2010-2011 Initiative 3:
“All Systems Go”
Identify critical freight and passenger transportation corridors by mode and prioritize public investment to facilitate the seamless, safe, efficient movement of people and goods.
During the Biennium, ODOT will:
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Complete the Go Ohio Transportation Futures Plan to create a statewide, multi-modal network to help attract and retain businesses and enhance the quality of life in Ohio by prioritizing necessary improvements.
Establish measures to understand and evaluate the performance and needs of all modes of Ohio’s transportation system to a level of measurement that ODOT currently performs for roadways and bridges.
Explore and propose new financing tools to allow private sector and public sector/local investments to leverage ODOT investments in funding locally and regionally important transportation efforts across all modes of travel and shipping.
Target additional resources to help stabilize and restore transit services across the state, including the investment of $15 million through the ODOT Green Fleet Transit purchase program and identify sources to support funds for operating expenses.
Pursue federal funding for passenger rail, including initial service along the 3C “Quick Start” corridor and continued planning and environmental study for the Ohio Hub high-speed regional plan, as well as seek improved and expanded service by Amtrak, which currently offers limited service in Toledo, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.
Longer term, the department will explore the use of incentives to encourage transportation and land use planning (local and regional) to include performance objectives that promote biking, walking and transit; investigate through the Transportation Futures Plan project how the state can better use its transportation network to grow and foster the logistics and shipping industries; pursue each reliable funding source for all modes of transportation to effectively maximize investments in all options of travel and shipping; and champion federal efforts to further the development of high-speed passenger rail corridors connecting into Ohio, including the Cleveland-Pittsburgh and Toledo-Detroit corridors.
Complete 2010-2011 Key Initiatives in PDF format 568 Kb
(originally published as part of ODOT's 2010-2011 Business Plan)