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Policy Plan
For Intergovernmental Collaboration
PUBLIC DISCUSSION DRAFT
BASED ON OKI LAND USE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, NOVEMBER 2004
Introduction |
Transportation |
Public Facilities and Services
Natural Systems |
Housing |
Economic Development
Land Use |
Footnotes
TRANSPORTATION
Policy Opportunity:
1. Coordination among transportation
planning, land use planning, capital budgeting, and economic development by
Hamilton County and local government can help to provide an effective,
balanced, integrated and financially constrained1
transportation system for Hamilton County and the region.
Implementation Policies:
1.1. Hamilton County and local governments in collaboration with OKI should
develop and utilize comprehensive plan guidelines that link transportation,
land use, economic development, public facilities, housing, natural
resources, recreation, intergovernmental coordination and capital
improvements2.
1.2. The transportation elements of Hamilton
County and local government comprehensive plans should be consistent with
Hamilton County’s 2030 Plan and OKI’s long-range transportation plan and
the transportation improvement plan.
1.3. The transportation element of Hamilton
County and local government comprehensive plans should emphasize the high
priority of access management and preservation and maintenance of existing
transportation facilities.
1.4. Hamilton County and local government
comprehensive plans should be implemented through regulations and
incentives, such as zoning and subdivision regulations, that are consistent
with such comprehensive plans.
Policy Opportunity:
2. Increasing modes of transportation and
linking cities and villages, employment centers and residential areas, urban
cores and suburbs can improve accessibility and mobility for citizens,
especially the transportation disadvantaged3,
which includes the elderly, disabled, low income, minority populations, and
other zero-car households.
Implementation Policies:
2.1. The transportation network, especially public transportation facilities
and services, should provide convenient, efficient and affordable access for
people to places of employment, commensurate with transportation funds
available.
2.2. Hamilton County and local governments
should work together to assure that OKI’s long-range transportation plan
provides for a well-integrated, multimodal transportation system that serves
local, county, regional, state, and national needs, and the long-range
transportation plan’s recommended projects should provide choice, mobility,
access, and efficiency, commensurate with transportation funds available.
2.3. The special needs of the transportation
disadvantaged3 should be
addressed through coordination of service among transportation providers.
2.4. Transit development plans should
facilitate the design of a system that incorporates multiple modes of
transit service, links stations/stops and adjacent land uses, as well as
integrates station/stops into neighborhoods. The recommendations of these
transit development plans should focus on the desired outcomes of
transit-friendly4 development,
including accessibility, walkability, and interconnectivity, and high levels
of ridership.
Policy Opportunity:
3. Hamilton County governments collaborating through the Hamilton County
Caucus of OKI representatives can more effectively participate in OKI’s
prioritization process and pursue additional transportation funding.
Implementation Policies:
3.1. The Hamilton County Caucus of OKI representatives should work through
OKI to assure that the OKI long-range transportation plan and the
transportation improvement plan continue to be the primary tools for
prioritizing regional transportation investments.
3.2. The Hamilton County Caucus of OKI
representatives should work through OKI to assure that transportation
investments that help to meet regional needs and maximize the effectiveness
and efficiency of the transportation network are given funding priority.
3.3. Congestion pricing5,
toll roads and lanes, and other road pricing strategies should be considered
by OKI and the Hamilton County Caucus of OKI representatives as a means to
assist in financing the development, maintenance and operation of the
regional multimodal transportation system, in order to affect a more direct
relationship between transportation system costs and user benefits.
3.4. OKI and the Hamilton County Caucus of OKI
representatives should explore funding options for motorized and
non-motorized transportation improvements to supplement traditional
transportation funding sources. 3.5
OKI and the Hamilton County Caucus of OKI representatives should support
and assist Hamilton County and local governments in applying and
qualifying for federal funding for transportation projects, where
consistent with the long-range transportation plan.
Policy Opportunity:
4. Coordination of transportation and land use planning between all levels
of government will help to achieve the vision for Hamilton County’s future.
Implementation Policies:
4.1. Hamilton County and local governments should coordinate with state and
regional transportation planning and transit agencies on land use and
transportation actions, such as access management, that affect state and
regional facilities and services. 4.2.
State transportation planning agencies should coordinate with OKI to
ensure that transportation capital improvement decisions are consistent
with comprehensive plans adopted by Hamilton County and local governments.
4.3. All levels of government should apply
land use controls, such as access management and innovative subdivision
design, to manage increased traffic associated with new development.
Policy Opportunity:
5. Local government collaboration through the Hamilton County Caucus of OKI
representatives can enhance the evaluation of regionally significant
transportation projects, identify sub-regional congestion impacts, decrease
traffic congestion, and improve related implications related to
productivity, pricing of goods and services, use of personal time and fuel,
and air quality.
Implementation Policies:
5.E.1. The Hamilton County Caucus of OKI representatives should work through
OKI to evaluate transportation projects on the basis of regional need,
efficiency, safety, access, and land use impact.
5.E.2. The Hamilton County Caucus of OKI
representatives should work through OKI to develop technical assistance
and models to help communities identify sub-regional congestion impacts.
5.E.3. The Hamilton County Caucus of OKI
representatives should work through OKI to promote travel demand
management and education programs, such as Rideshare, van pools and trip
reduction, that shift travel demand from single-occupant vehicles and peak
travel periods, reducing the need for new capital investments in surface
transportation. 5.E.4. All levels of
government should continue to promote reduction in vehicle miles traveled
(by private automobile) through such measures as provision of a street and
parking network designed for pedestrians, the disabled, bicyclists,
automobiles, and transit; support of public and private sector efforts to
carry out Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies that reduce
congestion; and expansion of connections between transportation modes.
5.E.5 Regional corridor studies should
consider transit systems along congested corridors that connect urban and
suburban centers to help reduce vehicle miles traveled.
Policy Opportunity:
6. Giving transportation funding priority to projects that encourage the use
of arterial and collector roadways for local trips will decrease unnecessary
trips on Interstate highways and conserve interstate capacity.
Implementation Policies:
6.1 Increased traffic volume and safety impacts on existing arterial and
collector roadway systems should be considered during development reviews by
Hamilton County and local governments.
6.2. Hamilton County and local government comprehensive plans should
direct development to town and neighborhood centers, rather than along
Interstates and major arterials. 6.3.
All levels of government should give high priority to preservation and
rehabilitation projects that make more efficient use of existing arterial
and collector roadways.
6.4. All levels of government should
emphasize access management and signalization along arterials to increase
roadway efficiency.
Policy Opportunity:
7. Aligning the transportation elements of Hamilton County and local
government comprehensive plans will help minimize air pollution emissions
from transportation sources.
Implementation Policies:
7.1. Hamilton County, local government and regional investments in
transportation facilities and services should support compact, pedestrian-,
bicycle-, and transit-friendly land uses, where appropriate, and facilitate
travel demand management strategies.
7.2. Hamilton County and local government comprehensive plans should
support a mix of land uses, higher density development, and non-motorized
connections to reduce single-occupant vehicle trips, where appropriate.
7.3. Hamilton County and local government
land use and infrastructure decisions and regional capital investments
should support compliance with federal clean air standards.
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