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Countywide Master Plan of Transportation

Countywide Master Plan of Transportation. Project Overview. Master Plan of Transportation Purpose 2002 General Plan Guidance The Development Pattern Report to the Community Master Plan Elements Next Steps. Purpose of the Plan.

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Countywide Master Plan of Transportation

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  1. Countywide Master Plan of Transportation

  2. Project Overview • Master Plan of Transportation Purpose • 2002 General Plan Guidance • The Development Pattern • Report to the Community • Master Plan Elements • Next Steps

  3. Purpose of the Plan • The Countywide Master Plan of Transportation is a strategic policy guide for future public and private investments in transportation programs, facilities and services to support the goals, policies and strategies in the 2002 General Plan.

  4. The Master Plan of Transportation will consist of three policy elements: • Bikeways, Trails & Pedestrian Mobility • Transit • Highways

  5. Why now? • Mandated by the 2002 General Plan • Current Master Plan of Transportation: • Now 26 years old • Amended times by 34 subsequent master plans • Purple Line needs to be added to the county master plan network • Metrorail: • System is now complete • Extensions need to be considered: • Largo (2004) • Wilson Bridge (National Harbor & Oxon Hill) • Greenbelt (Now under study)

  6. General Plan GuidanceGoal: a safe, affordable, multi-modal transportation system that contributes to county growth, development and revitalization. • Policies: - Transportation system should support the General Plan development pattern. - Capitalize fully on the Purple Line in Prince George’s County. - The countywide transportation system should be integrated with land use. • Functional master plan: • Addresses broad countywide issues: • Facilities, systems and services • Countywide policy guide • “Road map” for developers and planning and project staff • Identify needed changes in land use policy

  7. Development Tiers Developed Tier: Encourage and attract development and infill Developing Tier: Guide and manage growth Rural Tier: Discourage and restrict growth 2002 General Plan Development Pattern

  8. Centers (26) Transit-oriented Development (TOD) Pedestrian and biker-friendly Metropolitan (6) [❒] --Rail transit --Highest densities in the County Regional (9) [●] --Rail or bus transit --Major office or retail Community (11) [▲] --Neighborhood-oriented Corridors (7) Key transportation routes Developed tier: higher intensity uses Developing tier: less intense, community-oriented uses 2002 General Plan Development Pattern

  9. Report to the Community

  10. Trends in Major Corridors • Metrorail, MARC transit corridors • Capital Beltway • I-95 • Baltimore-Washington Parkway • US Routes 1, 50, and 301 • MD Routes 4, 5, 197, 198, 202, 210, 214 and 223 • Congestion: • AM in, PM out • On Beltway, radial highways and transit • Through-traffic is a major issue • Most major roads are already in place • Travel patterns: residential development still dominates

  11. By 2030 planned development could change current patterns • National Harbor • Westphalia Town Center • Konterra • Greenbelt Station • Future TOD at rail transit stations • Cross-county commuting patterns shift, but still cross the County

  12. Transit Can Make a Difference • Metrorail and TOD • Developed Tier: • All but one Metrorail & all Purple Line stations • Most TOD benefits concentrated here • Developing Tier: • Some TOD opportunities • Largo • Westphalia • Greenbelt Extension • Road network gaps constrain bus transit options

  13. Purple Line Extension • Initial segment: • 16.4 miles to New Carrollton • MDOT and County priority project • MPOT: • Evaluate extensions • Council directive (New Carrollton to Landover-Largo) • Major TOD opportunities

  14. Bus Transit • Metrobus (WMATA) • 34 routes in the County • 66,000 passengers daily • THE BUS (DPW&T) • Community circulator and short distance rail feeder service • 25 County routes • 12,700 passengers daily • MPOT: Complements Transit Service Plan (TSOP)

  15. Master Plan Policy Elements:Bikeway, Trails and Pedestrian Mobility • Goals • Update the 1975 Countywide Trails Plan and 1985 Equestrian Addendum. • Developed tier focus: transit, TOD, and sidewalk retrofit • Developing tier focus: master plan trails, sidewalks, on-road bikeways • Rural tier: preservation and recreational trails • Concerns • How can we provide property for master plan trails? • Favorable trends • Nine County trail/bikeway priorities now on the State Priority List.

  16. Master Plan Elements:Transit • Goals • Strategic complement to: • Five-Year Transit Service and Operations Plan (TSOP) • Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan (MCTP) • Concerns • Transit mode share: How to make the goal? • Transit-supportive land use: Where? How? How quickly? • Developing Tier: How to expand limited options? • Favorable trends • Purple Line: County priority • County work trips by transit: • increasing

  17. Master Plan Elements: Streets, Roads and Highways • Goals • Update current master plans • Reflect General Plan policies • Concerns • Capacity constraints: we are almost built out • Funding: need new sources, methods, and policies • Local road grid: gaps affect network efficiency • Favorable trends • Vehicle miles traveled: 16.3 percent decrease from 2001 to 2006 • Single-occupant vehicle usage declining

  18. Next Steps • Ongoing public outreach • Workshop follow-up: • MPOT wrap-up open house: July 23rd • Did we hear you correctly? • Draft Preliminary Master Plan of Transportation • Analysis of workshop results and your comments and ideas • Interagency Technical Review Team: fresh pairs of eyes • Management team review • Additional, on-going public outreach (as needed and requested)

  19. Countywide Master Plan of TransportationProject Timetable • Goals, Concepts and Guidelines -- July 2003 & September 2007 • Focus Groups – November 2007 • Public Workshops – March & April 2008 • Evaluation of scenarios and public input – April-July 2008 • Draft Preliminary Countywide Master Plan of Transportation - August – September • Permission to print MPOT - October 2008 • Public review and comment – November – December 2008 • Joint Public Hearing – January - February 2009 • Plan adoption and approval – March – April 2009

  20. Questions/Comments Comments? E-mail us at: MPOT@ppd.mncppc.org Harold Foster, AAG, AICP Project Manager Countywide Planning Division 14741 Gov. Oden Bowie Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Phone: 301-952-4947 Fax: 301-952-3799 Fatimah Hasan, AICP Master Plan Outreach Coordinator Countywide Planning Division 14741 Gov. Oden Bowie Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 Phone: 301-952-3580 Fax: 301-952-3799

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