Long Range Transportation Planning Process: Puget Sound TCAPP Pilot Test. SHRP 2 Capacity Project C18B.

摘要

SHRP 2 designed the SHRP 2 C18 Pilot Test to demonstrate the utility of the Transportation for Communities - Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP) tool within the context of the Long-Range Transportation Planning Process. The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) designed its pilot test to demonstrate the utility of the TCAPP tool in facilitating consensus-building among PSRC stakeholders on key decisions during the development of this new process for updating how projects are evaluated in the long-range plan, and developing a new process to prioritize those investments. In particular, this project used the tools contained within Long-Range Planning Key Decision Point 3 (LRP-3) to facilitate enhanced collaboration among members of PSRC advisory and elected committees in policy making, establishing goals, values and performance measures, and implementation. Pilot testing the TCAPP framework presented an opportunity to broaden stakeholder involvement during this process. As PSRC is a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the stakeholders engaged are diverse, and carry divergent views. It was only through a truly collaborative process that a consensus was reached amongst the varied perspectives, underscoring the desirability of a tool that enables collaborative decision making through a logical assessment process.