/or state planning efforts could be given a higher weight in Decision Lens ◦ Top fifteen (15) Local Priority Projects will be scored. DelDOT Division of Planning 23

o Fou our Types pes of f Invest estmen ment Levels els for Transpor ansporta tati tion ◦ Leve vel 1: Investment Level 1 Areas are often municipalities, towns, or urbanizing area ◦ Leve vel 2: Less developed areas within municipalities; near Level 1 areas and rapidly growing areas in the counties ◦ Leve vel 3: Lands that are adjacent to or intermingled with fast- growing areas within counties or municipalities ◦ Leve vel 4: Rural in nature, open space/natural areas and agricultural industry 24