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Investing in Transportation Merrimack Valley Planning Commission November 30, 2017 Stephanie Pollack, Secretary and CEO We are busy at MassDOT: In the last two years we have Spent $2.8 billion on highway construction contracts

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Investing in Transportation

Merrimack Valley Planning Commission November 30, 2017 Stephanie Pollack, Secretary and CEO

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We are busy at MassDOT: In the last two years we have…

  • Spent $2.8 billion on highway construction contracts
  • Paved approximately 2,000 lane miles of roadway

paved – equivalent to paving a one lane road across Massachusetts and back over 5 times

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  • Rehabilitated or replaced approximately 80 bridges,

including two Accelerated Bridge Program “Mega Projects”

  • Removed 24 manual toll plazas (159 toll booths) on I-90

(the Massachusetts Turnpike) and replaced with 16 All Electronic Tolling gantries

  • Installed 137 “GoTime” Real Time Traffic Signs on

highways throughout Massachusetts

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We are busy at MassDOT: In the last two years we have…

  • Distributed over $560 million in Chapter 90 payments

(out of $700 million authorized) to cities and towns to improve local roads

  • Installed approximately 160 miles of sidewalk
  • Awarded $12.5 million awarded through the

Complete Streets Funding Program for 26 cities and towns to improve and build new infrastructure.

  • Awarded $16 million awarded through the Small Municipal Bridge Program for

36 communities to preserve or repair their own small bridges between 10 and 20 feet not eligible for federal aid

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Transportation is not important for what it is

Roads and bridges, trains and tracks

Transportation is important for what it does

Gets people where they need to go and

connects them to opportunity Shapes and supports the economy of communities and regions

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How do we invest wisely to realize multiple returns?

  • Perform: Build capable transportation agencies – especially

the MBTA

  • Fix: Manage and improve asset condition in order to improve

reliability for drivers and transit users alike

  • Invest: Find and spend more resources, always while

prioritizing capital spending

  • Innovate: Reinvent how we plan, deliver and finance

transportation projects

  • Partner: Leverage our resources and capabilities by

partnering with cities and towns and others who share responsibility for the transportation network

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PERFORM

Fixing the MBTA

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MBTA Expert Panel Report (April 2015)

Unsustainable Operating Budget Flawed Contracting Processes Lack of Accountability Chronic Capital Underinvestment Bottlenecked Project Delivery Ineffective Workplace Practices Organizational Instability Shortsighted Expansion Program Lack of Customer Focus

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Changing governance and leadership

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Draft for Discussion & Policy Purposes Only

Accelerating MBTA Spending on State of Good Repair

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Commuter rail on time performance

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Haverhill Commuter Rail Line

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FIX

Improving Asset Condition

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Our assets are not in good condition

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Implementing Asset Management

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Pavement Condition in 2017 Update

  • Non-interstate

program challenges and strategies

  • Significant rise in non-

pavement spending within program (analysis detailed in report)

  • Bridge, safety, pedestrian

accommodations

  • Pavement Preservation

Policy is under development by task force (Highway, Municipal, Consultants, Contractors)

  • Guidance for project

development to ensure significant investment to pavements

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PERFORMANCE MEASURE CURRENT (FY17) CHANGE FROM FY16 2018 TARGET 2020 TARGET LONG- TERM TARGET PSI: Interstate (% good and excellent Condition) 87% (FFY16) +5% (FFY15) 85% 88% 90% PSI: Non-interstate (% good and excellent condition) 51% (FFY16)

  • 2%

(FFY15) 62% 62% 62%

  • New Predictive Modeling in 2018
  • System condition survey to be completed this fall
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Bridge Condition in 2017 Update

  • 15% of NHS deck area is poor
  • Amongst other cold weather

states including Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Michigan and Washington, MA is ranked at the bottom of National Standings

  • Meeting the 2020 target may be a

challenge under current spending

  • Report details Highway

Analysis of current investment

  • Preservation of fair bridges key

to long term reduction

We are here : 15% in 2017 2018 Target – 14% 2020 Target – 13% We want to be here: Long-term target - <10%

MAP-21 Performance Measure: % of NHS bridge area in poor condition

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INVEST

Increasing Investment While Prioritizing

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Whittier Bridge

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FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 Central Artery $2 $1 $1 $0 Highway $845 $950 $1,044 $1,002 Highway Payroll Costs ($157) ($1) $0 $0 Net Highway $689 $949 $1,044 $1,002 Highway + CA (including payroll) $847 $951 $1,045 $1,002 ABP 486 407 343 206 Chapter 90 197 211 224 230 Toll Capital 148 221 224 252 Total Highway 1,678 1,790 1,834 1,690 Rail 12 91 32 40 Transit/MBTA 139 276 301 245 Other 47 60 43 52 Total $1,876 $2,218 $2,210 $2,027

Accelerated Bridge finishes up but highway ramps up

Even with payroll costs removed, MassDOT Highway spending

  • n projects is at

record high levels – currently exceeding spending level seen at the height

  • f the Accelerated

Bridge Program.

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Capital Planning: Creating an Investment Portfolio

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INNOVATE

Reinventing How We Deliver Projects and Do Business

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Replacing the Comm. Ave. Bridge

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Implementing All-Electronic Tolling . . .

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. . . And reconstructing the Turnpike

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Public Private Partnerships: MBTA Automated Fare Collection 2.0

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PARTNER

Collaborate for Success

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Key partners in transportation

  • Metropolitan Planning Organizations
  • Transportation Management

Associations

  • Regional Transit Authorities
  • Cities and Towns
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Transportation Management Associations

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Metropolitan Planning Organizations

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Regional Transit Authorities

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Increasing support, expecting performance: Merrimack Valley RTA

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Like the MBTA, RTAs need to implement smarter bus service planning

Reliability Span Frequency Comfort Coverage

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Cities and towns are key partners: Complete Streets program

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Majority of communities in MA now participate

34 Registered Completed Tier 1: Attend Training & Pass Complete Streets Policy Completed Tier 2: Develop 5-Year Complete Streets Prioritization Plan Completed Tier 3: Submit Project Construction Application January 2017 150 112 27 26 September 2017 174 134 61 41

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Massachusetts is a national leader

  • 222 new Complete Streets policies

passed in 2016

  • In 2016, 51 policies from around the

nation scored above a 90; of those, 82% were from Massachusetts (42 municipalities)

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Merrimack Valley communities are embracing Complete Streets

Chelmsford was awarded $328,000 to install additional crosswalks at the intersection of North Road and Parkhurst Road, and to reconstruct and improve the sidewalk on Billerica Road between Chelmsford Village Center and the Center Elementary School Lawrence received funding to create a safer path to the Wetherbee School and to Riverside Park. Sidewalks will be repaired along Kingston Street to Riverside Park and new crosswalks and ADA compliant ramps at the intersections. Lowell was awarded funding to construct a new lighted and landscaped multi‐use shared path in the South Commons Park to provide vital connections between the Gallagher Multi‐Modal Bus/Train Terminal, the Rogers School STEM Academy, and the Markham Village low‐income apartments. Salisbury received $400,000 for reconstructing existing sidewalks and constructing new sidewalks on Pleasant Street and Seabrook Road. Westford was awarded nearly $400,000 in funding for constructing a new sidewalk along Main Street and Boston Road and a new pedestrian crossing to Town Common, in addition to other accessibility and safety improvements.

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The next initiative: Trails

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Thank You for Listening. Questions?

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Phase I—Crosby Drive: Construction Complete 2007 $3,809,203.84 Phase II—Middlesex Tpke: Construction Complete 2016 $11,683,387 Phase III—Middlesex Tpke: Network Drive Route 62 Route 3 Northbound Slip Ramp Route 3 Southbound Ramps Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington

Bedford & Billerica Middlesex Turnpike Improvements Project History

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Project Location

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Existing Conditions

Traffic Congestion

  • 16,135 vehicles per day in 2015
  • Level of Service E or F at major intersections
  • Excessive delay at unsignalized movements
  • One-quarter mile queues on mainline during peak periods
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Intersection Safety

  • No crosswalks present
  • The Lowell Regional Transit Authority service the project area.
  • Passengers are currently discharged onto the roadway shoulder with no

refuge area.

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Existing Conditions

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Proposed Improvements

Middlesex Turnpike Typical Section