2030 MTP Development Schedule

August 24, 2005

The CCMPO has begun the process of updating its Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). Although the 2025 Plan was only adopted in January 2005, this process is beginning now in order to better coordinate with the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission's Regional Plan.

The Regional Plan's land use element plays a pivotal role in the analysis of transportation alternatives - a crucial task in designing and assessing different transportation strategies to tackle future needs and problem areas. The CCMPO Board has decided that the 2030 MTP will be an update to the 2025 version and not a "start from scratch" project. The 2025 format and content are largely seen as offering a meaningful approach for regional long range transportation planning.

Listed below are the main tasks in developing the next MTP, the parties involved, and when we expect work tasks to be undertaken:

TASK	RESPONSIBLE PARTY	SCHEDULE
Establish scope of work	CCMPO staff with Executive Committee and Board input	Summer 2005
Conduct new statistically valid public information survey	Consultant with CCMPO Staff input	Fall 2005
Establish MTP advisory committee	CCMPO Board approval of operating procedures and membership roster	Fall 2005
Develop demographic projections in 5, 10, and 20 year time frames	CCRPC Staff and Board	Fall/Winter 2005
Public outreach	CCMPO Staff with consultant assistance	On-going starting with public meeting to release survey report - Fall/Winter 2005.
Perform the analysis of expected financial resources expected over the life of the MTP.	Consultant with CCMPO Staff input	Fall 2005
Allocate projected demographic data to Regional Plan Planning Areas.	CCRPC Staff and Board	Winter 2005/06
Allocate projected demographic data to the transportation analysis zones in the CCMPO's transportation demand model.	CCMPO and CCRPC Staff	Winter 2005/Spring 2006
Develop land use scenario(s) for the transportation model	CCMPO and CCRPC Staff with RPC Board input	Spring 2006
Re-verify/readopt the 2025 MTP vision statement and goals	CCMPO Board with Advisory Committee	Winter 2005/06
Use the Decision Support System (DSS), the land use allocation feature of the transportation model, or other similar tool to analyze a selected land use/transportation issue and use this as discussion for transportation alternatives development.	CCMPO Staff with Advisory Committee input	Spring/Summer 2006
Define the transportation alternatives for model analysis.	CCMPO Staff with Steering Committee input	Fall/Winter 2006
Perform transportation model analyses	CCMPO Staff	Winter 2006/07
Alternatives presentation to public	CCMPO Staff	Winter 2006/07
Hold MTP public hearing	CCMPO Staff and Board	Spring 2007
Adopt MTP	CCMPO Board	Summer 2007