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TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE (TAP)

CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY (CMAQ)

NEW MEXICO BIKE PLAN

New Mexico Infrastructure Finance Conference; October 24, 2018

Shannon Glendenning, Active Transportation Team Supervisor Maggie Moore, TAP CoordinatorSky Tallman, CMAQ Coordinator

Active Transportation in New Mexico2

Photo Credit: Jake Schoelkopf, NMDOT

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Introduce the session- There is funding available for active transportation projects in New Mexico. There are a few years between the announcement for the call for projects managed out of NMDOT Statewide Planning Bureau so we hope to make the connections about what you should be doing today to get ready for future calls for projects, or if another funding source is announced. Maggie and Sky will describe their respective funding programs and Cerrise will describe the role and resources of an RTPO in helping small municipalities (T/LPAs) prioritize community needs, access to funding opportunities

Active Transportation Project Planning

• It starts with a plan• Community support• Leadership support

• Regional significance • Thinking about federalizing your project?

• ¾ baked projects

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What does it mean to federalize your project – higher standards, requirements and certifications from cradle to grave

General requirements • Reimbursement NOT

Disbursement• Match

• 14.56% local match requirement• Buy America

• Steel and iron• Certifications

• Right of way, ITS, Environmental, Rail, Utilities

• ADA Transition Plan • Title VI Policy• Coordination with MPO/RTPO

and NMDOT District

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This about Federal participation and what it means

https://dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/TLPA/TLPA_Handbook_Final_Version_3-4-2019.pdf

Federal Funding Process and Resources

•Your MPO/RTPO Planners• NMDOT Tribal/Local Public Agency Handbook

• Program Guides + Coordinators (Maggie + Sky)

• New Mexico Local Technical Assistance Program

• FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program

• PedBikeInfo.org

• American Society of Landscape Architects

• Existing Plans – State and local

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Too many resources to list, the important thing is that you engage the process via your MPO/RTPO planners and keep communication and coordination ongoing. LTAP Trainings are great, attending conferences is great, bookmarking guides and handbooks to refer to throughout the process.

https://dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/TLPA/TLPA_Handbook_Final_Version_3-4-2019.pdf

https://dot.state.nm.us/content/nmdot/en/Planning.html

http://ltap.unm.edu/training/index.html

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/

http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/

https://www.asla.org/transportation.aspx

NM Bike Plan• The NM Bike Plan considers how to best provide

New Mexico residents and visitors with a safe and connected bicycle network at the statewide level through:• The identification of priority corridors

• The creation of design guidelines by corridor type

• The NM Bike Plan focuses on roads owned and maintained by the New Mexico Department of Transportation.

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One of those plans …

Priority Network

• Tier 1• Tier 2• Tier 2- Basic• Tier 3

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Design Guidelines

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Implementation • Roadway reconstruction or

major rehabilitation

• Identify opportunities during maintenance

• Stand alone projects

• T/LPAs can cite this plan in applications

• Coordinate with NMDOT Districts

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Transportation Alternative Program12

Santa Fe Rail Trail

Pace ABQ Bike Share

Safe Routes to School

Acoma Scenic Overlook

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Planning, design and construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities Safe Routes to School: Bike/ped infrastructure – Paved or soft surface trails – transportation focused. Education, coordinators, etc. – Las Cruces Public Schools – local hero Ashleigh Curry Construction of scenic overlooks and turnouts – Acoma Scenic Overlook, less common but eligible Community improvement and environmental mitigation activities related to transportation and as identified in ATRP Guide If you have questions or something it not crystal clear please call your RTPO planner, State program coordinator (Sky or I) Federal requirements, guidance and interpretations are always subject to change so the best thing is to check in with your RTPO planner or state coordinator, early and often.

Transportation Alternative Program

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Call for Projects Timeline

2018

June – December Call for Projects Open June – August Project Feasibility Meetings August – October Applications Due to MPOs/RTPOsNovember MPOs + RTPOs screen applicationsNovember 30, 2018 TAP/RTP Application Due to NMDOTDecember 31, 2018 CMAQ Applications Due to NMDOT

2019

December – March NMDOT Review of ApplicationsFeb. 28, 2019 RTP Scoring Committee MeetingMarch 19, 2019 TAP Scoring Committee MeetingMarch - April 2019 T/LPA Program Trainings StatewideApril 3, 2019 CMAQ Scoring Committee MeetingApril Programming AwardsApril 25, 2019 TAP + RTP Awards AnnouncedMay 3, 2019 CMAQ Awards Announced

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From the most recent call for projects report, give you a sense of the timeline once the call for projects does out. If you are interested in participating in these programs we implore you to start planning now. Attend planning meetings, review state and local plans for your communities priorities, identify needs in your community, assess capacity, what is your timeline, when do you want to get this work done? look at all funding opportunities, federal state local and federal. Which funding source is the best match for what you want to accomplish for your community. After the awards are announced the TLPAs work with NMDOT to get agreements in place, once that happens and other requirements are met, money can then be obligated for FFY2020, which started on Oct 1, 2019 and ends on September 30, 2020. If you don’t obligate your funds by September 20, 2020 then those funds are lost.

FFY20/21 Funding- TAP• Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act

• Five-year transportation funding bill signed into law Dec. 2015, expires in 2020.

• TAP- set-asides from the Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Program under FAST Act

• TAP Funding (statewide competitive process)

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FFY20 and FFY21 (fed+match)Pop. 5,001-200,000: $1,253,916Pop. 5,000 or less: $1,277,415Flexible (any area): $3,344,481

Total: $5,875,811**All funding is subject to change

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Its important to remember where this money comes from, Congress authorized the FAST ACT back in Dec 2015 and the President Obama signed the bill into law. This will expire in 2020, so we are waiting on Congress to enact new legislation to reauthorize these programs. If anyone in here can predict what that will look like I have a million dollar check in the car. Last year at this time we were headed into the longest government shutdown in history. We move forward under the assumption that congress will act. I also want to talk about another element of the program, the money has to be spend around the state by population. Not surprisingly in New Mexico, the program is most competitive in the mid-range population category 5,001 to 200,000, where most communities fit in population wise. If your community is in the lower range population 5,000 or less you have a competitive advantage based on past calls, we see fewer applications in this area. Is it a bigger lift for small entities, yes, but if you have Mid Region MPO in Albuquerque and to a much smaller degree El Paso MPO received a direct allocation for TAP Large Urban that they program. Generally about 1.3 million for ABQ and $50,000 for El Paso.

Program Competitiveness – over 3 years15

TAP RTP CMAQRequested $28,104,661 $4,681,172 $38,511,512Awarded $12,365,129 $3,334,470 $16,533,410

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$15,000,000

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Active Transportation Programs

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The MPOs and RTPOs were responsible for submitting all eligible and complete applications to NMDOT; NMDOT did not accept late and/or incomplete applications. By the stated deadlines, NMDOT received thirty-eight (38) TAP applications, fifteen (15) RTP applications and seventeen (17) CMAQ applications, requesting over $71 million in federal funds in total. See Chart 1. After a rigorous review, a multidisciplinary team of NMDOT staff deemed nine (9) TAP, three (3) CMAQ, and three (3) RTP applications ineligible. All remaining eligible applications were rated and ranked by their respective scoring committees (see below) on potential economic impacts, safety improvements, increased accessibility and environmental enhancements, among other scoring factors detailed in each program Guide. TAP and RTP Program Guide: http://dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/planning/ActiveProg/NMDOT_TAP-RTP_Guide.pdf � CMAQ Program Guide: http://dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/planning/NMDOT_CMAQ_Program_Guide.pdf TAP – 43% of requested funds were awarded over 3 years CMAQ – 43% of requested funds were awarded over 3 years

TAP Case study

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This is an actual diagram of a TAP project from inception to completion.

Kirtland Schools Walk Path – San Juan County

“This walk path system will provide a safe

pedestrian facility for 1,900 students to

walk to and from the four different schools

in the unincorporated town of Kirtland,

New Mexico. These improvements will

connect current broken up sections of

gravel walkways, small sections of

concrete sidewalks, and road side

shoulders creating a loop system linking

four schools together.”

- Project description from the application. December 11, 2014

- Awarded for FFY16-17

- Preliminary Engineering (PE) +

Construction

- 2.84 miles of path

- Total Project Estimate

$1,000,000

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This is a great project, no one can argue that creating a safe network on pedestrian and bike facilities for 1,900 students, families and community members. We are seeing a lot of Safe Routes to Schools projects in our call for projects. There appears to be a growing demand for these types of improvements. Los Alamos Ruidoso Santa Fe Las Cruces Los Lunas San Juan County

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Kirtland Schools Walk Path

Elementary School

High School

Middle School

Elementary School

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This was also included in the application, they have identified the location of the improvements and the type of Improvements needed, in some areas they have identified 10’ concrete sidewalk with curb and gutter, or 8-10’ asphalt path. As Shannon mentioned earlier this appears to be ¾ baked for sure.

Kirtland Schools Walk PathPreliminary Engineering

• PE estimate for full length $350,000 ($230,000 more than estimated)

• Scope narrowed to 1.4 miles of pathway

• $89,713 in Construction money was moved to PE to cover additional PE costs.

Construction

• Construction low bid was $891,823

• Scope narrowed to .9 miles

• Construction moved from FFY17 to FFY18

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So what happened. Contracts are signed money is obligated and the design costs alone come in $230,000 more than estimated. Have to narrow the scope, they end up designing 1.4 miles of pathway and still have to move $89,713 in their construction money into PE to cover the extra costs. Get through design, which includes paying for and obtaining all 5 required certifications, (NEPA, ITS, ROW, Utilities and Railroad) With pretty constant coordination these generally take a year to acquire, but can take twice as long depending on the project. Construction low bid is $891,823 – narrow scope to .9 miles – when you are setting your scope you have to consider origin and destination, the trail has to begin somewhere, in this case the high school and end somewhere else, the middle school Also due to cost overruns and complications we moved construction from FFY17 to FFY18. That FFY17 money is lost (unless we can find another project that needs the money in FFY17.

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T/LPA Take-a-way“For the 8’-10’ wide, 1 mile

project…design costs were

approx. $225K and

construction was approx.

$900K. It is my estimation

that ADA requirements had

a significant impact on cost.

A large portion was also

construction phase traffic

control and maintaining

access to the schools

throughout construction.”Nick Porell – PE Public Works Director, San Juan County

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Note, that when you sign an agreement for $1,000,000, you are responsible for any additional costs. You can request additional funds through NMDOT but it is not a great way to plan. Also once your funds are obligated by FHWA, meaning they are ready to spend, you have 10 years to begin construction on that project or FHWA may claw back the money.

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T/LPA Take-a-way“Developing an acceptable

“barrier” along the path

separating traffic from users

was a challenge. FHWA

provides some

guidance…ultimately the

classification which was

applied was that of a paved

shoulder for rural roads.”Nick Porell – PE Public Works Director, San

Juan County

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Big, take away is that even with a great application and ¾ baked project, unanticipated funding, design and construction issues made project cost more and take longer to build. Lesson is we cannot anticipate everything, be flexible, be committed and keep coordinating with NMDOT and we will get this work done.

Kirtland Walk Path Phase II• San Juan County applied for Phase II of the project for

FFY20-21

• Preliminary Engineer + Construction

• $65,000 to complete PE (design is at 30%)

• $730,000 to construct

• 10’ wide multi-use paved path

• .566 mile length

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In more good news, they applied for a received funding for phase II which will complete another .5 mile segment, connecting the existing work to one of the elementary schools.

CMAQ Non-Mandatory Introduction

Types of Projects

• 1. Reduction in the number of vehicle trips and/or vehicle miles traveled (VMT);

• 2. Reduction of emissions related to congestion; and/or

• 3. Reduction of per-mile emissions through improved vehicle and fuel technologies.

Eligible Entities*

• Local governments• Tribal governments• Transit agencies• School districts• NMDOT• State/Federal governmental

entities

Note: Nonprofits, and MPOs/RTPOs are NOT eligible project sponsors for CMAQ

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*For a complete list of eligible projects and entities, see the CMAQ Guide

CMAQ Non-Mandatory

• Transit improvements• Bicycle and pedestrian facilities that reduce vehicle trips

(not exclusively recreational) • Roundabouts, HOV lanes, left-turn or other managed

lanes• Road diets• Traffic Demand Management• Active transportation network improvements.• Traffic calming measures• Carpools or vanpools • Diesel engine replacement, repowering (Buy America)

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• Types of Projects & Activities*

*For a complete list of eligible projects and entities, see the CMAQ Guide

FFY20/21 Funding-CMAQ Non-Mandatory• Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act

• Five-year transportation funding bill signed into law Dec. 2015• CMAQ supports transportation projects that contribute to

air quality improvements and provide congestion relief • Emphasis on multi-modal projects• CMAQ Funding (statewide competitive process)

• Approximately $11 million per year • (If NM remains in air quality attainment)

• Next competitive call 2022 for 2023 projects.• Last call went out 14 months prior to beginning of FFY.

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CMAQ Case StudyJemez Pueblo – Hwy 4 Multi-Use Path• Preliminary Engineering (including NEPA), Utilities, ROW, and

Construction• 1.83-mile multi-use path• 2 flashing pedestrian beacons• 2 crosswalks• 3 pedestrian bridges• Added signage and lighting• Improve shoulder stability and

address drainage issues.• Address uncontrolled access issues• Reduce NMDOT maintenance on

drainage

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Phase I

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Phase II

Justification for the Project• The Pueblo of Jemez village is bisected by NM Hwy 4.

Tribal community members must currently walk along a narrow, unsafe foot trail, or along the shoulder of NM 4, to access the health clinic, tribal administration building, post office, library, senior center, fitness center, employment areas, schools and residences. Children must cross Hwy 4 where there are no designated crosswalks or traffic warning signs. It is so dangerous that many parents will not allow their children to walk or bike to school. The lack of safety poses a serious threat to the health and safety of the youth and community as a whole.

• 11 crashes, 3 injuries, 1 fatality (2012-2016)• 6,000-7,500 speeding and traffic tickets/year

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Data and images from planning documents in Jemez Pueblo application

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Bike Count Loaner Program

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NMDOT has bicycle counters to loan to T/LPAs for short counts.

Jemez Pueblo is using them to collect before/after data.

If you are considering a bicycle project, consider using our bike counters to collect preliminary data.

Contact: Maggie Moore

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Presentation Notes

Since receiving their award Jemez Pueblo has engage in our new Bike Counting Program, they are performing a number of counts along NM 4 to assess the current bicycle volume. Once the improvements are completed they will continue to perform counts along the corridor. Call Maggie if you are interested in learning more about the bike count program

mailto:[email protected]

CMAQ or TAP?• A project like this could be eligible for both programs.

Which one should you apply for?

BOTH!A project like this would potentially be eligible for both programs. Talk to program coordinators before applying and consider applying for both programs.

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Positive attributes of successful applications• Planning: Project appears in and is consistent with

numerous planning documents.

• Narrative: Responses are clear, compelling, and concise. Major claims are supported with data and documentation.

• Consistency: Responses are internally consistent.

• Alignment: Project demonstrates strong alignment with the purpose of the grant.

• Impact: Persuasive case that project will have a high impact and level of use.

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Contact InformationMaggie MooreTAP [email protected]

Sky TallmanCMAQ [email protected]

Shannon GlendenningActive Transportation Programs [email protected]

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