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MRPC

Regional Planning Commission

RESOLUTION 17-15

A RESOLUTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN INDIANA REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018

WHEREAS, the preparation of a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is a necessary and required part of the metropolitan area transportation planning process as specified in 23 CFR 450.314; and by its State statutory authority, the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) is charged with planning responsibility in three domains of transportation, environment and economic development; and

WHEREAS, the work tasks described within NIRPC's UPWP for the three-county northwestern Indiana region are in conjunction with the programs of the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Indiana Department of Transportation and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, and significant planning projects in the region by other agencies; and

WHEREAS, this program has been prepared for planning (PL), and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds through the Federal Highway Administration, Section 5303 technical study funds through the Federal Transit Administration, Sections 5307 and 5323 and planning funds through the Federal Transit Administration, private foundation, and NIRPC's locally derived funds;

WHEREAS, the work elements contained in the program respond to the transportation and air quality planning needs of Northwest Indiana and are in keeping with federal requirements found in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015 and accompanying guidelines and regulations;

WHEREAS, all regional transportation and other significant planning projects in the three-county region should be included in the UPWP;

WHEREAS, NIRPC is amending the UPWP for fiscal year 2018 to include two new projects and amend the budget;

WHEREAS, the first part of the amendment includes Surface Transportation Program (STP) planning funds of $201,250 that will be allocated for E-TIP software and the Household Travel Survey (HTS) Program that was approved in FY 2017;

WHEREAS, the total fund of the E-TIP software is $45,000 and for the HTS is $156,250;

WHEREAS, the second part of the amendment includes a Transit Needs Analysis (TNA) program;

WHEREAS, the purpose of the TNA program is to examine the state of transit service operations in northwest Indiana, primarily in Lake and Porter Counties, and make recommendations for system-wide operational efficiencies;

WHEREAS, the scope of the program includes project selection and scoring, performance metrics, rational bases for fund allocations, and decision making processes and hierarchies, in light of budgetary realities and projections.

WHEREAS, the third part of the amendment includes adding the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Region V planning emphasis areas (PEAs) to the UPWP report for FY 2018;

WHEREAS, the PEAs for FY 2018 includes first Implementing the National Transportation Performance Management final rulemakings and final planning regulation, and second Continuing compliance efforts for Title VI Program Management;

WHEREAS, the key areas of the National Transportation Performance Management are safety, freight movements, congestion management, public transit safety and state of good repair, infrastructure conditions, system reliability, and emissions;

WHEREAS, NIRPC previously established a process for the performance based planning as well as for the Title VI program and will continue to address them to satisfy the requirements of the final rulemakings.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission adopts the Unified Planning Work Program first amendment of Fiscal Years 2018.

Duly adopted by the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission on this fifteenth day of June, 2017.

Michael W. Griffin Chairperson

Diane Noll Secretary

TABLEI: FY 20 18 UPWP SUMMARY LIST OF PROJECTS AND B.UDGETS

c2.018 TOTAL PL / 5303 FTA 5307 CMAC ---;sT'SG PENDING/ .Nl PC

PROGRAM CATEGORY NIRPC Job # BUDGET

SHARE SHARE SHARE Sl:tA8E OTHER SHARE NOTES

1. Transportation Data Collection

   2· Planning Data Analysis I Forecasting

   3- GIS Support Services

   18-300 Short Range Planning 2313 329 .983 263.986 - 8,000 57,997

   1- UPWP Development & Management

   2·Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Management

   3- Tiiie VI Program Management

   4- Vehicle Oversight Program

   18-400 Long Range Planning 2314 545,325 436 .260 109,065 Staff Charges + Transit Needs Analysis 1- Comprehensive Regional Plan I Transportation Regional Plan

2. • Regional Land Use Planning 3 • Congestion Management

4 • Environmental Mitigation Planning 5 • Safety & Security Planning

1. - Freight Planning

2. Travel Network Modeling 8 - Air Quality Confonnity

9 -TnlelllgenlTransportation System

l18-5001ranslland Active Transportation 2315 90 375 72.300 18,075 1- Non-Motorized Transportation Planning

2 Transit Planning

18-600 Other Planning Initiatives/Special Projects 2316 37,684 30,147 . . 7,537

1• Sprawl Analysls -

Tobi.IPLFundlng f 1.67J,512 s 1,JJB,8!D

$ - s 8,000 -, 326,702.

2.058 -STP Planning s 201,.2.50 s - s s - s 1i1,ili1tf $ 4o,2so ' $ - HouHhcild Tm.i sUiWy i.ETIP

Transit - FTA

'T'otal Translt • FT·A Fundli!u NIRPC Programs

2548 -Air Quality Education/ Outreach 2548

2317 -Alternative Fuel 2317

2.538 - Deep River Portage Bums Waterway Initiative 2539 - Solar Ready in Northwest Indiana

2540 - Calumet Land Conservation Partnership

T<(!tal NIRP<; Prognrms Full!lhJil -

NIRPC Administration •Indirect•

9600 General Management

9600·Staff & Administration Support

. 30,000

-

s . s 100.•000 90,000

10,000 Dunes Leaming Center 55,000

- 25,000

50,000

.$ 2 .Mo s

Tota NJRP.'c Admfnl11tn.Uop·lndln>Ct s - s . s . s s . s - s

FTA Planning

s

eo1ar201a NIRPC Budge• l 3,2.1 •1.162 s 1,3J8,111C ' llSl},001) !. 400.011. S 1&1,000 s

20,000 . City of Valparaiso

20,000 - Gary Public Transportation Corporation

• See cost allocation plan

An1end n1ent (1) to the Unified Planning Work Progra ms (UPWP) FYs 2018:

Amendment 1includes amendments to existing programs and it includes also budget amendments.

Amendment 1 -1:

A STP planning program is added to the UPWP for FY 2018 with total funds of $201,250 in FY 2018 ($161,000 federal with 20% local match of 4,250). The funds are allocated for new E-TIP software and the Household Travel Survey (HTS) Program. The HTS is moved from the Short Rang Planning task to the STP Planning task. The total fund of the E-TIP software is $45,000 and 156,250 for the HTS. The following are the programs description:

Househol d Travel Survey

STAFF: SCOTT WEBER OBJ ECTIV E :

The purpose of this task is to ensure that NIRPC best informs stakeholders about travel patterns using reasonably current data about origins and destinations of transportation users within NW Indiana and between NW Indiana and the greater Chicago area. Also, this would help NIRPC satistfy the requirements of the Transportation Conformity Rule to validate a Travel Demand Model no more than 10 years prior to the first year of a Conformity Determination.

BA C KG R O U N D :

NIRPC last completed a Household Travel Survey between 2007 and 2008 jointly with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) for the entire Chicago area including the NIRPC area. Staff has processed the Household Travel Survey data from the previous effort and incorporated it into the trip generation and trip distribution methods of the current travel demand model. However, nearly 10 years have passed since this data has been available, and NIRPC is required to keep the first horizon year in air quality conformity models validated with data no older than 10 years.

W O R K E LEMENTS/ METHODO LOGY:

1. Work with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) on the procurement process for vendor(s) to complete the work.

1. Ensure that the scope of work in the CMAP-led procurement process requires data to be collected on travel patterns that include a substantial number of NW Indiana households. The methodology will most likely include significant use of smart phone data but with at least a minimal amount of user confirmation.

2. Work with CMAP on selecting potential vendor(s) that satisfy the scope of work and other requirements.

3. Work with the selected vendor(s) to conduct a pilot study of the data collection for the region.

   
   

4. Plan a data collection timeframe to ensure that data collection takes place before the end of Fiscal Year 2017.

   Amendment 1 -2

   
   

   Item 2 of the amendment includes a Transit Needs Analysis program that will be listed under the Long Range Planning task in the UPWP. A carry over will be utilized to cover the cost of hiring a consultant. The following is the program description:

   
   

   Transit Needs An a lysis

   
   

   STAFF: JAMES W INTERS

   
   

   

   O BJ ECTIV E :

   Examine the state of transit service operations in northwest Indiana, primarily in Lake and Porter Counties, and make recommendations for system-wide operational efficiencies, including project selection and scoring, performance metrics, rational bases for fund allocations, and decision making processes and hierarchies, in light of budgetary realities and projections.

   
   

   

   PA ST WO R l</ BAS IS :

   
   

   • RBA Strategic Operations Plan (TranSystems), 2006

   • Northwest Indiana Transit Consolidation Plan (Parsons Brinckerhoff), 2009

   • 2040 Comprehensive Regional Plan, 2011 & 2015

     
     

     Amendment 1 -3

     
     

     Item 3 of the amendment includes the FHWA and FTA Region V planning emphasis areas (PEAs) for FY 2018. The following is NIRPC UPWP report amendment for the PEAs:

     
     

     

     N ational Performance M anagement M easures:

     
     

     

     NIRPC established a performance based planning process in 2015 with the release of MAP-21. NIRPC defined coordination in the selection of targets and linked planning and programming to performance targets. Performance based planning was incorporated in the update of the Long Range Transportation Plan portion of the (2040 CRP/RTP). The Plan included a description of the performance measures and performance targets that were used in assessing the performance of the transportation system. It also included a system performance report and subsequent updates evaluating the condition and performance of the transportation system with respect to the established performance targets.

     
     

     In FY 2018, NIRPC will continue the work on the performance based planning and respond to any additional requirements of the National Transportation Performance Management final rulemakings.

     
     

     NIRPC will share with INDOT the performance measures that were established by NIRPC for the 2040 Plan and the UPWP and coordinate targets. Since INDOT has an April 2017 deadline to produce targets toward the performance measures, NIRPC will have an October 2017 deadline as to whether to select or add to INDOT targets. The following are the current and upcoming NIRPC's work in respond to the key areas that are highlighted in the new planning rule:

   • Percentage of the Interstate System Mileage providing for Reliable Truck Travel Times (TTTR)

   • Annual Hours of Peak-Hour Excessive Delay Per Capita

   • Percent of Non-SOV Travel

• Public Transit Performance Management Measures

  
  

  Currently, NIRPC and the transit operators are in the process of redeveloping the project selection process for transit projects to incorporate performance measures to increase safety and state -of-good repair. This will better connect the goals outlined in the Comprehensive Regional Plan to how projects are funded

  
  

  NIRPC has assisted transit operators, using transit funding, to purchase equipment to improve safety and security such as surveillance cameras in the bus yard and inside the buses with recording capabilities. NIRPC also provided funding to improve lighting, fencing, and guards services around stations.

  
  

  • Infrastructure Conditions/ Pavements

    
    

    The LPAs within the NIRPC region established pavement condition surveys and developed a database system for their roads. NIRPC will utilize this database as part of the selection criteria to fund transportation improvement projects.

    
    

  • Air Quality/ Emissions

    
    

    In 2014 NIRPC conducted an Air Quality Knowledge and Public Perception Survey to establish a baseline of what the residents of Northwest Indiana know about air quality, air quality action days, and transportation and other behavioral impacts on the air. NIRPC is repeating this study during summer months of 2017. These results will be used to establish metrics for the effectiveness of our CMAQ Air Quality Public Education programs in future years.

    
    

    In FY 2018, NIRPC will also work on tracking :

    
    

  • Emissions reductions by pollutant from CMAQ projects

  • Emissions reductions by CMAQ relative to total emissions reductions in non­ attainment/maintenance area

  • Cost effectiveness of CMAQ projects

Title VI Program Management

In 2016, NIRPC hosted a successful one-day Title VI Workshop, led by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on August 30, 2016. Approximately 48 participants from Lake, Porter and La Porte communities, counties and LPA's attended and 3 NIRPC staff. NIRPC will continue to monitor and provide technical assistance to communities /LPA's in meeting Title VI requirements. All Title VI Technical Assistance and Training information is available on the NIRPC website. NIRPC quarterly tracks the status of LPA's Title VI Plans. NIRPC communicates and coordinates with INDOT on status updates of LPA's compliance with Title VI from Lake/Porter/La Porte Counties of completed/submitted plans to INDOT. Work is ongoing and NIRPC will continue to collect Title VI Plans from LPA's and coordinate with INDOT on status.

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according to the provisions and requirements of this regulation, regardless of when the INDOT developed the STIP.

The new planning rule add new section, 23 CFR 450314(h), that requires the MPOs, INDOT, and the operators of public transportation to jointly agree and develop specific written provisions for cooperatively developing and sharing information related to transportation performance data, the selection of perfonnance targets, the reporting of performance targets, the reporting of perfonnance to be used in tracking the progress toward attainment of critical outcomes for the regions of the MPOs. (see 23 CFR 450.306(d)) and the collection of datn for the state asset mnnagcment plan for the National Highway System. INDOT and the MPOs can decide to either update their planning Memorandums of Agreements (MOAs) or some other means outside of the MOAs to adhere to this new rule.

Nation•I Performance Management Measures -All of the National Perfonnance Measures for key areas such as safety, infrastructure conditions, congestion, system reliability, -missions, freight movement, as well llll public transit safety apd state-of-good repair have been issuod. As referenced above, the INDOT and the MPOs must work cooperatively together to set pcrfonnance measures and targets. We commend INDOT and the MPOs for establishing a committee to set safety targets and recommend this format be continued for the other perfonnance areas.

Title VI Program Management - We continue our emphasis on the Title VJ Program Management When considering federal-aid highway funding for a local transportation project, the MPOs need to be able to ensure the Local Public Agencies (LPAs) complies with their Title VI nondiscrimination requircmeots. MPOs should survey local govenunents and determine if they have a current Title VI Plan that identifies a person responsible for Title VI, Notification of Nondiscrimination, a complaint process and steps used to collect aod evaluate data on impacts from the LPA's programs and projects. Ifa plan is not inplace with the project sponsor (a city, town, or COWlty) l>1eps should be taken to pro\.J.de technical assistance for the development and implementation of such a plan. Please contact FHWA or INUOT for any training needs. This will have the effect of better ensuring that programs and projects adhere to the principles of nondiscrimination, as well as making the MPO's nondiscrimination self-certifications accurate. The FHWA expects INDOT and the MPOs to monitor Title VI plan implementation and begin moving toward limiting funding to those entities that are not meeting their requirements as federal-aid recipients.

Ifyou have any questions, please contact either me, your FHWA Planning and Enviroomental Specialist, or Susnn Weber, FTA Community Planner, at (312) 3533888.

Sincerely,

Jay Ciavarella

Ditor, Office of Planning & Program Development

FTA Region V

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Indiana MPO Council Roy Nunnally, INDOT Larry Buckel, INDOT Susan Weber, FfA