Complete Regional Transportation Plan 2012 - Cape Cod ...

above, allowing pavement to deteriorate to the lowest condition requires a significantlymagnified cost to improve. To get closer to the MPO’s ultimate goal, resources spent onimproving “Fair” pavement would result in far more miles of resulting “Excellent”pavement than directing resources to “Poor” pavement. Nevertheless, “Poor” pavementcannot be ignored. Therefore, the strategy of this RTP is to evenly divide investmentacross the lower two categories. Based on expected resources identified in this RTP, thefollowing table lists the resulting totals of each category:TABLE 7 – CHANGE IN PAVEMENT CONDITION – IMPROVEMENT STRATEGYPavementConditionBasePercentBaseMilesImprovementCostMilesImprovedNewMilesNewPercentExcellent 26.40% 142.87 - 183.32 33.87%Good 32.96% 178.38 - 178.38 32.96%Fair 26.36% 142.66 $ 10,367,772 25.59 117.07 21.63%Poor 14.28% 77.28 $ 10,367,772 14.85 62.43 11.54%Totals 100.00% 541.19 $ 20,735,545 40.44 541.19 100%Implementation of this strategy results in overall improvement of pavement quality. Thepercentage of “Excellent” municipally-owned Federal-Aid roadways increases from 26 to34 percent. “Good” roadways are maintained at 33%. “Fair” roadways are reduced from26 to 22%, and “Poor” roadways are reduced from 14 to 12 percent.The Cape Cod Commission is currently engaged in an active pavement condition datacollection effort. Beginning with the FY 2012 Unified Planning Work Program, a greatlyexpanded Pavement Management System effort will be underway. Results of theseefforts will provide the Cape Cod MPO & Cape Cod towns with more up-to-date andaccurate data for improved pavement funding decision-making.2.2.7 AUTO OWNERSHIPBased on census reports, over 131,000 vehicles are owned by Cape Cod households. It isimportant to note that the census is conducted in April and does not represent the peak(nor the annual low) condition. The majority of Cape Cod households, or 62.5%, ownmore than one vehicle. On average, Cape Cod households own 1.7 vehicles. Only 3% ofCape Cod households do not own a vehicle. According to the Census, this is higher thanboth the 34.9% of Boston households that do not own a car, and the 12.7% ofMassachusetts’ households who do not own a car. The dependence of Cape CodChapter 2.2: Roadways Cape Cod Regional Transportation Plan | August 2011Page 82