NORTHEASTERN INDIANA REGIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL 2040 Transportation Plan Adopted May 2018 Illustrations of the transportation network within the Metropolitan Planning Area. Areas include portions of Allen, Whitley, and Huntington Counties, the Cities of Fort Wayne and New Haven, and the Towns of Grabill, Huntertown, and Leo-Cedarville. For Additional Information Contact NIRCC 200 East Berry Street Suite 230 Fort Wayne, IN 46802 (260) 449-7309
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Historical Background... 1 Transportation Planning Requirements... 7 Performance Based Planning and Programming... 20 Federal Transportation Performance Management... 22 Highway Performance Measures.. 23 System Performance Measures... 24 Infrastructure Performance Measures.. 24 Safety Performance Measures.. 24 Transit Performance Measures.. 24 Transit Asset Management Plan.. 25 System Management Report... 26 Target Setting..... 26 Reporting..... 26 Regional Goal, Objectives, Actions and Measures... 29 Study Process... 46 Report Organization. 48 Chapter 2 Base and Planning Year Socioeconomic Data 51 Base Year 2015 Estimates... 55 Population.. 55 Households... 56 Automobile Ownership. 56 Employment... 56 Planning Year 2040 Projections... 56 Population.. 59 Households.... 62 Automobile Ownership... 62 Employment.. 62 Summary... 63 Chapter 3 Travel Forecast: 2040 Travel Demands 65 Travel Forecasting Process... 65 Travel Forecasting Procedure.. 65 Analysis of Regional Activity Forecasts... 69 Trip Generation... 71 Trip Distribution... 72
Evaluation of the Transportation System... 73 Existing Highway System... 73 Transit System... 75 Conclusion... 79 Chapter 4 Evaluation of Alternative Transportation Sketch Plans 83 Alternative Network Testing... 83 Roadway Design Standards... 84 Highway Alternatives... 84 Transit Alternatives... 89 Chapter 5 Selection of the Recommended Plan 93 Documentation of Public Participation... 93 Environmental Justice... 94 Defining and Identifying Minority and Low-Income Populations... 95 Public Involvement Strategies for Engaging Minority and Low-Income Populations... 96 Measures for Evaluating Benefits and Burdens of Transportation Plans and Projects...... 104 Factors Influencing Plan Selection... 106 Livable Communities... 107 Financial Analysis... 109 Chapter 6 The Selected Plan 111 Goal of the Transportation Plan... 111 The Recommended Plan... 116 Highway Improvements... 116 New Construction... 116 Widening Projects... 116 Congestion Management Strategy Implementation... 116 Other Highway Improvements... 119 Highway Policies... 120 Transit Improvements... 121 Public Transit Policies.... 121 Public Transit Improvement Projects.... 123 Specific Improvements from the Transit Development Plan... 124 Identified Transportation Strategies from Coordinated Transit Plan... 124 Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Enhancement Improvements... 125 Financial Plan. 125
Highway.... 125 Local Funding.. 126 Transit... 128 Federal Funding.... 128 State Funding... 128 Local Funding.. 129 Transit Operating Costs... 129 Cost of Additional Transit Service... 132 Summary of Transit Financial Plan... 132 Other Transportation Modes... 133 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan.... 133 Design Classification for Routes... 141 Transportation Alternatives(TA)...... 149 Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)... 151 ITS Completed and Planned Improvement Projects... 151 Summary of Selected Plan... 153 Chapter 7 Safety Management in Transportation Planing 155 Introduction... 155 Source of Data... 155 Quality of Data... 155 Analysis of Data... 156 Uses of Data... 157 Project Selection and Prioritization... 162 Existing Project Analysis... 163 Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety... 163 Transit Safety... 163 Conclusion... 163 Chapter 8 Environmental Mitigation 165 Methodology... 165 Common Environmental Issues... 165 Streams and Wetlands...... 166 Threatened and Endangered Species... 178 Section 4(F) Mitigation... 182 Cultural Resources... 183 Other Environmentally Sensitive Sites... 189 Transportation Plan Analysis Summary... 194
List of Consulting Agencies...197 Input on the 2040 Transportation Plan by the Consulting Agencies... 198 Chapter 9 Freight 201 Freight Movement in Allen County... 201 Rail... 201 Air... 204 Roadways... 206 Chapter 10 Future Efforts and Implementation 213 Status of Previous Transportation Plans... 213 Current 2035 Transportation Plan... 215 Future Efforts... 218 Congestion Management System... 218 Access Management... 219 Alternative Travel Methods... 219 Corridor, Site Impact, Intersection Analysis, and Feasibility Studies... 219 Security... 219 Passenger Rail... 220 Gateway Plan- City of Fort Wayne... 223 Implementation... 225 Figures Figure 1: Railroad System and Rivers in the Metropolitan Planning Area 4 Figure 2: Fort Wayne/New Haven/Allen County Metropolitan Planning Area 6 Figure 3: Employment Locations for 2010 52 Figure 4: Employment Locations for 2015 53 Figure 5: Traffic Analysis Zones 54 Figure 6: Floodplains 60 Figure 7: Industrial Parks and Sites 61 Figure 8: Travel Forecasting Procedure 66 Figure 9: Completed Projects from the current 2035 Plan 74 Figure 10: Existing Transit System 80 Figure 11: Transit System Accessibility 81 Figure 12: Network Deficiencies if no Projects were Completed 82 Figure 13: Network Deficiencies after 2040 Funded Projects 87 Figure 14: Network Deficiencies after 2040 Funded & Illustrative Projects 88 Figure 15: Minority Population Profile 97
Figure 16: Hispanic Population Profile 98 Figure 17: Low-Income Population Profile 99 Figure 18: Combined Environmental Justice Population Profile 100 Figure 19: Transit Routes ½ Mile Buffer 101 Figure 20: Neighborhood Associations 103 Figure 21: Implementation of Transportation Plans (1971- Present) 105 Figure 22: Recommended 2040 Transportation Plan 112 Figure 23: Recommended 2040 Transit System 113 Figure 24: Recommended 2040 Bicycle and Trail Plan 114 Figure 25: Recommended 2040 Sidewalk Plan 115 Figure 26: Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan for Northeast Indiana 135 Figure 27: Bike and Trail Plan 137 Figure 28: Trail Plan 138 Figure 29: Sidewalk Plan 139 Figure 30: Water Features 168 Figure 31: Potential Wetlands 169 Figure 32: Water Features and Impaired Streams 170 Figure 33: Watersheds 171 Figure 34: Flood Control Projects 172 Figure 35: Parks and Significant Protected Natural Areas 185 Figure 36: Historic Features 186 Figure 37: Kessler Plan Park and Boulevard System 187 Figure 38: Cultural and Infrastructure Concerns 188 Figure 39: Cleanup Sites 190 Figure 40: Waste Sites 191 Figure 41: Environmentally Sensitive Sites and Infrastructure 192 Figure 42: Underground Storage Tanks 193 Figure 43: Transportation Infrastructure 202 Figure 44: Major Modal Activity Centers 203 Figure 45: Railroad Destinations 205 Figure 46: Regional Hub 207 Figure 47: Truck Route System 208 Figure 48: Truck Volumes 210 Figure 49: Big Data 212 Figure 50: Implementation of Transportation Plans (1971-Present) 214 Figure 51: Allen County NHS and Hospitals 221 Figure 52: Allen County NHS and Fire Stations 222
Figure 53: Gateway Plan Corridors and Interchanges 226 Tables Table 1: NIRCC / Statewide Crash Performance Targets 27 Table 2: CitiLink and NIRCC Transit Rolling Stock Performance Targets 28 Table 3: CitiLink and NIRCC Facilities Performance Targets 28 Table 4: Summary of Regional Socioeconomic Variables 69 Table 5: Travel Demand Forecast Regional Summary 72 Table 6: Lane Capacities 75 Table 7: ICAP Initial Vehicles per Lane per Hour Assumption 76 Table 8: VMT and VHT Comparison 85 Table 9: VMT Per-Capita 86 Table 10: Urban Transportation Advisory Board Meetings 94 Table 11: Poverty Thresholds by Family Size 96 Table 12 Project Cost Estimates and Available Revenue Summary 128 Table 13: CitiLink Operating Revenue - 2018 130 Table 14: CitiLink Annual Capital Revenue Estimates 130 Table 15: CitiLink Annual Costs & Revenue Forecast 131 Table 16: CitiLink Operating Revenue & Expenditure Estimates 131 Table 17: CitiLink Capital Revenue & Expenditure Estimates 131 Table 18: Bicycle Pedestrian Projects 144 Table 19: 2010 Impaired Waters in Allen County 173 Table 20: 2016 Impaired Waters in Allen County 175 Table 21: Endangered, Threatened, or Rare Species within Allen County 179 Table 22: Summary of # of Projects within Environmental Points of Interest 195 Appendixes Appendix A Congestion Management Program Appendix B 2015 Socioeconomic Data Appendix C 2040 Socioeconomic Data Appendix D Access Standards Manual 2011 Appendix E Roadway Design Standards Appendix F Local Project Cost Appendix G Bus Fort Wayne Plan Appendix H The Coordinating and Transportation Services Guide Appendix I Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan for Allen County
Appendix J Public Participation Comments and Responses Appendix K Pedestrian component of the Transportation Plan\Bicycle Parking Recommendation Policy Appendix L Environmental Document Data Citations Appendix M Air Quality Conformity Determination