The 2010-2035 Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan was approved by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission on December 6, 2010. This plan document is available at: Oklahoma Department of Transportation Planning and Research Division 200 NE 21 st Street Oklahoma City, OK 73105 and on the Department s website at: http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/p-r-div/planning.htm
2010 2035 Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan Prepared for: Oklahoma Department of Transportation Prepared by: Parsons Brinckerhoff December 2010
Table of Contents 2010 2035 Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan Chapter 1 Introduction... 1-1 Background... 1-1 Coordination with Metropolitan Planning Organizations... 1-1 Coordination with the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)... 1-2 Coordination with the 8-Year Construction Work Plan... 1-3 Public Involvement Activities... 1-3 Organization of this Plan Document... 1-3 Continuing Efforts... 1-4 Chapter 2 Public Involvement Activities and Results... 2-1 Approach... 2-1 Overview of Public Involvement... 2-1 Results... 2-1 Stakeholder Coordination... 2-3 Initial Objective... 2-3 Results... 2-3 Emerging Plan Goals... 2-6 Focus on Traditionally Underserved Populations... 2-8 Initial Objectives... 2-8 Results... 2-8 Awareness Building Activities... 2-8 Initial Objectives... 2-8 Results... 2-8 Community Outreach... 2-10 Initial Objectives... 2-10 Results... 2-10 Education and Feedback... 2-11 Initial Objectives... 2-11 Results... 2-11 Conclusion... 2-13 Chapter 3 Policy Context... 3-1 Purpose... 3-1 Federal Policies Affecting Transportation... 3-1 Reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU... 3-2 Economic Stimulus Package... 3-4 Environmental and Climate Change Legislation... 3-4 National Environmental Policy Act Provisions... 3-6 Funding and Finance... 3-7 Current Situation with Federal Funding... 3-7 Federal Policy and Revenue Commissions... 3-8 Potential Funding Strategies... 3-9 Impact of an Evolving Policy Context on ODOT... 3-11 i
Table of Contents December 2010 Chapter 4 Oklahoma Demographic, Socio-economic, Land Use, and Travel Characteristics... 4-1 Introduction... 4-1 Population... 4-1 Population Growth... 4-1 Birth Rates, Life Expectancy, and Migration... 4-3 Race and Ethnicity... 4-5 Age Distribution... 4-5 Education... 4-7 Employment... 4-8 Income and Poverty Status... 4-8 Land Use Trends... 4-10 Urban Areas... 4-10 Rural Areas... 4-14 Recent Growth Trends and Projected Growth Areas... 4-14 Accident Characteristics... 4-17 State Commuting Trends... 4-17 Oklahoma Vehicle Fleet Characteristics... 4-18 Chapter 5 Oklahoma Economic Conditions and Freight Transportation... 5-1 Background Economic Information... 5-1 Overview of Oklahoma Economy... 5-1 Employment... 5-1 Major Industries... 5-1 Economic Forecast, 2008 to 2035... 5-4 Overview... 5-4 Freight Flows... 5-5 Current and Future Freight Volume... 5-5 Major Destination Regions for Oklahoma Exports... 5-7 Modes of Transportation for Oklahoma Exports... 5-7 Opportunities for Development... 5-10 Agricultural Commodity Processing... 5-10 Industrial Livestock Production... 5-10 Aerospace and Electronics Manufacturing... 5-11 Alternative Energy... 5-11 Retail, Warehousing, and Distribution... 5-11 Entertainment, Arts, and Recreation... 5-11 Conclusion... 5-11 ii
2010 2035 Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan Chapter 6 Transportation Mode Inventory and Utilization... 6-1 Introduction... 6-1 Passenger Transportation Facilities... 6-1 Highways... 6-1 Public Transportation... 6-8 Aviation... 6-23 Bicycle and Pedestrian... 6-27 Ridesharing and Telecommuting... 6-29 Freight Transportation Facilities... 6-29 Trucking... 6-30 Rail Freight... 6-35 Intermodal Freight... 6-40 Ports and Waterways... 6-42 Air Cargo... 6-46 Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)... 6-48 Existing Intelligent Transportation Systems... 6-48 Proposed Intelligent Transportation Systems... 6-49 Chapter 7 Current System Strengths and Weaknesses... 7-1 Introduction... 7-1 State Highway System and Designated State Corridors... 7-2 Types of State Highway System Improvements... 7-4 Future Improvement Needs for the State Highway System... 7-4 State Highway System Strengths and Weaknesses... 7-4 Transportation Corridors... 7-5 Transportation Improvement Corridors... 7-6 National High Priority Corridors... 7-11 Freight Operational Improvement Corridors... 7-12 Oklahoma Turnpike System... 7-13 Turnpike Strengths... 7-13 Turnpike Weaknesses... 7-13 Commercial Vehicle Operations... 7-13 Commercial Vehicle Operations Strengths... 7-14 Commercial Vehicle Operations Weaknesses... 7-14 Freight Rail Systems Class I and Short Lines... 7-16 Class I System... 7-16 Rails for National Defense... 7-17 Short Line Railroads... 7-17 Freight Rail Strengths... 7-18 Freight Rail Weaknesses... 7-18 Airports... 7-18 Aviation System Strengths... 7-19 Aviation System Weaknesses... 7-19 iii
Table of Contents December 2010 Inland Waterways... 7-19 Inland Waterways Strengths... 7-19 Inland Waterways Weaknesses... 7-20 Public Transportation... 7-20 Urban Transit... 7-21 Rural Transit... 7-23 Tribal Transit... 7-24 Intercity Bus Transit... 7-24 Passenger Rail... 7-24 Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation... 7-25 The State s Role in Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure... 7-25 Trails... 7-26 Chapter 8 Long Range Plan Development... 8-1 Introduction... 8-2 Highway... 8-3 Highway Modal Recommendations... 8-4 Freight Rail... 8-6 Freight Rail Modal Recommendations... 8-6 Passenger Rail... 8-8 Passenger Rail Modal Recommendations... 8-8 Public Transportation... 8-10 Public Transportation Modal Recommendations... 8-10 Waterways and Ports... 8-12 Waterways and Ports Modal Recommendations... 8-12 Aviation... 8-13 Aviation Modal Recommendations... 8-13 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation... 8-14 Bicycle and Pedestrian Modal Recommendations... 8-14 Multi-Modal Transportation... 8-15 Multi-Modal Transportation Recommendations... 8-16 Conclusion... 8-18 Appendix A Appendix B Population and Population Projections by County Oklahoma Freight Forecast Methodology iv
Tables 2010 2035 Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan Table 2-1. Tribal Travel Advisory Committee... 2-4 Table 2-2. Personal Travel Advisory Committee... 2-4 Table 2-3. Freight Advisory Committee... 2-5 Table 2-4. Technical Advisory Committee... 2-5 Table 4-1. Population by ODOT Division... 4-2 Table 4-2. Metropolitan Areas... 4-2 Table 4-3. Metropolitan Area Population and Population Projection... 4-3 Table 4-4. Race and Ethnicity of the Oklahoma Population, 1990-2007... 4-5 Table 4-5. Distribution of Race and Ethnicity by Metropolitan/Non-Metropolitan Areas, 2007... 4-5 Table 4-6. Education Attainment for Ages 25 to 64, 1990 to 2007... 4-8 Table 4-7. Oklahoma Employment, 2000 to 2007... 4-9 Table 4-8. Percentage Employment in Oklahoma, 1990 to 2007... 4-9 Table 4-9. Median Income and Poverty Rates in Oklahoma 2000 to 2007... 4-9 Table 4-10. Percent of Population on Urban versus Rural Land by ODOT Division... 4-11 Table 4-11. Population Projection for Urban Counties by ODOT Division... 4-11 Table 4-12. Population Projection for Rural Counties by ODOT Division... 4-15 Table 4-13. Population Statistics for State, Urban and Rural Areas... 4-15 Table 4-14. Travel Characteristics for Oklahoma... 4-15 Table 4-15. Travel Characteristics for the U.S.... 4-16 Table 4-16. Crash Data for Oklahoma, 1980 to 2006... 4-17 Table 5-1. Total Freight Tonnage by Trade Type, 2007-2035... 5-8 Table 5-2. Annual Growth Rates in Freight Tonnage to/from/within Oklahoma, Selected Periods... 5-8 Table 5-3. Projected Oklahoma State Exports to Destination Regions... 5-8 Table 5-4. Projected Oklahoma State Export Volumes by Mode... 5-9 Table 5-5. Projected Freight Flows to/from/within/through Oklahoma by Mode... 5-9 Table 6-1. Summary of Interstates within Oklahoma... 6-4 Table 6-2. Summary of U.S. Highways in Oklahoma... 6-5 Table 6-3. State Highways comprising the National Highway System within Oklahoma... 6-5 Table 6-4. Turnpikes Located within Oklahoma... 6-6 Table 6-5. Travel Characteristics for Oklahoma... 6-6 Table 6-6. Urban Transit Information, Statistics, and Trends... 6-14 Table 6-7. Rural Transit Information, Statistics, and Trends... 6-19 v
Table of Contents December 2010 Table 6-8. 2006 Summary of Rural Transit Ridership by Agency... 6-20 Table 6-9. Heartland Flyer Ridership, 2002 to 2008... 6-22 Table 6-10 Heartland Flyer Station Activity... 6-23 Table 6-11. Passenger Volumes for Selected Airports... 6-26 Table 6-12. Top Truck Through Volumes by Origin and Destination Region... 6-31 Table 6-13. Statewide Truck Freight Trends: Tonnage Originating by Commodity: 2002 and 2007... 6-34 Table 6-14. Statewide Truck Freight Trends: Tonnage Terminating by Commodity: 2002 and 2007... 6-34 Table 6-15. Truck Size and Weight Limitations... 6-35 Table 6-16. Oklahoma Freight Rail Characteristics, 2002 and 2007... 6-35 Table 6-17. Statewide Rail Freight Trends: Tonnage Originating by Commodity: 2002 and 2007... 6-40 Table 6-18. Statewide Rail Freight Trends: Tonnage Terminating, by Commodity: 2002 and 2007... 6-40 Table 6-19. Oklahoma National Highway System Intermodal Connector Listing... 6-41 Table 6-20. Cargo at Oklahoma Commercial Airports, 2005-2008... 6-48 Table 7-1. 2035 Long Range Plan, Transportation Improvement Corridors... 7-9 Table 7-2. Oklahoma s National High Priority Corridor Programming by Federal Fiscal Year... 7-11 Table 7-3. Comparison of Transit System Characteristics for Oklahoma City and Tulsa and an Averaged Sample of U.S. Transit Systems... 7-21 Table 7-4. Comparison of Transit System Characteristics for LATS and CART and an Averaged Sample of U.S. Transit Systems... 7-22 Table 7-5. Rural Transit Information, Statistics and Trends... 7-23 Table 8-1. Recommendations by Mode... 8-1 vi
Figures 2010 2035 Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan Figure 2-1. Public Involvement Schedule... 2-2 Figure 2-2. 2035 Long Range Plan Themes and Goals... 2-7 Figure 2-3. 2035 Long Range Plan Website... 2-9 Figure 4-1. Map of Counties in ODOT Divisions... 4-1 Figure 4-2. County Population Classification... 4-4 Figure 4-3. Annual Population Change by County, 1990 to 2000... 4-4 Figure 4-4. Annual Population Change by County, 2000 to 2007... 4-4 Figure 4-5. Population Age 65 and Over from 1990 to 2030... 4-6 Figure 4-6. Oklahoma Population, Age 65 and Over by County, 2000... 4-7 Figure 4-7. Projected Unemployment Rate for Oklahoma... 4-9 Figure 4-8. 2007 Population Density by County... 4-11 Figure 4-9. VMT Percent Change, Oklahoma and U.S. from 1980 to 2007... 4-16 Figure 5-1. Oklahoma Gross State Product and U.S. Gross Domestic Product, 1999 to 2009... 5-2 Figure 5-2. 2009 Employment by Industry... 5-2 Figure 5-3. Geographical Distribution of Manufacturing Establishments in Oklahoma, 2007... 5-3 Figure 5-4. Oklahoma Gross State Product, 2005 to 2015 (Short-term)... 5-5 Figure 5-5. Historical and Projected Freight Flows to/from/within Oklahoma, 2002-2035... 5-6 Figure 5-6. Projected Freight Flows to/from/within/through Oklahoma by Mode... 5-9 Figure 6-1. Oklahoma s National Highway System... 6-3 Figure 6-2. National High Priority Corridors in Oklahoma... 6-9 Figure 6-3. Transit Service Area for OKC METRO Transit and CART... 6-11 Figure 6-4. Services Provided by Tulsa Transit... 6-12 Figure 6-5. Transit Services in Lawton-Fort Sill... 6-13 Figure 6-6. Oklahoma Rural Transit Services... 6-16 Figure 6-7. Oklahoma Intercity Bus Stops... 6-22 Figure 6-8. Heartland Flyer Route... 6-24 Figure 6-9. High-Speed Rail Corridor: South Central Corridor... 6-24 Figure 6-10. Oklahoma Airports... 6-24 Figure 6-11. Freight Movement... 6-31 Figure 6-12. Millions of Tons of Freight Transported in Oklahoma: Product moved to, from, within and through the State... 6-31 Figure 6-13. Highways on National Network for Conventional Combination Trucks... 6-32 Figure 6-14. Truck Average Daily Traffic... 6-33 vii
Table of Contents December 2010 Figure 6-15. Oklahoma Centennial State Railroad Map... 6-36 Figure 6-16. BNSF Division Map... 6-38 Figure 6-17. Union Pacific in Oklahoma... 6-38 Figure 6-18. Kansas City Southern Railway Company System... 6-39 Figure 6-19. Foreign Trade Zones in Oklahoma... 6-42 Figure 6-20. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System... 6-44 Figure 6-21. Port of Muskogee Industrial Park... 6-45 Figure 6-22. Tulsa Port of Catoosa... 6-46 Figure 6-23. Proposed Ports of Entry Locations: Commercial Vehicle Weigh and Screening Stations... 6-50 Figure 7-1. Annual Average Daily Traffic on the Oklahoma State Highway System... 7-3 Figure 7-2. 1968-2008 Oklahoma State Highway System Route Miles, by Sufficiency Category... 7-3 Figure 7-3. Transportation Improvement Corridors... 7-8 Figure 7-4. Oklahoma Highways on National Network for Conventional Combination Trucks... 7-15 viii
2010 2035 Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan Acronyms ADA Americans with Disabilities Act ATA American Trucking Association BEA Bureau of Economic Analysis BLS U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics BNSF Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway BRT Bus Rapid Transit BSMPO Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate CART Cleveland Area Rapid Transit CBD Central Business District CEQ Council on Environmental Quality COTPA Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority CPTS Cimarron Public Transit System CST Cherokee Strip Transit CTC Centralized Traffic Control CVIEW Commercial Vehicle Information Exchange Window FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAF Freight Analysis Flows FAQ Frequently Asked Question FHWA Federal Highway Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration FTZ Foreign Trade Zones GARVEE Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles GDP U.S. Gross Domestic Product GHG Greenhouse Gas GIS Geographic Information System GSP Gross State Product HOT High Occupancy Toll HOV High Occupancy Vehicle HSR High Speed Rail HTF Highway Trust Fund IDL Inner Dispersal Loop INCOG Indian Nations Council of Governments ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITS Intelligent Transportation System KCS Kansas City Southern Railway Co. KDOT Kansas Department of Transportation ix
Acronyms December 2010 KI BOIS LATS LOS LRT MA MKARNS MPO MSA MTTA NASTRAC NCPD NEPA NHS OCARTS OCGI OCS ODEQ ODOT OSU OTA PTC RWIS SAFETEA-LU SHS SRTS STIP STRACNET STRAHNET TE TEA-21 TIC TIGER U.S. UPRR USDOT v/c VMT WIM Kiamichi Bois Lawton Area Transit System Level of Service Light Rail Transit Metropolitan Areas McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Metropolitan Planning Organization Metropolitan Statistical Area Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority National Surface Transportation Commission National Corridor Planning and Development National Environmental Policy Act National Highway System Oklahoma City Area Regional Transportation Oklahoma Center for GeoSpatial Information Oklahoma Climatological Survey Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Oklahoma Department of Transportation Oklahoma State University Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Positive Train Control Road Weather Information System Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act A Legacy for Users State Highway System Safe Routes to School FFY2011-2014 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Strategic Rail Corridor Network Strategic Highway Network Transportation Enhancement Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century Transportation Improvement Corridor Transportation Improvements Generating Economic Recovery United States Union Pacific Railroad United States Department of Transportation Volume-to-Capacity Vehicle Miles Traveled Weight in Motion x