2020 - 2024 Transportation Improvement Program
Chapter 2
THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The Long Range Transportation Plan for the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region 2040 identifies the following seven goals and associated objectives that wholly incorporate the ten planning factors identified in the FAST Act:
- Support the economic vitality of the metropolitan area, especially by enabling global competitiveness, productivity, and efficiency
- The transportation system should support balanced community and economic development of the metropolitan area
- The transportation system should be a distinguishing competitive feature of the metropolitan area relative to other areas, serving the needs of existing businesses and enhancing the region’s attractiveness to new business
- Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users
- Transportation designs, services, and education programs should enhance and protect life, health, and property
- Transportation designs, services, and education programs should enhance and protect life, health, and property
- Increase the ability of the transportation system to support homeland security and to safeguard the personal security of all motorized and non-motorized users
- The transportation system, and its associated programs and services, should support both national and personal security initiatives
- The transportation system, and its associated programs and services, should support both national and personal security initiatives
- Increase the accessibility and mobility options available to people and freight
- The transportation system should provide the capacity, coverage, and coordination necessary to provide mobility to the region’s population and commercial activities in a fashion consistent with the overall intent of Goal 1
- Reasonable travel alternatives should be available to all persons in the area regardless of age, physical or mental ability, and/or income
- Protect and enhance the natural environment, cultural heritage and community appearance, and promote energy conservation
- Transportation planning and decision making should support and reinforce local land use and development objectives
- Transportation planning and decision making should recognize local priorities balanced with broader community goals
- Transportation planning and decision making should strive to address issues on a corridor level, recognizing both the multi-jurisdictional component of travel and the interrelationship between transportation and non-transportation policies and investments
- The transportation system should encourage the efficient use of non-renewable energy resources and the exploration of renewable alternatives
- Transportation planning and decision making should strive to embrace designs and processes which respect the natural environment and enhance the overall contribution of the transportation system to community livability
- Promote efficient system management and operations
- The transportation system should be designed and managed in a fashion which minimizes lifetime maintenance and user costs
- Transportation investments should advance the Long Range Transportation Plan’s goals and objectives in a fashion which maximizes benefits relative to costs
- Transportation and land use planning should be integrated in a fashion that optimizes the use of existing transportation and other municipal infrastructure
- Transportation investments should be guided by cooperative planning, design, and maintenance standards to promote system continuity and uniformity across jurisdictional boundaries
- Facilitate partnerships in planning, financing, and the execution of transportation initiatives
- The transportation planning and decision making process should be multi-jurisdictional, fostering coordination and cooperation among local, county, state, and federal governments, concerned agencies, and the private sector
- The transportation planning process should be conducted in as open and visible a manner as possible, encouraging community participation and interaction between and among citizens, professional staff, and elected officials
- Financial and non-financial support for transportation initiatives should be provided by all levels of government and the private sector in a fashion which reflects their relative responsibilities for, and/or benefits from, the initiatives and related economic and social impacts
- Innovative financing/partnerships for transportation initiatives that reflect the full scope of interests impacted or served should be explored
- Transportation and transportation-related information resources should be developed and shared in a fashion that promotes informed public and private sector decision making
- Awareness should be promoted regarding the impact of individual, public, and private sector decisions on the quality of mobility and the potential impact of these decisions on others