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FORM 5~ C. F. H OECKEL B. B. a. L. CD.
Regular Meeting
Transportation Advisory Committee
February 24, 1971
Meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. with the following present:
John McBride, Steve Murphy, Richard Stutsman, Curt Baar, J. H. Smith, Jr.,
James Adams, Bob Lewis, K. N. C. B. Moore and Fritz Benedict. Also
present Herb Bartel, Regional Planner, Mr. Bob Leigh of Alan Voorhees
and Associates.
Mr. Bartel stated Miss Jody Caudill is visiting the meeting to help her.
in a school project she is doing on planning in general.
Mr. Bartel submitted to the Committee the following outline:
"TRANSPORTATION STUDY CRITERIA
The listed order of the transportation study criteria does not
reflect an order of importance since the ultimate importance of
the criteria will be determined by the community and the decision
makers.
1. Improve existing traffic hazards.
2. Prevent additional traffic congestion and reduce
the requirement for additional parking.
3. Meet existing and future peak hour transportation
demands.
4. Provide an alternative to the automobile which
will make a contribution toward the solution to
the transportation problem.
5. Conduct cost-benefit analysis of the system to
determine the financial and social costs involved.
6. Determine the impact of the system on the area.
7. Use the transportation system to structure growth
patterns.
8. Update the 1966 Master Plan by adopting the trans-
portation study as an element of the plan."
Mr. Bartel indicated each of the items listed in the outline need to be
expanded to include all the items that are desired to be a part of the
transportation study, i.e. highway bypass; cost benefit analysis of
parking structures etc.
Mr. Bartel reported he had not heard from the Department of Transportation
as relates to Aspen's eligibility under the Mass Transportation Act, and
that prior to instigation of the study, methods of funding to implement
any transportation study will need to be determined.
It was pointed out and stressed that the development of the study design
is the MOST important step of the transportation study.
Mr. Bob Leigh made comments on what the consultant would need from the
transportation committee to do a good study: (1) Will want a careful
definition from the committee on what the committee feels the transportation
problems are; (2) Will want some definition of goals as relates to
transportation planning.
Mr. Leigh indicated to the committee that the information gathering process
should be conducted primarily by local resources and that he would provide
the necessary training to insure that the information was properly collected,
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Transportation, 2/24/71, continued.
Such information should include such items as parking turnover, peak
season activity, existing and projected land use information will be
important.
Mr. Leigh also indicated that it would be necessary to hold regular PROGRESS
meetings with the transportation committee to establish that the direction
of the study was accomplishing the necessary results. Progress meetings
should be well represented by the transportation committee. Mr. Leigh
emphasized the need to make the highway department a partner in the
study since they control the funding for the highway element of the
transportation system.
Questions and discussion followed. One of the questions raised was at
what stage of the over all study should the railroad feasibility be
considered. Mr. Leigh stated that it should be one of the first phases
of the study, since the railroad system would do more than other elements
to structure growth patterns.
Transportation committee members were requested to submit a list of
transportation problems and include the specific items that they would
want to be considered under each of the eight (8) topics contained in the
study criteria outlined above and submit those to the planning office
so that they can be reviewed at the next regular meeting.
There being no further business to come before the committee, the meeting
adjourned at 6:15 p.m. with all in favor.
/s/ Transportation Committee
John McBride, Chairman