Slide 1
2050 Long Range Transportation Plan
Board of Directors Status Update
September 11, 2024
Slide 2
What is the LRTP?
- Study area is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) boundary
- Updated every 5 years, includes a forecast period of at least 20 years, and addresses several federal planning priorities (Adoption is due in January 2025)
- Integrates existing plans and studies as well as component plans; does not supersede local plans
- Projects must be consistent with the LRTP and the fiscally constrained project list to be allocated federal funding and move into the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Metropolitan Planning Organization map
Map of the Pikes Peak metropolitan planning organization, showing:
- County and city names:
- Teller County
- El Paso County
- Woodland Park
- Green Mountain Falls
- Manitou Springs
- Colorado Springs
- Palmer Lake
- Monument
- Fountain
- Military installation names:
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- Peterson Space Force Base
- Schriever Space Force Base
- Fort Carson
- Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station
- Road labels:
- Interstate 25
- U.S. Highway 24
- U.S. Highway 85
- Colorado Highway 105
- Colorado Highway 83
- Colorado Highway 21
- Colorado Highway 94
- Legend
- Title: PPACG MPO
- Red line: Interstate / highway
- Blue line: MPO Boundary
- Blue shading: DOD Boundary
- Gray shading: Municipal Boundary
Slide 3
Long Range Transportation Plan Process
- Phase 1: Framework – Spring – Fall 2023
- Define Requirements
- Public Involvement Plan
- Vision, Goals, Objectives
- Inventory of Current Conditions
- Initial Identification of Needs and Public Survey
- Regional Transportation Plan Advisory Committee #1
- Phase 2: Development – Summer 2023 – Winter 2024
- Compile Performance Measures and Finalize Project Scoring Criteria
- Draft Fiscally Constrained Project List
- Baseline Demographics and Modeling
- Regional Transportation Plan Advisory Committee #2
- Community Survey
- Phase 3: Evaluation – Spring – Fall 2024
- Evaluate Projects
- Additional Input on Transportation Needs
- Integrate Remaining Component Plans
- Greenhouse Gas Modeling
- Draft Document Development
- Regional Transportation Plan Advisory Committee #3
- Regional Transportation Plan Advisory Committee #4
- We are here
- Phase 4: Review – Fall – Winter 2024
- Draft Plan Review
- Public Comment Period and Public Hearing
- Final Adoption by Committees
Slide 4
Long Range Transportation Plan Document
- Introduction
- Process and Engagement
- System Performance
- Transportation Network
- Planning Considerations
- Regional Forecast
- Greenhouse Gas Report
- Financial Plan (already adopted by Board)
- Implementation Plan (includes project list)
- Appendices
- Regional Transit Plan
- Specialized Transportation (Human Services) Plan