An overview on multimodal drivers, state approaches to sustainability and livability, and multimodal challenges.

1. State and Provincial Strategies to
Foster Multimodal
Transportation Systems
Janet Oakley, Director of Policy and Government Relations,
AASHTO
CSG Midwestern Legislative Conference
Toronto, Canada
August 9, 2010

2. Overview
• Multimodal Drivers
• State Approaches to Sustainability,
Livability and Transportation Choice
• Multimodal Challenges

3. Multimodal Drivers
• Transportation
Sustainability
• Federal Programs
• Energy and Climate
Change

4. Transportation Sustainability: Triple
Bottom Line
Vital
Economy
Vibrant Sustainable
Communities Environment

5. Federal Programs
• TIGER I, II, III Discretionary Grants
• HUD Community Challenge Planning
Grants
• TIGER II Planning Grants
• HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable
Communities

6. Energy and Climate Change Overall
GHG Reduction Strategies
• Fuel efficiency and alternative fuels will account for
68% of emission reduction
• Pricing 18%
• Reductions in vehicle travel (VMT) 13%
• (Highway traffic flow 1%)
• (Ridesharing 1%)
• (Transit & Compact Dev. 6% )

7. State Multimodal Approaches
and Programs
• Pennsylvania
• Massachusetts
• Colorado
• State Smart Transportation Initiative

8. Pennsylvania
Smart Transportation
• Fiscal Constraints
• Aging Infrastructure
• Stable population
• Transportation and
Land Use Linkages

9. Massachusetts
GreenDOT Initiative
• Three primary goals:
• Reduce greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions
• Promote the healthy
transportation options of
walking, bicycling, and
public transit
• Support smart growth
development

10. Colorado:
Denver’s T-Rex
• First design-build type
contract in the country
that combines major
highway and transit
elements.
• Encompasses light
rail, highway, bike and
pedestrian facilities

11. State Smart Transportation Initiative
• Deliver high impact technical assistance to
states to replicate successful
transformative Smart Transportation
experiments
• Support a community of practice
• Increase the presence in national
discussions on livability.
• 13 States with USDOT/Rockefeller
Foundation/Center for State Innovation
(WI)

12. Multimodal Challenges
• Trends
• Modal Needs vs. Available
Resources

13. Trends
• VMT • Freight rail will require $175
2.4 trillion miles in 1993 billion - $195 billion over 20 years
to maintain a proportionate share
3+ trillion miles in 2007
of freight growth
After 2 year downward trend,
• Mode Split for Passenger Trips
2009 resumed upward
82% cars; 2.4% transit; 1% bike;
growth
11% walking
• Population increase
• Rural America is 60 million or
305 million in 2005 20 % of the population = 100
420+ million 2050 largest cities in America
• Truck freight expected to
increase by 100% by 2030

14. AASHTO Bottom Line Report
• Highway Investment Requirements
Passenger vehicle demand parallels population growth (1% per
year)
Truck freight demand parallels economic growth (2 to 3% per
year)
Growth in VMT will at least equal population growth
• Current spending is $78 billion
Growth Rate of VMT Per Year Cost to Improve Highways
(2006 Dollars)
1.4 percent $166 billion
1.0 percent $132 billion

15. AASHTO Bottom Line Report
• Transit Investment Requirements
In 2006 Annual Passenger Miles reached 52.15 billion
Between 1995 and 2007, ridership increased from 7.8
billion to 10.3 billion trips
• Current spending is $13.3 billion
Annual Growth in Ridership Cost to Improve System
Performance and Condition
(2006 Dollars)
2.4 percent $46 billion
3.5 percent $59 billion

16. Intercity Passenger Rail
2007 Investment Needs
$8 billion
$23 billion ready-to-go
$57 billion ARRA applications
$95 billion over 20 years

17. Freight Rail:
2007 Cost to Maintain
• To maintain current
market share and
handle its share of
growth
• $195 billion over 20
years or $12 billion
annually
• Up to $53 billion from
the public sector

18. Bike Ped Projects
• Total Number of
Projects: 120
• Number of States
Represented: 22
• Projected Cost:
$355,342,416
• Source: America Bikes

20. More Challenges!
• Long List of Projects in the Pipeline
• Staff resource cut backs
• Constitutional/Legal Barriers
• Lack of Data and Analytic Tools

21. Questions
What are your visions and goals for a
sustainable, multimodal transportation system?
What are your key challenges to developing,
operating and maintaining a world class,
multimodal transportation system? How are you
overcoming these challenges?
What are appropriate federal, state and local and
private sector roles in delivering a multimodal
transportation system?