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The RMAS study serves as a vital tool for influencing project selection and local land use decisions. It aims to raise awareness among decision-makers and the public regarding regional challenges. Key recommendations include making study findings accessible, expanding the Transportation/Land-Use Connections program, fostering public outreach, and establishing processes for public input. Additional strategies involve refining scenarios for effective planning, analyzing variably priced lanes, and creating a working group for future phases of implementation to enhance regional mobility and accessibility.
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RECOMMENDATIONSOn the Regional Mobility and Accessibility Scenario Study(RMAS) TPB Citizens Advisory CommitteeFebruary 21, 2007
CAC Goals for RMAS • The study should be used as a toolto influence project selection and local land use decisions.
CAC Goals for RMAS • The study should be used toraise awarenesswith decision-makers and citizens about regional challenges.
CAC Goals for RMAS • The study should effectively use public outreachto inform future scenario planning activities, including the development of regional priorities and identification of implementation strategies.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 1. Make available the study findings, including the brochure and “What If” presentation, to elected officials and local planning efforts.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 2. Support and expand the Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) program.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 3. Expand outreach to educate the public and raise awareness of regional challenges.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 4. Establish a process for gathering public input and feeding it back to the TPB for the development of refined, new or composite scenarios.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 5. Provide public-friendly information on the TPB’s variably priced lane scenario as quickly as possible.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 6. Move forward with developing and refining scenarios.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 7. Use the RMAS scenarios to develop a plan of regional priorities.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 8. Develop useful analysis of existing scenarios (“drill down”) to provide more detail on which actions could be most effective.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 9. Analyze a scenario or scenarios that assume the conversion of existing general purpose lanes to variably priced lanes.
CAC Recommendations for RMAS 10. The TPB should establish a new working group to look at future phases of and steps to implement the study.