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UPDATE 2004

March 3, 2004DRAFT

TMACOG represents regionalism at its best. As a voluntary, non-profit association oflocal governments in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, TMACOG serves as aforum for assessing and acting on regional challenges. Most TMACOG efforts focus on:

• networking for local government officials,

• providing information and data,

• partnership and issues facilitation,

• transportation planning,

• environmental resource planning,

• water quality planning, and

• land use planning.

In the face of increasing global competition, TMACOG encourages members to viewtraditional governmental boundaries not as barriers, but as links. By working together,our region will enjoy enhanced quality of life and a strategic position in the global economy.

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WHAT IS TMACOG?WHAT IS TMACOG?WHAT IS TMACOG?WHAT IS TMACOG?WHAT IS TMACOG?

By 2025, Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio, and southern Monroe County, Michigan ex-pect to have 32,000 more homes and 72,000 more people in the workforce than therewere in 1990.

The region’s transportation system will have to meet the daily needs of over 655,000 peopletraveling to work, school, shopping and leisure, and shipping products around the world.

To meet the future demands on our region’s intermodal transportation system, TMACOGformed the 2025 Plan Task Force and collaboratively researched, create, and adopted theYear 2025 Regional Transportation Plan. This summary presents key components ofUpdate 2004.Update 2004.Update 2004.Update 2004.Update 2004.

THE COURSE OF ACTIONTHE COURSE OF ACTIONTHE COURSE OF ACTIONTHE COURSE OF ACTIONTHE COURSE OF ACTION

PLANNING NOW FOR FUTUREPLANNING NOW FOR FUTUREPLANNING NOW FOR FUTUREPLANNING NOW FOR FUTUREPLANNING NOW FOR FUTURETRANSPORTATION NEEDSTRANSPORTATION NEEDSTRANSPORTATION NEEDSTRANSPORTATION NEEDSTRANSPORTATION NEEDS

In 1994, TMACOG transportation committees outlined a process to develop the 2025Plan. By January 1995, the 2025 Plan Task Force was formed to develop the plan andensure public participation.

Citizens and local transportation leaders identified problems and over 250 projects,policies, and issues for the Plan.

The Task Force then reviewed and evaluated projects against the Plan’s goals andobjectives. Eventually, some were eliminated completely, while others were assigned“priority” or “reserve” status based on the Plan’s goals and anticipated funding.

Area residents and officials commented on the draft plan. After some modifications,TMACOG’s Transportation and Land Use Committee (TALUC) and the Board of Trust-ees approved the Plan in June 1996.

Update 2004Update 2004Update 2004Update 2004Update 2004 was directed by the Transportation Council’s Planning Committee.Again, stakeholders were involved in reviewing the plan and updating it.

The standing TMACOG Transportation Planning Committee was expanded in 2003 to guide development ofthe 2025 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) — Update 2004. This group led a full public involvement pro-cess, carefully considered both public comment and technical analysis, and revised the regional plan to meetcurrent and future needs.

William Burkett and Bill Biehl, Hull & AssociatesTom Kovacik, TAGNOLee Springer, Regional Growth PartnershipKenneth Fallows, Village of HaskinsSherry Krieger, Ottawa CoalitionMichael Stormer, ODOT District 2James Gee, TARTARoyce Maniko, Monroe County Planning DepartmentHarry Ward, Westgate NeighborsRobert Greenlese, Toledo-Lucas County Port AuthorityMichael Meyer, Lucas County Engineers OfficeKurtis Weslock & Dave Charville, Tetra Tech

James Bagdonas, City of PerrysburgDouglas Dariano, City of PerrysburgRaymond Norris, SSOEJeffrey Ballmer, City of SylvaniaTodd Hatch, Point Place Business AssociationJohn Quinn, City of Bowling GreenDonna Bargy, Point Place Business AssociationLeola Haynes, Citizen RepresentativeGary Samples, Hostelling International – Toledo Area ChapterJason Binder, TARTAStephen Herwat, Toledo-Lucas County Plan CommissionsG. William Saunders, Maumee Valley Bicycle & Pedestrian Alliance

This sounds like a great deal of money. However, the Planallocates 75 percent75 percent75 percent75 percent75 percent for operations, maintenance, and short-range strategies primarily controlled by individual jurisdic-tions.

The remaining 25 percent (about $1.2 billion) is earmarkedas “available funding” for major new projects. Originally,Task Force members, citizens, and other stakeholders iden-

FUNDING: NOT ENOUGHRESOURCES FOR ALL OUR NEEDS

75 %MAINTENANCE

25 % NEWPROJECTS

The Year 2025 Regional Transportation Plandiffers from previous plans because of:

• the need for true regionalismtrue regionalismtrue regionalismtrue regionalismtrue regionalism due to in-creased pressure on federal and state-level transportation funding resources;

• increased expectations that the Plan leadto action and regional cooperationaction and regional cooperationaction and regional cooperationaction and regional cooperationaction and regional cooperation;

• mandates for a realistic planrealistic planrealistic planrealistic planrealistic plan, not just alarge wish list; and

• mandates for integration of all transpor-integration of all transpor-integration of all transpor-integration of all transpor-integration of all transpor-tation modestation modestation modestation modestation modes within the Plan.

These requirements make regional coopera-tion and support of utmost importance. ThePlan’s budget and timeline have been agreedto by major agencies who will ultimatelyimplement the recommended projects.

Also important are the 2025 Plan endorse-ments by many regional organizations andgovernment entities. Decision makers weregiven opportunities to review and presentconcerns about the Plan’s components.These endorsements set the stage for obtain-ing more funds for projects in the region andbuilding Plan projects quicker.

REGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITALREGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITALREGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITALREGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITALREGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITAL

It is estimated that just under $5 billion in funding will be availablefor projects in the TMACOG area between 2004 and 2025.

tified over $1.64 billion in needed projects. The Priority Plan Projects map included in this sum-mary shows the projects selected for Update 2004, which will use available funds. There is alsoa Reserve Projects list projects of regional importance for which funding is not available.

To measure and evaluate the success of the 2025 Plan, goals and objectives were developedby TMACOG’s Transportation Committees. The following regional vision was a starting point:

“We envision all transportation stakeholders in our region working together to achieve asustainable and integrated intermodal transportation system to enhance our quality of lifeand competitive position in the global economy.”

Out of this vision, the following goals were developed and used by the Task Force to identifyproblems, develop improvement proposals, and evaluate those proposals. Projects also hadto meet air quality and funding constraints. Our Goals state that: “Our transportation systemmust:

Goal # 1: enhance our region’s economic competitiveness in the global economy;

Goal #2: be an integrated, intermodal system;

Goal #3: be an environmentally sustainable system; and

Goal #4: enhance our region’s quality of life.”

It is very important for our region to have a clear, unified direction in policy if we are to reachour vision of working together for a better transportation system. The Year 2025 RegionalTransportation Plan advocates the following policies:

POLICIES: SHORT TERM ACTIONS TOWARD LONG TERM GOALS

PLAN GOALSPLAN GOALSPLAN GOALSPLAN GOALSPLAN GOALSAND OBJECTIVESAND OBJECTIVESAND OBJECTIVESAND OBJECTIVESAND OBJECTIVES

• find innovative ways to raise additional funds;• change transportation spending flexibility to allow for different modes;• encourage pedestrian and bicycle improvements;• improve travel across the Maumee River;• use 75% of funds to maintain existing transportation systems;• maximize the use of existing facilities through Intelligent Transportation Systems technology

such as coordinating traffic signals on all major streets;• implement access management on major streets;• complete sidewalks, curb cuts and other pedestrian facilities;• beautify highways, especially on regional gateways;• encourage flextime, staggered work hours, and car pools for downtown and major employers;• research scope and phasing of Plan projects to increase state funding for them;• institute high speed rail passenger service for the region;• preserve linear rights of way on abandoned rail lines;• close local street / rail crossings; grade separate major streets and railroads.

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2025 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN - UPDATE 2004PROPOSED PRIORITY PLAN PROJECTS - (USING AVAILABLE FUNDS)

1 These bicycle transportation projects are a part of the regional Bikeway Network component of the 2025 Transportation Plan. Please see Bikeway Network maps for details.

LegendH1 Proposed Project Priority (by mode)

Air Projects

Bike Projects1

Highway Projects

Rail Projects

Transit Projects

Highway Project Corridor

Regional Core MIS Corridor

Draft � March 2004 PRIORITY PLAN PROJECTS

Project Number (Mode & Priority) and Description Project Cost ($m) Project Number (Mode & Priority) and Description Project Cost ($m) A1 N-S Toledo Express Airport runway 10* H14 US 20A/I-475 new interchange braided into Salisbury/Dussel/I-475 interchange 35 A2 B1

New Parallel E-W Runway at Express Airport Wabash Cannonball Trail � complete South Fork

60* 1

H15 I-475/US23 widen from Airport Hwy (SR 2) to Alexis Rd (SR 184) and Corey Rd & improve I-475/US 23 interchange & Central Ave (US 20) interchange

124

B2 Wabash Cannonball Trail � Connector 0.6 H16 I-475/US 23 Springfield area new interchange 14 B3 Backside Trail acquisition and construction 8* H17 ITS Freeway Incident Management System - Phase I centers, monitors & message signs 13 B4 Riverside Trail 1.8 H18 ITS Freeway Incident Management System - Phase II 5 B5 Point Place Connector Bike Trail 2 H19 Perrysburg-Holland Rd widen and replace bridge, from Heatherdowns to Holland-Sylvania 4.6 B6 I-280/Craig Bridge � Convert to Street with Paths FUNDED 1.2 H20 I-75 new Bowling Green north interchange between Wooster St (SR 64) and SR 582 16.2 B7 Monroe/Alexis/Main St. Bike Zone ** 0.8 H21 I-75 widen from US 6 to I-475 72 B8 SR 64, paved berms Whitehouse to Waterville 1 H22 I-75 widen from Phillips to I-280 85 B9 SR 65, paved berms Grand Rapids-Rossford excl. curbed sections and excl. areas within City of Perrysburg 6* H23 US 20A (Maumee-Western Rd) widen from Toledo Express Airport to I-475 21.5

B10 McCord Bike Zone Angola to Airport Hwy. ** 0.4 H24 Point Place Connector 25* H1 I-280 new Maumee River Bridge & widen from SR 2 (Navarre) to I-75 UNDER CONSTRUCTION 292 MH1 Lewis Ave widen to 4 lanes from Sterns to Temperance Rd 2 H2 Airport Hwy (SR 2) widen from Reynolds Rd (US 20) to Byrne Rd FUNDED 8 MH2 Secor Rd widen to 4 lanes from state line to Summerfield Rd 2.5 H3 MLK/Cherry St Bridge reconstruct from Summit to Sports Arena Dr FUNDED 20.9 R1 McCord Rad Rail Separation over NS FUNDED 12.5 H4 SR 2 improvements to "Super 2" condition east of North Curtice Rd FUNDED 19 R2 Oregon Rd Rail Separation over CSX (north of Owens Community College) FUNDED 6 H5 US 20 widen from new SR 420 interchange to S 105 in Woodville FUNDED 24 R3 Summit Street Rail Separation over CSX (south of Manhattan Blvd) 10 H6 US 20/SR-420 convert intersection into new full Interchange FUNDED 18.5 R4 Wales Road Rail Separation over CSX and NS 10 H7 ITS Traffic Signal Computer and Interconnects on major arterials FUNDED 6 T1 Locally preferred alternative from Regional Core Circulator Study 24* H8

Wheeling Street widen from Brown Road to Navarre (SR 2) US 24 (Fort to Port) new expressway from Napoleon (east of US 6) to Stitt Rd

FUNDED 110 T2 Multi-use urban corridor (automated people mover/bikeway) to support Glass City Science Corridor, UT-MCO

95*

H10 I-75/I-475 Interchange improvements in Central Toledo FUNDED 125.5 T3 Replace TARTA Fleet (12 year design life) 84 H11 Salisbury/Dussel/I-475 Interchange improvements FUNDED 35 T4 Expand TARTA Service in western Lucas County 3 H12 Sylvania Ave widen from McCord Rd to Holland/Sylvania Rd FUNDED 5.5 T5 Expand TARTA Service in Oregon/Northwood 2 H13 I-475 widen from US 24 to SR 2 (Airport Hwy) 44 T6 Wood County Transit 3

* Separate funding source for all or part of project ** Bike Zone = choke point to be improved or eliminated

H7: ITS - Traffic Signal Computer and Interconnects on Major ArterialsH17: ITS - Freeway Incident Management System - Phase I Centers, monitors and message signsH18: ITS - Freeway Incident Management System - Phase II

T3: Replace TARTA Fleet (12 year design le)

This sounds like a great deal of money. However, the Planallocates 75 percent75 percent75 percent75 percent75 percent for operations, maintenance, and short-range strategies primarily controlled by individual jurisdic-tions.

The remaining 25 percent (about $1.2 billion) is earmarkedas “available funding” for major new projects. Originally,Task Force members, citizens, and other stakeholders iden-

FUNDING: NOT ENOUGHRESOURCES FOR ALL OUR NEEDS

75 %MAINTENANCE

25 % NEWPROJECTS

The Year 2025 Regional Transportation Plandiffers from previous plans because of:

• the need for true regionalismtrue regionalismtrue regionalismtrue regionalismtrue regionalism due to in-creased pressure on federal and state-level transportation funding resources;

• increased expectations that the Plan leadto action and regional cooperationaction and regional cooperationaction and regional cooperationaction and regional cooperationaction and regional cooperation;

• mandates for a realistic planrealistic planrealistic planrealistic planrealistic plan, not just alarge wish list; and

• mandates for integration of all transpor-integration of all transpor-integration of all transpor-integration of all transpor-integration of all transpor-tation modestation modestation modestation modestation modes within the Plan.

These requirements make regional coopera-tion and support of utmost importance. ThePlan’s budget and timeline have been agreedto by major agencies who will ultimatelyimplement the recommended projects.

Also important are the 2025 Plan endorse-ments by many regional organizations andgovernment entities. Decision makers weregiven opportunities to review and presentconcerns about the Plan’s components.These endorsements set the stage for obtain-ing more funds for projects in the region andbuilding Plan projects quicker.

REGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITALREGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITALREGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITALREGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITALREGIONAL SUPPORT IS VITAL

It is estimated that just under $5 billion in funding will be availablefor projects in the TMACOG area between 2004 and 2025.

tified over $1.64 billion in needed projects. The Priority Plan Projects map included in this sum-mary shows the projects selected for Update 2004, which will use available funds. There is alsoa Reserve Projects list projects of regional importance for which funding is not available.

To measure and evaluate the success of the 2025 Plan, goals and objectives were developedby TMACOG’s Transportation Committees. The following regional vision was a starting point:

“We envision all transportation stakeholders in our region working together to achieve asustainable and integrated intermodal transportation system to enhance our quality of lifeand competitive position in the global economy.”

Out of this vision, the following goals were developed and used by the Task Force to identifyproblems, develop improvement proposals, and evaluate those proposals. Projects also hadto meet air quality and funding constraints. Our Goals state that: “Our transportation systemmust:

Goal # 1: enhance our region’s economic competitiveness in the global economy;

Goal #2: be an integrated, intermodal system;

Goal #3: be an environmentally sustainable system; and

Goal #4: enhance our region’s quality of life.”

It is very important for our region to have a clear, unified direction in policy if we are to reachour vision of working together for a better transportation system. The Year 2025 RegionalTransportation Plan advocates the following policies:

POLICIES: SHORT TERM ACTIONS TOWARD LONG TERM GOALS

PLAN GOALSPLAN GOALSPLAN GOALSPLAN GOALSPLAN GOALSAND OBJECTIVESAND OBJECTIVESAND OBJECTIVESAND OBJECTIVESAND OBJECTIVES

• find innovative ways to raise additional funds;• change transportation spending flexibility to allow for different modes;• encourage pedestrian and bicycle improvements;• improve travel across the Maumee River;• use 75% of funds to maintain existing transportation systems;• maximize the use of existing facilities through Intelligent Transportation Systems technology

such as coordinating traffic signals on all major streets;• implement access management on major streets;• complete sidewalks, curb cuts and other pedestrian facilities;• beautify highways, especially on regional gateways;• encourage flextime, staggered work hours, and car pools for downtown and major employers;• research scope and phasing of Plan projects to increase state funding for them;• institute high speed rail passenger service for the region;• preserve linear rights of way on abandoned rail lines;• close local street / rail crossings; grade separate major streets and railroads.

TMACOG represents regionalism at its best. As a voluntary, non-profit association oflocal governments in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, TMACOG serves as aforum for assessing and acting on regional challenges. Most TMACOG efforts focus on:

• networking for local government officials,

• providing information and data,

• partnership and issues facilitation,

• transportation planning,

• environmental resource planning,

• water quality planning, and

• land use planning.

In the face of increasing global competition, TMACOG encourages members to viewtraditional governmental boundaries not as barriers, but as links. By working together,our region will enjoy enhanced quality of life and a strategic position in the global economy.

2025 PLAN UPDATE 20042025 PLAN UPDATE 20042025 PLAN UPDATE 20042025 PLAN UPDATE 20042025 PLAN UPDATE 2004TASK FORCE MEMBERSTASK FORCE MEMBERSTASK FORCE MEMBERSTASK FORCE MEMBERSTASK FORCE MEMBERS

WHAT IS TMACOG?WHAT IS TMACOG?WHAT IS TMACOG?WHAT IS TMACOG?WHAT IS TMACOG?

By 2025, Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio, and southern Monroe County, Michigan ex-pect to have 32,000 more homes and 72,000 more people in the workforce than therewere in 1990.

The region’s transportation system will have to meet the daily needs of over 655,000 peopletraveling to work, school, shopping and leisure, and shipping products around the world.

To meet the future demands on our region’s intermodal transportation system, TMACOGformed the 2025 Plan Task Force and collaboratively researched, create, and adopted theYear 2025 Regional Transportation Plan. This summary presents key components ofUpdate 2004.Update 2004.Update 2004.Update 2004.Update 2004.

THE COURSE OF ACTIONTHE COURSE OF ACTIONTHE COURSE OF ACTIONTHE COURSE OF ACTIONTHE COURSE OF ACTION

PLANNING NOW FOR FUTUREPLANNING NOW FOR FUTUREPLANNING NOW FOR FUTUREPLANNING NOW FOR FUTUREPLANNING NOW FOR FUTURETRANSPORTATION NEEDSTRANSPORTATION NEEDSTRANSPORTATION NEEDSTRANSPORTATION NEEDSTRANSPORTATION NEEDS

In 1994, TMACOG transportation committees outlined a process to develop the 2025Plan. By January 1995, the 2025 Plan Task Force was formed to develop the plan andensure public participation.

Citizens and local transportation leaders identified problems and over 250 projects,policies, and issues for the Plan.

The Task Force then reviewed and evaluated projects against the Plan’s goals andobjectives. Eventually, some were eliminated completely, while others were assigned“priority” or “reserve” status based on the Plan’s goals and anticipated funding.

Area residents and officials commented on the draft plan. After some modifications,TMACOG’s Transportation and Land Use Committee (TALUC) and the Board of Trust-ees approved the Plan in June 1996.

Update 2004Update 2004Update 2004Update 2004Update 2004 was directed by the Transportation Council’s Planning Committee.Again, stakeholders were involved in reviewing the plan and updating it.

The standing TMACOG Transportation Planning Committee was expanded in 2003 to guide development ofthe 2025 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) — Update 2004. This group led a full public involvement pro-cess, carefully considered both public comment and technical analysis, and revised the regional plan to meetcurrent and future needs.

William Burkett and Bill Biehl, Hull & AssociatesTom Kovacik, TAGNOLee Springer, Regional Growth PartnershipKenneth Fallows, Village of HaskinsSherry Krieger, Ottawa CoalitionMichael Stormer, ODOT District 2James Gee, TARTARoyce Maniko, Monroe County Planning DepartmentHarry Ward, Westgate NeighborsRobert Greenlese, Toledo-Lucas County Port AuthorityMichael Meyer, Lucas County Engineers OfficeKurtis Weslock & Dave Charville, Tetra Tech

James Bagdonas, City of PerrysburgDouglas Dariano, City of PerrysburgRaymond Norris, SSOEJeffrey Ballmer, City of SylvaniaTodd Hatch, Point Place Business AssociationJohn Quinn, City of Bowling GreenDonna Bargy, Point Place Business AssociationLeola Haynes, Citizen RepresentativeGary Samples, Hostelling International – Toledo Area ChapterJason Binder, TARTAStephen Herwat, Toledo-Lucas County Plan CommissionsG. William Saunders, Maumee Valley Bicycle & Pedestrian Alliance