Anticipated Document
The Encompass 2035 will describe how the region will manage, operate and invest in its multimodal transportation network over the next 25 years, based on cooperatively defined regional transportation goals and objectives, as well as supporting policies and implementation recommendations. The plan considers the movement of people as well as goods, takes into account all available modes of transportation, and evaluates potential social, economical, and environmental impacts.
The document itself will first describe the current socioeconomic characteristics of the OCARTS area and how the region is anticipated to grow over the next quarter century; then follow the mode specific chapters, which will give a brief description of the current state of each individual mode, discuss the relationship between the modes, list existing issues and potential future challenges, as well as identify improvements needed to efficiently and cost-effectively meet regional access and mobility needs.
The plan will also contain the discussion of several different future transportation scenarios or alternatives, associated benefit-cost analyses, and related potential negative impacts, along with a detailed description of the chosen transportation network alternative.
Throughout the Encompass 2035, references will be made to task reports that describe the data sources, methodologies, and analysis results in greater detail for those seeking a glimpse of the “behind-the-scenes” work that flowed into the development of the regional transportation plan.
