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| Search Results : Acceptable Practice |
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| Glossary (3) |
| Collaboration Assessment - Categories (5) |
| Framework Application (1) |
| Decision Point - Basics (2) |
| Decision Point - Decision Making Questions (6) |
| Case Studies (15) |
Glossary |
| Acceptable Practice |
| A collaborative transportation decision making process that manages risk of redo loops by meeting all legal requirements, consistency with the community's vision, and incorporation of early and on-going consultation with all decision making partners and the public. Information gathered from partners and the public is incorporated into cost and schedules to stabilize project delivery. Through more |
| Risk Management |
| The practice of dealing with key risks by preparing for them, developing response strategies, and monitoring risk throughout the project life cycle. Effective risk management is dealing with risks before they arise, rather than strictly reacting to them after the fact. |
| Ideal Practice |
| A collaborative transportation decision making process where decision-making partners make binding decisions during long range and corridor planning. These decisions are carried forward into NEPA/permitting and virtually eliminate any possibility of redo loops related to planning decisions. Communities, stakeholders and the public participate in decision making during all phases in order to more |
Collaboration Assessment - Categories |
| Tools and Technology |
| Stakeholder Commitment |
| Process Steps |
| Sense of Ownership |
| Data and Information |
Framework Application |
| Corridor Planning Studies |
| Because corridor planning is not a legally required process, it offers a great deal of flexibility with a more focused examination of problems and potential solutions. This helps move identified needs from the regional vision to a more solid concept for improvement. Collaboration in corridor planning studies can also offer a best practice set-up for the environmental review process. |
Key Decisions |
Decision Point - Basics |
| COR-4 - Reach Consensus on Scope of Environmental Review and Analysis (basics) |
| In order to provide a clear linkage to the environmental review process, this key decision defines the acceptable level of detail for the corridor study analysis. This establishes a common understanding between the planning partners (primarily transportation and resource agencies) about what decisions and analyses will be transferable to the merged environmental / permitting process. more |
| PRO-7 - Approve TIP by Governor and Incorporate into Draft STIP (basics) |
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The Governor or designee should ensure that the TIP meets other state and federal requirements so that the TIP can be incorporated into the STIP and be in agreement with the state document. Both documents should be flexible enough to adjust to amendments.
There is information developed in prior key decisions that informs this step. |
Decision Point - Decision Making Questions |
| LRP-8 - Adopt Preferred Plan Scenario (Questions) |
| Have we identified a mitigation strategy that is acceptable to all partners that will meet retention goals for each impacted area or resource? |
| COR-9 - Adopt Priorities for Implementation (Questions) |
| Have we identified a mitigation strategy that is acceptable to all partners that will meet retention goals for each impacted area or resource? |
| COR-4 - Reach Consensus on Scope of Environmental Review and Analysis (Questions) |
| What is the acceptable level of detail for analysis of GHG reduction strategies to be transferred between the corridor study and environmental review? |
| LRP-2 - Approve Vision and Goals (Questions) |
| How challenging will it be to establish an acceptable common understanding of interests? |
| COR-5 - Approve Evaluation Criteria, Methods and Measures (Questions) |
| Is there agreement on the level of analysis that is acceptable for selecting a preferred solution set with the potential to inform a project-level decision? |
| LRP-10 - Adopt LRTP by MPO (Questions) |
| Have we identified a mitigation strategy that is acceptable to all partners that will meet retention goals for each impacted area or resource? |
Case Studies |
| Strategic Transportation, Environmental, and Planning Process for Urbanizing Places (STEP UP) |
| Woodrow Wilson Bridge Supplemental Draft EIS - Stakeholder Involvement and Agency Collaboration |
| I-5 Beltline Interchange Plan - Using Community Values as Performance Measures |
| I-69 Trans Texas Corridor Study - Quantm Corridor Optimization |
| I-405 Corridor Program - Reinventing NEPA |
| US 24 NEPA Study - Nine-step Transportation Development Process |
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| US 285 Corridor and NEPA Studies - Using CSS Approaches to Highway Capacity |
| Florida's Efficient Transportation Decision Making (ETDM) Process |
| MetroQuest - An Interactive Regional Scenario Analysis |
| Route 31 Integrated Land Use and Transportation Plan - Capacity Expansion Consistent with Smart Growth |
| Regional Transportation Plan for Wasatch Front Regional Council |
| Maricopa Regional Transportation Plan - Balancing Regional Needs through Consensus |
| I-710 Corridor Study - Community-driven Plan for Important Freight Corridor |
| US 64 Asheboro Bypass - Merged NEPA and Section 404 Permitting Processes |