1. The FAST Act: What it means for the Treasure Valley
Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS)
Matt Stoll, Executive Director

2. Introduction What is COMPASS? COMPASS and the FAST Act
The Treasure Valley and the FAST Act
Policy
Funding

3. What is COMPASS?
An association of cities, counties, highway districts, and other agencies who plan for the future of Ada and Canyon Counties.
The metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for Ada and Canyon Counties.
The next slide explains what an MPO is

4. What is an MPO? A regional planning entity that…
Serves areas with populations over 50,000
Conducts transportation planning
Long-range transportation plan (Communities in Motion 2040)
Regional Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Allocates federal
transportation dollars
Explain:
We serve Ada/Canyon
What CIM and TIP are – you’ll refer to them again later
An MPO’s role and responsibilities, and the federal dollars it allocates, are all established in the federal transportation law – the FAST Act

5. How will the FAST Act affect planning in the Treasure Valley?
More emphasis on an integrated multi-modal transportation system:
Roadways
Public transportation
Bicycles/pedestrians
Freight
Intercity buses
Ports

6. Multimodal planning: Where are we ahead of the curve?
Focus on multi-modal system in Communities in Motion
Roadways
Public Transportation
Bicycle/pedestrian
Freight
SHRP2 = Second Strategic Highway Research Program (funded by FHWA)
Roadways
Congestion management
Public Transportation
Network analysis
Bicycle/pedestrian
Supply and demand side planning
Freight
SHRP2 grant to study freight
Ag freight study

7. Multi-modal planning: What else do we need to do?
Examine how future services connect to intercity bus services
Bring additional stakeholders into existing workgroups to provide expertise

8. How will the FAST Act affect planning in the Treasure Valley?
Continued emphasis on performance- based planning (started in MAP-21)
“a strategic approach that uses system information to make investment and policy decisions to achieve national performance goals.”
Don’t read quote
MAP-21 = 2012

9. Performance-based planning: Where are we ahead of the curve?
Established performance measures and targets in Communities in Motion 2040
Performance dashboard and Change in Motion report
Dashboard and “Change in Motion” report – show how we are doing compared to performance measures

10. Performance-based planning: Where are we ahead of the curve?
TIP achievement
Shows how every project in the TIP supports performance measures
TIP achievement not just a reporting tool, but also used in project selection – requests for funding must show how the project meets one or more performance measures

11. Performance-based planning: Where are we ahead of the curve?
Performance measure framework
Decision-making tool
Expected completion fall 2016
Will examine projects or groups of projects for return on investment across 8 elements outlined in CIM 2040
Done with funding via a SHRP2 grant (Second Strategic Highway Research Program) (FHWA)
Transportation components:
Bike/ped
Freight
Public transportation
Roadways
8 CIM elements:
Transportation
Land use
Housing
Economic development
Community infrastructure
Health
Farmland
Open space

12. Performance-based planning: What else do we need to do?
Waiting for final rules (from MAP-21)
Framework done this fall…then start implementing
We are SO ahead of the game that our biggest stumbling block is waiting for the feds to finish rulemaking
Most final rules expected this year, but 3 don’t have a release date and 1 (System Performance Measures) hasn’t even been released yet.

13. How will the FAST Act affect planning in the Treasure Valley?
Improve the resiliency and reliability of the transportation system
Reduce or mitigate stormwater impacts of surface transportation
Reduce the vulnerability…to natural disasters
Enhance travel and tourism
These are newer to us…still getting a handle on what’s needed

14. Resiliency, stormwater, and more What do we need to do?
Examine how to more fully integrate these into planning
Add to COMPASS workgroups
Education series
2016 stormwater (May 2016)
2017
Resiliency and reliability
Reduce the vulnerability to natural disasters
Enhance travel and tourism
We recognize we don’t know as much about these, so our first step is to learn
Ed series will help with this…not only for COMPASS, but the region as a whole

15. How will the FAST Act affect funding in the Treasure Valley?
Additional emphasis on:
“…capital investment and other strategies to preserve the existing and future transportation system”
Freight:
New National Highway Freight Program (formula funding)
New freight-specific grant (FASTLANE)
Discuss focus on maintenance

16. How will the FAST Act affect funding in Idaho?
New program, so no “before” comparison
Across Idaho

17. Funding policy: Where are we ahead of the curve?
Applying for FASTLANE funding
FASTLANE – new grant for Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects.
As Elaine said, $900 M/year (average) for competitive grants
Project size = minimum of $83 million (will fund no more than 60%)
I-84 from Northside Boulevard to Franklin Boulevard. Due mid-April.
The total estimated cost =$98 million; $59 million is requested via FASTLANE.
To achieve:
Improve safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of freight and people.
Generate economic benefits and an increase in global economic competitiveness
Reduce highway congestion and bottlenecks with additional lanes, well-configured interchanges, and wider shoulders.
Improve connectivity among modes of freight transportation
Enhance the resiliency of critical highway infrastructure and help protect the environment.
Address the impact of population growth on the movement of people and freight.
Mitigate the impacts of freight movements on communities  
Components include:
A mill and inlay of existing lanes within the project limit.
Replacement and widening of a canal structure at Mason Creek.
Replacement and expansion of two bridges that cross over UP and canal.
Widening to three lanes from Franklin to Northside.
Ramp expansions and improvements on the Franklin interchange.
Ramp expansions and improvements on the Northside interchange.

18. How will the FAST Act affect funding in Idaho?
On all funding slides, focus on the big picture – changes in funding. Don’t spend time on the actual $ amounts
Statewide totals with and without FAST Act
Percent differences are shown on next slide
Bottom line = increase in funding overall. Good.
I’ll give you details of all $ for questions

19. How will the FAST Act affect funding in the Boise Urbanized Area?
26.24% increase
Say what STP and TMA mean
This is $ in 2020 as an example. Slowly increases each year.
Discuss that we know these changes because of direct allocation
Note these are in millions = 8 million vs 10 million

20. How will the FAST Act affect funding in the Boise Urbanized Area?
7.36% increase
Say what TMA and TAP mean
This is $ in 2020 as an example. Slowly increases each year.
Note these are as written (hundreds of thousands)
These look bigger because of scale, but actually much smaller
421,000 vs 452,000

21. How will the FAST Act affect other roadway funding?
Surface Transportation Program in 2020 (in Millions)
8.2% increase
23.49% increase
Point out that these are statewide – we don’t know how much of this will come to Treasure Valley
This is $ in 2020 as an example. Slowly increases each year.
Say what STP means
Point out these are in millions again

22. How will the FAST Act affect public transportation funding?
5307 Large Urban
$3.3 million
5.99% decrease
5307 Small Urban
$2.4 million
2.17% increase
5310 Large Urban
$269,000
18.5% increase
5339 Large Urban
$315,000
16.89% decrease
5339 Small Urban
$232,000
7.94% decrease
Percent changes by 2020
Difference is compared to $ without FAST Act
This is $ in 2020 as an example. Slowly increases each year.
Did not include 5310 Small Urban in graphic – essentially stays the same. Increase of 1.35%
Before: $223, After $226, Difference = $3,000 (same every year)
FTA 5307 – urban formula (most flexible) (1st 2 columns)
FTA 5310 – elderly and persons with disabilities (3rd column)
FTA 5339 – bus and bus facilities (4th and 5th columns)
Why the decrease? FTA funds are based on a complex formula based on ridership, service times, and population data from two years prior. Ridership and services have been static in the Boise Urbanized Area. Service in other areas across the nation grew, causing a reduction in some funding sources in the Boise Urbanized Area.

23. Questions for me?
Decrease in funding is one aspect of impact of FAST Act on public transportation.
Turn over to Kelli to discuss that in more depth and more