Federal Funding of Transportation Improvements in BRAC Cases Special Report 302 (2011) / Chapter Skim
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3 Planning and Decision-Making Processes
3 Planning and Decision-Making Processes
Pages 47-54
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MeTroPoliTan TransPorTaTion-Planning Process Since 1962, metropolitan areas have had to carry out a continuing, comprehensive planning process in a cooperative manner with affected parties. Each urbanized area must have a metropolitan planning organization (MPO)
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It is not uncommon for major arterial roads and transit systems serving major metropolitan areas to be congested during peak periods, with some of them extremely congested beyond the peak period. The case study examples of I-395 near the Mark Center in Virginia and I-5 near Joint Base Lewis–McChord in Washington indicate sections of Interstates that operate in stop-and-go conditions during the peak and that have peaks lasting several hours.
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If additional facilities are needed, construction projects may be undertaken to build new facilities or to upgrade existing, substandard facilities to accommodate new missions, accept technological changes, and improve operational efficiency. This planning process focuses primarily on the capital facility requirements at the base and not on the expectations the bases have of the infrastructure and of the surrounding communities.
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The project definition effort begins at the installation level and moves through the chain of command until the project ultimately is included in the budget submittal. To the extent that this planning and budgeting process is carried out at each facility, it is apparently done with little coordination and cooperation from surrounding communities (GAO 2007)
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Decisions to locate in a metropolitan area may be inadequately informed about the carrying capacity of civil transportation infrastructure and the consequences the military's decision would have on the surrounding community and, potentially, on the military. conclusions and looking Forward Although the MPO process is the institutional mechanism through which regional transportation planning is conducted, by all appearances the military bases in metropolitan areas are not typically engaged in this process.
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and DoD. USDOT needs to revise FHWA–FTA joint planning regulations to explicitly require MPOs to include the transportation requirements of military bases in their planning process and to add military representatives to those consulted in the planning process.
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Training courses could be developed in concert with USDOT and some military personnel could benefit from courses provided by FHWA and FTA. Direct technical assistance to base personnel will likely be necessary as this process takes shape.
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