Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council

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INTRODUCTION TO TOMPKINS COUNTY 1.1

Establishment of the Metropolitan Planning Organization 1.1
Population Characteristics 1.4
Employment Characteristics 1.10

TRAVEL TRENDS & CHARACTERISTICS 1.12

General Travel Trends 1.12
Commutation 1.14
Journey-to-Work 1.14
Vehicle Population 1.15
Driving Population 1.15
Trip Length 1.15
Traffic Accidents 1.15
Public Transportation 1.16

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2.1

INTRODUCTION 3.1
INFRASTRUCTURE 3.1
MOBILITY 3.15
INTERMODAL/FREIGHT 3.20
ENVIRONMENTAL 3.22
FINANCIAL 3.25

INTRODUCTION 4.1
SCENARIOS 4.1
ANALYSIS 4.2
CONCLUSIONS 4.8

INTRODUCTION 5.1
TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES 5.2

SEVEN PLANNING FACTORS 6.1
ELEVEN PLAN REQUIREMENTS 6.3

The following is a list of Figures and Tables followed by the chapter page numbers where they may be found.

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1 - Tompkins County Locator Map 1.2
FIGURE 2 - Ithaca-Tompkins County 2000 Urbanized Area Boundary For Transportation 1.3
FIGURE 3 - Census Block Population Density 2000 Tompkins County 1.6
FIGURE 4 - Households in Tompkins County 1.11
FIGURE 5 - Travel Time To Work 1.21
FIGURE 6 - Travel Time to Work Percentages 1.21
FIGURE 7 - 2000 Tompkins County (NY) Highway Functional Classification Map 3.3
FIGURE 8 - Tompkins County 2004 Public Transit Routes 3.6
FIGURE 9 - Ithaca Area 2004 Public Transit Routes 3.7
FIGURE 10 - Tompkins County Intermodal Facilities 3.9
FIGURE 11 - Potential Tompkins County Bikeway Network 3.10
FIGURE 12 - Potential Ithaca Area Bikeway Network 3.11
FIGURE 13 - Tompkins County Sidewalk Inventory 3.12
FIGURE 14 - Tompkins County Congested Area 3.18
FIGURE 15 - Ithaca Congested Area 3.19
FIGURE 16 - 1998 Tompkins County Emission Sources 3.22
FIGURE 17 - 2005-2024 Summary of Estimated Transportation Resources 3.28
FIGURE 18 - Existing Development 4.3
FIGURE 19 - Trend-Based Scenario 4.4
FIGURE 20 - Plan-Based Scenario 4.5
FIGURE 21 - Roads With Significant Increase In Traffic 4.6

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1 - Population Totals for Tompkins County 1.5
TABLE 2 - Population Trends in Urban and Rural Areas 1.5
TABLE 3 - Population Size and Density Figures for Tompkins County 1990-2000 1.7
TABLE 4 - Population Size and Density Figures for the Villages of Tompkins County 1990-2000 1.8
TABLE 5 - Persons per Household in Tompkins County 1.9
TABLE 6 - Age Of Population in Tompkins County 1.9
TABLE 7 - Employment of Tompkins County Residents Age 16+ 1.11
TABLE 8 - Gender Employment Statistics 1.11
TABLE 9 - Percentage of Person Trips by Trip Purpose – 1995 & 2001 Estimates 1.13
TABLE 10 - Trips Per Person per Day by Mode of Transportation – 1995 & 2001 estimates 1.16
TABLE 11 - Tompkins County Commutation Patterns 1.17
TABLE 12 - Means of Transportation to Work 1.18
TABLE 13 - Total Vehicle Registration in Tompkins County 1.19
TABLE 14 - Total Vehicle Registration 1.19
TABLE 15 - Vehicles Available and Vehicles per person 1.20
TABLE 16 - Tompkins County Total Number of Driver’s Licenses 1.20
TABLE 17 - Travel Time to Work (Workers Age 16+ Not Working at Home) 1.22
TABLE 18 - Accident Frequency Rate for Tompkins County 1.22
TABLE 19 - Federal Aid Road System – Descriptive Statistics 3.4
TABLE 20 - Bridge Conditions 3.5
TABLE 21 - Summary of Local Highway Resources Estimates 2005 - 2024 3.26
TABLE 22 - Highway and Transit Resource Estimate 2004-2024 3.27
TABLE 23 - Summary of Total Estimated Resources 2005-2024 3.27
TABLE 24 - Estimated Expenditures Allocations 2004-2024 3.29
TABLE 25 - Scenario Comparison 4.2
TABLE 26 - Scenario Analysis Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions 4.7
TABLE 27 - Scenario Analysis Air Quality Criteria Emissions 4.7
TABLE 28 - Analysis of Selected Transportation Initiatives 4.8

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