Practices for Selecting Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (2021)

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42 A P P E N D I X A Survey Questionnaire

NCHRP 51-04 Survey A. Contact & Background Information B. Policy Goals 1. Agency * 2. Contact Name * 3. Contact Position/Title * 4. Contact Email * 5. Contact Telephone *

C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects 6. Please select all of the following policy goals that guide your agency’s evaluation and selection of pedestrian and bicycle projects: Safety – Reducing the risk of injuries and fatalities when traveling on a publicly owned transportation facility. Environmental/Sustainability – Minimizing negative impacts to the environment by enhancing stewardship of natural resources, reducing harmful emissions (including mitigating the effects of climate change), and/or increasing the resiliency of transportation infrastructure. Public Health – Improving the physical condition and well-being of people through the ability to choose active transportation modes. Pedestrian and Bicycle Network Connectivity/Accessibility – Linking transportation facilities and community destinations to provide access to jobs, education, health care, and social and recreational opportunities. Equity – Improving travel options for communities of concern such as minority, low-income, and limited English proficiency populations, persons with disabilities, older adults, and youth. Economic Development – Playing a role in the retention, expansion, and/or attraction of companies and associated private sector employment, including support for active travel/tourism. Multimodal Trips – Expanding the extent, quality, and range of reasonable travel options available to people. 7. Does your state DOT use specific safety criteria, metrics, and/or targets to evaluate, score, and rank pedestrian and bicycle projects as part of the development of plans and programs? Example safety criteria, metrics, and/or targets include reduction in number of crashes involving pedestrians/bicyclists, reduction in pedestrian/bicyclist-involved crashes resulting in serious injury per capita or per miles traveled, and reduction in number of pedestrian/bicyclist fatalities per capita or per miles traveled. * Yes No

C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (continued) 8. The safety criteria, metrics and/or targets apply to the selection of pedestrian and bicycle projects in the following plans and programs: * Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide/Regional Pedestrian Plan or Assessment Statewide/Regional Bicycle Plan or Assessment Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Larger projects across all modes that include pedestrian and bicycle facilities such as corridor/intersection reconstruction and reallocation of space on existing facilities Other Plans and Programs 9. Does your state DOT use specific environmental/sustainability criteria, metrics, and/or targets to evaluate, score, and rank pedestrian and bicycle projects as part of the development of plans and programs? Example environmental/sustainability criteria, metrics, and/or targets include the reduction in kilograms of ground-level ozone (or any other U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-designated criteria air pollutant) from surface transportation, reduction in kilograms of carbon dioxide (or other greenhouse gas emissions) from surface transportation, and number of ozone action days. * Yes No

C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (continued) 10. The environmental/sustainability criteria, metrics and/or targets apply to the selection of pedestrian and bicycle projects in the following plans and programs: * Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide/Regional Pedestrian Plan or Assessment Statewide/Regional Bicycle Plan or Assessment Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Larger projects across all modes that include pedestrian and bicycle facilities such as corridor/intersection reconstruction and reallocation of space on existing facilities Other Plans and Programs 11. Does your state DOT use specific public health criteria, metrics, and/or targets to evaluate, score, and rank pedestrian and bicycle projects as part of the development of plans and programs? Example public health criteria, metrics, and/or targets include the increase in average minutes of physical activity per capita, number of automobile trips replaced by walking/bicycling, and number of persons within one mile of a multi-use trail. * Yes No

C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (continued) 12. The public health criteria, metrics and/or targets apply to the selection of pedestrian and bicycle projects in the following plans and programs: * Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide/Regional Pedestrian Plan or Assessment Statewide/Regional Bicycle Plan or Assessment Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Larger projects across all modes that include pedestrian and bicycle facilities such as corridor/intersection reconstruction and reallocation of space on existing facilities Other Plans and Programs 13. Does your state DOT use specific pedestrian and bicycle network connectivity/accessibility criteria, metrics, and/or targets to evaluate, score, and rank pedestrian and bicycle projects as part of the development of plans and programs? Example pedestrian and bicycle network connectivity/accessibility criteria, metrics, and/or targets include the total mileage of connected multi-use trails/sidewalks/protected bicycle facilities, number of community destinations (e.g., parks, transit stops, etc.) within three miles of designated bicycle facilities (e.g., cycle tracks, bicycle boulevards, etc.), and number of four-leg intersections in urbanized areas with pedestrian countdown signals. * Yes No

C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (continued) 14. The pedestrian and bicycle network connectivity/accessibility criteria, metrics and/or targets apply to the selection of pedestrian and bicycle projects in the following plans and programs: * Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide/Regional Pedestrian Plan or Assessment Statewide/Regional Bicycle Plan or Assessment Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Larger projects across all modes that include pedestrian and bicycle facilities such as corridor/intersection reconstruction and reallocation of space on existing facilities Other Plans and Programs 15. Does your state DOT use specific equity criteria, metrics, and/or targets to evaluate, score, and rank pedestrian and bicycle projects as part of the development of plans and programs? Example equity criteria, metrics, and/or targets include the reduction in the number of crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists in Census Tracts where the household poverty rate exceeds the statewide average, percent of sidewalks accessible to users of all abilities, and other criteria tailored to benefit communities of concern. * Yes No

C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (continued) 16. The equity criteria, metrics and/or targets apply to the selection of pedestrian and bicycle projects in the following plans and programs: * Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide/Regional Pedestrian Plan or Assessment Statewide/Regional Bicycle Plan or Assessment Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Larger projects across all modes that include pedestrian and bicycle facilities such as corridor/intersection reconstruction and reallocation of space on existing facilities Other Plans and Programs 17. Does your state DOT use specific economic development criteria, metrics, and/or targets to evaluate, score, and rank pedestrian and bicycle projects as part of the development of plans and programs? Example economic development criteria, metrics, and/or targets include the total number of jobs (direct, indirect, and induced) resulting from the construction of a specific pedestrian or bicycle project, increase in the attractiveness of a retail district resulting from expanded bicycle facilities (e.g., bike lanes, bicycle parking, etc.), and increase in the total number of potential workers that can access a specific site in less than 30 minutes by walking or bicycling. * Yes No

C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (continued) 18. The economic development criteria, metrics and/or targets apply to the selection of pedestrian and bicycle projects in the following plans and programs: * Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide/Regional Pedestrian Plan or Assessment Statewide/Regional Bicycle Plan or Assessment Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Larger projects across all modes that include pedestrian and bicycle facilities such as corridor/intersection reconstruction and reallocation of space on existing facilities Other Plans and Programs 19. Does your state DOT use specific multimodal trips criteria, metrics, and/or targets to evaluate, score, and rank pedestrian and bicycle projects as part of the development of plans and programs? Example multimodal trips criteria, metrics, and/or targets include the increase in bicycling mode share for commuting to work, increase in percentage of trips of less than a mile that are made by walking, and projected reduction in vehicle miles traveled per capita. * Yes No

C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (continued) 20. The multimodal trips criteria, metrics and/or targets apply to the selection of pedestrian and bicycle projects in the following plans and programs: * Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide/Regional Pedestrian Plan or Assessment Statewide/Regional Bicycle Plan or Assessment Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Larger projects across all modes that include pedestrian and bicycle facilities such as corridor/intersection reconstruction and reallocation of space on existing facilities Other Plans and Programs 21. Are pedestrian and bicycle project evaluation criteria weighted (i.e., given different levels of emphasis) prior to them being used for evaluation, scoring, and ranking? * Yes No

Drag items from the left-hand list into the right-hand list to order them. C. Prioritization of Pedestrian and Bicycle Projects (continued) 22. Please place the policy goals in the order of their approximate weight with the highest weighted one at the top and the rest in descending order so the lowest weighted policy goal is at the bottom: * Safety Environmental/Sustainability Public Health Pedestrian and Bicycle Network Connectivity Equity Economic Development Multimodal Trips

Name of Analytical Tool (e.g., State DOT CrAsH) Purpose of Analytical Tool (e.g., Crash Analysis) Developer (e.g., “XYZ Analytics”) Year Created (e.g., 2011) Year Last Updated (e.g., 2018) a. b. c. d. e. f. g. 23. Please provide the following basic information on any models, post processors, calculators, or other tools used by your agency in the evaluation of pedestrian and bicycle projects during the development of plans and programs. These may be developed in-house or purchased/licensed from vendors (either custom-built or off the shelf): D. Funding Programs

D. Funding Programs (continued) 25. Does your agency have access to Federal Highway Administration Section 402 State Highway Safety Program funds? * Yes No, those funds are administered by another state agency, department, commission, etc. No, our state was not eligible to receive these funds (i.e., the state did not have an approved Highway Safety Plan). 24. Does your agency have access to Federal Highway Administration Recreational Trails Program (RTP) funds? * Yes No, those funds are administered by another state agency, department, commission, etc. No, our Governor chose to opt out of the program.

Standalone Pedestrian Infrastructure Standalone Bicycle Infrastructure Education Programs Applicable to Pedestrians & Bicyclists Encouragement Programs Applicable to Pedestrians & Bicyclists Pedestrian Infrastructure as Part of a Larger Project Bicycle Infrastructure as Part of a Larger Project Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program High Risk Rural Roads (HRRR) Program Highway Safety Improvement Program (non-HRRR) National Highway Performance Program Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (non- TA) Transportation Alternatives Federal Lands Access Program USDOT Discretionary Grants Program D. Funding Programs (continued) 26. Please indicate what types of pedestrian and bicycle projects your state programs with the following Federal Highway Administration funding sources. Project selection may be made by an agency other than the State DOT.

E. Coordination State Highway Safety Office* State RTP Administration Agency Metropolitan Planning Organizations Rural Planning Organizations Local Governments State Law Enforcement Local Law Enforcement Advocacy Organizations Not Applicable Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan 27. Please identify the types of pedestrian and bicycle projects that are eligible to be programmed by your State DOT using state funding sources. Select all that apply. * Standalone Pedestrian Infrastructure Standalone Bicycle Infrastructure Education Programs Applicable to Pedestrians & Bicyclists Encouragement Programs Applicable to Pedestrians & Bicyclists Pedestrian Infrastructure as Part of a Larger Project Bicycle Infrastructure as Part of a Larger Project Bicycle and pedestrian projects are not programmed with state funding sources 28. Please indicate what non-State DOT stakeholders may be made aware of the following plans and programs but are not consulted in their development.

(non- Pedestrian Safety Action Plan) Regional Pedestrian Plans or Assessments Statewide Bicycle Plans or Assessments Regional Bicycle Plans or Assessments conducted by the State DOT Statewide Transportation Improvement Program E. Coordination (continued) Statewide Pedestrian Plans or Assessments State Highway Safety Office* State RTP Administration Agency Metropolitan Planning Organizations Rural Planning Organizations Local Governments State Law Enforcement Local Law Enforcement Advocacy Organizations Not Applicable Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan 29. Please indicate what 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.

Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide Pedestrian Plans or Assessments (non- Pedestrian Safety Action Plan) Regional Pedestrian Plans or Assessments Statewide Bicycle Plans or Assessments Regional Bicycle Plans or Assessments conducted by the State DOT Statewide Transportation Improvement Program E. Coordination (continued)

State Highway Safety Office* State RTP Administration Agency Metropolitan Planning Organizations Rural Planning Organizations Local Governments State Law Enforcement Local Law Enforcement Advocacy Organizations Not Applicable 30. Please indicate what non-State DOT stakeholders have a direct role in your agency’s development of the following plans and programs. Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan Strategic Highway Safety Plan Pedestrian Safety Action Plan Statewide Pedestrian Plans or Assessments (non- Pedestrian Safety Action Plan) Regional Pedestrian Plans or Assessments Statewide Bicycle Plans or Assessments

Regional Bicycle Plans or Assessments conducted by the State DOT F. Other 31. Please upload any documentation that describes the processes your agency uses to select pedestrian and bicycle projects in its plans and programs: Browse... 32. Please provide any additional comments on your agency’s current methods for selecting pedestrian and bicycle projects, as well as any activities or opportunities you have identified as being worthy of further consideration at present or in the near future. Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Documentation