Practices for Selecting Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (2021)

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120 1. Can you give us a brief overview of the pedestrian and bicycle projects the state DOT has completed in the past few years? 2. What were/are the primary goals of the pedestrian and bicycle projects that have been completed? Do these relate to formal or informal state policy goals or initiatives? 3. What was the decision-making process for prioritizing and selecting projects for state approval or funding? How are projects weighed against each other? a. What are the specific criteria, scoring, and weighting used for ranking and selecting projects (if any)? b. Is documentation of the prioritization/selection process available? Can it be shared with us? c. Do you use any specific software or tools to facilitate the evaluation and selection process? d. How has the decision-making and prioritization process of selecting pedestrian and bicycle projects changed over time (last 15, 10, 5 years) and what are the largest factors behind that? 4. How are completed pedestrian and bicycle projects evaluated? a. How has the evaluation process of completed pedestrian and bicycle projects changed over time (last 15, 10, 5 years) and what are the largest factors behind that? b. Do you expect any changes in the type and/or amount of pedestrian and bicycle data collected? 5. What funding sources are available for pedestrian and bicycle projects in your state (including federal, state, and other sources)? This could include programs such as FHWA Recreational Trails Program (RTP), FHWA Section 402 State Highway Safety Program funds, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ), High Risk Rural Roads (HRRR), Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP - non-HRRR), National Highway Performance Program, Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (non– Transportation Alternatives), Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program, Federal Lands Access Program, U.S. DOT Discretionary Grants Program, TIGER/INFRA grants, etc. a. Do available funding sources influence project selection for infrastructure and non- infrastructure (e.g., education, enforcement, encouragement) projects—for example, through their respective project requirements and priorities? 6. Can you explain how your state DOT uses state funding for state pedestrian and bicycle projects? a. What types of projects are eligible for state funding? b. What state funding programs are you using for what? 7. Please indicate how many non–state DOT stakeholders have a direct role in your agency’s development of pedestrian and bicycle projects (e.g., metropolitan planning organizations, rural planning organizations, and other state and local agencies). a. What are their roles? b. What challenges does this present? A P P E N D I X C Case Example Interview Guide

Case Example Interview Guide 121   8. Please indicate how many non–state DOT stakeholders are consulted (but do not have a direct role in project selection) in the development of the following plans and programs. a. What are their roles? b. What challenges does this present? 9. Are there different considerations for standalone pedestrian and bicycle projects and for improvements included in larger transportation projects? 10. What is the state DOT’s sensitivity to public sentiment toward pedestrian and bicycle proj- ects and, if present, potential reasons for it (e.g., desire for additional travel options, use of gas taxes and other highway user fees for nonhighway projects)? 11. To what extent does the state DOT address geographic balance issues to alleviate any concerns about favoritism/neglect to certain parts of the state? 12. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to other state DOTs? 13. Is there anything that you would be interested in learning from other state DOTs?

Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TDC Transit Development Corporation TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S. DOT United States Department of Transportation

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