Transportation 2035 - State of Rhode Island: Division of Planning

December 2012BACKGROUND FOR PLAN UPDATEThis section discusses how the planning environment has evolved since 2004. Several significant actions that have a bearing on this plan update include:performance review of the 2004 Plan, the 2010 recertification of Statewide Planning (the MPO for the State of Rhode Island) by FTA and FHWA; recentlyadopted or ongoing planning activities at the state level; and new public participation activities. These are described below.PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF 2004 TRANSPORTATION PLANPerformance MeasuresInadequateprogress23%Targetnot met10%Data notavailable30%Transportation 2025 completed in 2004, was the state’s first long rangetransportation plan that contained measurable objectives and performancemeasures. As a first step in updating Transportation 2030, a performanceevaluation of the 2004 Plan was undertaken. Performance measures, whichare generally quantitative, were reviewed. In some cases, data required toassess performance were not available. For instance, several performancemeasures rely on U.S. Census data that will not be available for several years.In other cases, operating agencies, such as RIDOT or RIPTA, were consulted fortheir most recent data. In several instances, data are collected differentlynow, and targets were reset based on new methods. The followingdesignations were used:Adequate• Data not yet available.Target metprogress21%• Target met or surpassed. This is used when annual data is available and16%current or future year targets have been met.• Adequate progress made toward target. This is used when the target isa future year, and annual data is available to track progress towardmeeting the objective.• Inadequate progress made toward target. This is also used when the target is a future year, and annual data is available to track progress towardmeeting the objective.• Target not met. This is used when the objective is for the current year, and annual data is available.The results showed a mixed bag of progress made toward goals. Performance measures for this Plan have been revised accordingly. This Plan continues toestablish performance measures which will be evaluated periodically.Transportation 2035 (2012 Update)State Guide Plan Element 611Rhode Island Statewide Planning ProgramPage 1-6