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Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master title style Transportation in the Denver Region Presented by: Jacob Riger, AICP September 28, 2017

Click Today s Click to Topics edit edit Master title style style DRCOG transportation planning Where is the region today? Where will we be by 2040? Major issues and future focus

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master title style DRCOG TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

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Click DRCOG Click to edit edit Transportation Master title Planning style style Participants 56 local governments of DRCOG Interest groups / general public Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Regional Transportation District (RTD) Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) USDOT Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) & Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Denver Regional Mobility & Access Council (DRMAC) Transportation Management Associations (TMAs) And many more...

Click From Plans Click to edit edit to Projects Master title style style DRCOG Metro Vision Plan Shared vision for the future 20-year vision transportation system 20-year affordable transportation system 2040 Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan (MVRTP) 2040 Fiscally Constrained Regional Transportation Plan Air Quality Conformity Reg. Modeling Near-term funded projects Transportation Improvement Program (2018-2021 TIP) Project Development NEPA Studies NEPA National Environmental Policy Act (1970) Construct Project

Click Metro Click to Vision edit edit Master Transportation title style style System Multimodal system: Roadways & managed lanes Transit Walking & bicycling Freight & goods Operational elements Operations Transp. Demand Mgmt. Other topical elements Technology Maintenance Safety/security Aviation

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master title style 2040 MVRTP Fiscally Constrained Roadway, Managed Lane, and Bus Rapid Transit Capacity Projects

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master title style 2040 MVRTP Fiscally Constrained Rapid Transit System

Click Allocating Click to edit edit Dollars Master to title Projects style style $267 million over 4 years

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master title style WHERE ARE WE NOW?

Click How Click do to edit we edit Travel Master to title Work? style style Means of Transportation to Work (2011-2015) County Drive Alone Carpool Public Transit* Bicycle Walk Other Means Work at Home Total Work Trips Adams 77.6% 12.0% 3.9% 0.3% 1.2% 0.7% 4.4% 225,742 Arapahoe 78.1% 8.5% 5.0% 0.4% 1.5% 0.7% 5.9% 307,519 Boulder 65.2% 7.7% 5.6% 4.2% 5.0% 1.1% 11.1% 162,942 Broomfield 78.7% 7.1% 4.4% 0.5% 1.0% 0.8% 7.6% 31,202 Clear Creek 68.2% 9.6% 1.5% 0.6% 5.5% 1.6% 13.0% 4,989 Denver 70.3% 8.5% 7.1% 2.3% 4.5% 0.7% 6.5% 342,987 Douglas 79.1% 6.8% 2.0% 0.2% 0.9% 0.8% 10.1% 157,612 Gilpin 75.6% 12.0% 1.7% 0.0% 3.2% 0.8% 6.8% 3,143 Jefferson 78.7% 8.0% 3.5% 0.6% 1.6% 0.7% 7.0% 289,922 SW Weld 79.0% 9.7% 0.9% 0.1% 1.5% 0.7% 8.0% 33,889 Total Region 75.2% 8.7% 4.7% 1.2% 2.4% 0.8% 7.1% 100.0% Regional Daily 1,172,797 Trips Total 135,068 72,875 19,059 37,984 11,894 110,270 1,559,947 Source: 2011-2015 American Community Survey, US Census *Includes taxi service and motorcycles

Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Trends Click Click to edit edit Master title style style Average Daily VMT in the Denver Region (2000-2016) 84 30 Total Daily VMT in Millions 80 76 72 68 64 60 56 52 48 Total VMT 1.2% VMT/Capita 2040 Metro Vision Target 23 VMT/Capita 3.5% 4.0% 2.5% 2.0% 25.5 28 26 24 22 20 VMT/Capita 44 18

Click Click to edit edit Master Traffic title Fatalities style style 300 Annual Traffic Fatalities and Fatal Crash Rate in the Denver Region (1980-2015) 3.00 250 2.50 200 2.00 150 1.50 100 1.00 50 0.50 0 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Fatalities Fatalities per 100 million VMT 0.00

Serious Injuries and Injury Crash Rate Click Click to edit edit Master (2006-2013) title style style 2,500 7.00 2,000 6.50 1,500 6.00 1,000 500 5.50 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 5.00 Serious Injuries Serious Injury Crashes per 100 million VMT

BY 2040 Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master title style

Click Significant Click to edit edit Growth Master by title 2040 style style +1.2 million +545,000

Click Our Click Region to edit edit is Master Rapidly title Aging! style style 5-Year Cohort % Change (2015-2040) Rank 75 to 79 257% 1 90+ 219% 2 85 to 89 205% 3 80 to 84 204% 4 70 to 74 88% 5 65 to 69 40% 6

Click Regional Click to edit edit Growth Master By title 2040: style style 1.2 million more people will live in the Denver region (3.1 to 4.3 million) Vehicle miles traveled will increase by about 44% Severely congested roads and hours of delay will double Transit ridership will increase by about 75% Walking and bicycling trips will increase almost 50%

Click On Click a Typical to edit edit Master Day in the title Denver style style Region

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master title style MAJOR ISSUES & FUTURE FOCUS

Click Not Click Enough to edit edit Long Master Term title Funding style style Metro Vision Needed System $152.5 B Transit, Roads, O&M, TDM, Bicycle & Pedestrian Reasonably expected revenues through 2040: $105.8 B Unfunded Vision Shortfall: $46.7 B Funded projects and pools

Click Funding Click to edit edit vs. Needs Master by title Major style style Category

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Click Transportation Click to edit edit Master Innovations title style style Transportation is on the cusp of rapid and fundamental changes how do we prepare?

Click Connected Click to edit edit vehicles Master title vs. autonomous style style vehicles Connected Vehicles Allow vehicles to communicate with each other and the world around them Autonomous Vehicles Computer-driven do not require human drivers

Click Various Click to Degrees edit edit Master of Automation title style style

Click Transportation Click to edit edit Master Innovation title style style Initiatives

Click Click to edit edit Master title style style Jacob Riger, AICP Long Range Transportation Planning Manager jriger@drcog.org (303) 480-6751 THANK YOU!