NEW VISIONS
FOR
CAPITAL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION
NEW VISIONS 2021
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN
(ADOPTED OCTOBER 2000)
tABLE OF CONTENTS
Revisions from the 1997 New Visions Plan are
highlighted as shown here.
What is the Capital District Transportation Committee What is the Regional Transportation Plan? What is New Visions 2021? What The New Visions 2021 Plan Does Reassessing the New Vision plan After Three Years Historic Changes 1970-2000 Potential Changes 2000-2021 CDTC Long-Range Transportation System Goals Achieving the Core Performance Objectives Supplemental Performance Objectives Preserve and Manage Improve System Performance Manage Congestion Protect Our Investment Develop the Region's Potential Build Upon Our Strengths Use Transportation Investment as a Tool Link Transportation and Land Use Encourage Local Land Use Management Link Transportation Investments to Land Use Planning Plan and Build for All Modes Introduction Greatest Concerted Effort Budgetary Priorities and Funding for Strategy Implementation List of Strategies and Actions [1] Maintain Good infrastructure conditions Expected Benefits Implications Actions [2] Pro-actively Plan Vibrant Communities Expected Benefits Implications Actions [3] Reach Out for Full Participation Expected Benefits Implications Actions [4] Design Effective Facilities Expected Benefits Implications Actions [5] Develop Intelligent Transportation Systems and Manage Traffic Incidents Effectively Expected Benefits Implications Actions [6] Support Intermodal Transportation Expected Benefits Implications Actions [7] Provide Appropriate Transit Service Expected Benefits Implications Actions [8] Treat All Modes Fairly in the Capital Program Expected Benefits Implications Actions Expected Benefits Implications Actions [10] Secure Adequate Funding to Fully Implement the Plan Expected Benefits Implications Actions Definition Northway Congestion Description Options Identified Public Response Plan of Action Transit Description Potential Opportunities Public Response in the Original New Visions Effort Plan of Action Funding Requirements of the New Visions Plan System Preservation and Full Implementation Budget Policy Sources of Financing Capital District Transportation Resource Expectations The New Visions Fiscally-Constrained Balanced Budget Fiscal Constraint Requirement Additional Reports APPENDICES APPENDIX B : : RELATIONSHIP OF THE 2000-01 UPWP TO THE 1997 NEW VISIONS RECOMMENDATIONS APPENDIX C : AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY STATEMENT Plan Conformity Findings APPENDIX D : NEW VISIONS TASK FORCE MEMBERS Demographics and Growth Futures Task Force Transit Futures Task Force Special Transportation Needs Task Force Infrastructure Task Force Goods Movement Task Force Expressway Management Task Force Arterial Corridor Management Task Force Bicycle and Pedestrian Issues Task Force Urban Issues Task Force |
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