INDOT Access Management Study _________________________ Long Range Transportation Planning Section...

INDOT Access Management Study

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Long Range Transportation Planning Section

Division of Environment, Planning and Engineering

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Professional Service Bulletin -2003-No. 7

INDOT ACCESS MANAGEMENT STUDY _________________________



Establish a Study Advisory Committee made up of INDOT’s Planning, Engineering Assessment, Program Development, Operations Support, and District Permits representatives along with MPO and local land use planning representatives to provide oversight to the study process.

Work Task No. 1

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Review Indiana access management related state legislation and rules relative to accepted national access management practices and recommend any potential enhancements to improve Indiana procedures.

Indiana Code 8-23-8 Chapter 8. Limited Access FacilitiesProvides for INDOT to control and

management access and authorizes the acquisition of private or public

property and property rights for limited access facilities.

Permits for Driveways (1996 INDOT Driveway Permit Manual) Indiana Administrative Code, Promulgated

Rules Title 105 Article 7:Establishes access control permitting rules, balancing the property owners rights of access with the road users

rights to safe and efficient traffic operations and the publics rights to the prudent expenditure of limited

public transportation funding.

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Review the relationship of the INDOT access management process with the local land development process (access permits, zoning and subdivision approvals) and recommend potential improved procedures.

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Develop an access management classification system based on the INDOT Long Range Plan’s statewide mobility corridor concept and recommend acceptable access, spacing, and design criteria.

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Refine the roadway classification system of statewide mobility corridors, regional mobility corridors and local access roadways to provide a classification for Special Transportation Areas where context sensitive solutions and special access management treatment will be considered to deal with the unique characteristics of the area.

Mobility

LandAccess

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Identify access management methods for implementing the classification scheme.

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Develop an Implementation Plan that outlines the steps, authority, organizational responsibilities, and process for strengthening access management in Indiana.

State of Indiana

INDOT MPOsCity and County

Governments

Work Task No. 7

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Develop a pilot project for a US 31 corridor preservation program which will focus on access management techniques in addition to recommendations for right-of-way reservation and advance acquisition.

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Upgrade to freeway standards or new bypass construction


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Produce an Indiana Access Management Guide (to be used in conjunction with the new Access Management Manual developed by the TRB Committee on Access Management), including content for web pages on the INDOT web site.

INDOT Access Management Guide

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Conduct a series of training courses for INDOT, MPO, and local planning staff. Investigate potential statewide training partnerships with the Purdue University Extension Service and the Ball State University Planning Program. Conduct a training session at the Purdue Road School.

Work Task No. 10




Urbitran Associates, Inc. Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates, Inc. Dye Management Group, Inc. EnviroKinetics, Inc. Herbert Levinson Frank (Bud) J. Koepke

The Urbitran Team




Urbitran Associates, Inc. Multi-Disciplined Consulting Firm Staff Includes 250 Professionals in 7 Offices Over 25 Years of Experience in Highway Design and

Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Extensive Experience in Access Management, Route

Studies, Corridor Planning, Highway Design, Transportation Simulation and Modeling, and Public Involvement

Completed Similar Work for Montana, South Dakota, Michigan, and New Jersey Departments of Transportation

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