Lec 4. Ch.2P2 TP and Decision Making 2.5 Please the section at home. Pay attention to the need of feedback and continuity over time. 2.6 Development of a decision-oriented transportation planning approach – be familiar with the four major stages of a decision-making process Part 2: Topics

2.6 4 major stages of a DM process 1.Problem identification and/or definition 2.Debate and choice 3.Implementation 4.Evaluation and feedback

4 major steps – An example 1.Problem identification and/or definition: First conceived as the West Valley Highway in the early 1950s. Area transportation planners saw a future need for this highway. Corridor preservation efforts started in Ultimately, Gov. Norman Bangerter and other leaders convinced UDOT to take the lead in corridor preservation in 1980s. 2.Debate and choice: Preservation of ROW along the selected route was a big issue. Another issue was access- controlled or with at-grade intersections? (Apparently funding was not enough to have interchanges) 3.Implementation: Construction started sometime in the 1980s and the south end, connecting to I-15 was completed in Evaluation and feedback: (Although this is an after- thought…) UDOT did not expect that much of rapid growth in the west side of SLC (Induced by the highway? May be.). Wished they had money to construct interchanges. Currently unsafe for pedestrians to cross this wide highway. And dangerous for vehicles: Expect sudden brakes near the intersections. Bangerter Highway

Implementation time for innovative programs/projects Bangerter Highway Bangerter Hwy – Gov.’s leadership sped up the completion of the highway. How about the construction of a commuter rail between Ogden and SLC?

A general framework for a decision-oriented UTP – covers both planning & implementing agencies A transportation planning process should provide not only that information which is of most interest to decision makers, but also information that gives decision makers a more complete understanding of the important implications of their decision.

Linkage between the 4 stages of DM and the components of TP Desired states of prosperity Environmental quality Social equity/ Community quality of life

In summary… (for ch2 part 2) In decision making, in general, there are four major stages: (1) problem identification and/or definition, (2) debate and choice, (3) implementation, and (4) evaluation and feedback. The approach to transportation planning consists of a process focused on system performance and providing feedback to earlier steps in the process. (It’s not just the planning analysis portion of this process.) Planning is directly linked to the vision established for a community and how this vision relates to stated goals and objectives. “The problems we face will not be solved by the kind of thinking that created them.” -- Albert Einstein