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31 <br />I. Analysis of the Existing and Future Transportation System <br />A Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) is developed to ensure that the <br />progressively developed transportation system will meet the needs of the region for the <br />planning period. The CTP serves as an official guide to providing a well- coordinated, <br />efficient, and economical transportation system for the future of the region. This <br />document should be utilized by the local officials to ensure that planned transportation <br />facilities reflect the needs of the public, while minimizing the disruption to local <br />residents, businesses and environmental resources. <br />In order to develop a CTP, the following are <br />• Analysis of the transportation system, <br />initiatives; <br />• Impacts to the natural and human env <br />historic resources, homes, and businesse <br />• Public input, including community vision a <br />Analysis Methodology and <br />Reliable forecasts of future ti <br />ability of the transportation <br />depend on careful analysis of <br />and travel patterns. <br />An analysis of the transportal <br />and identifies existing and <br />through a capacity deficiency <br />analysis. This information,, <br />potential, and Land use trend; <br />transportation system. <br />Roadway System <br />including any local and statewide <br />ronment, including natural resources, <br />id goals and objectives. <br />avel patterns must be estimated in order to analyze the <br />ystem to meet future travel demand. These forecasts <br />'he character and intensity of existing and future land use <br />m system looks at both current and future travel patterns <br />anticipated deficiencies. This is usually accomplished <br />analysis, a traffic crash analysis, and a system deficiency <br />along with population growth, economic development <br />is used to determine the potential impacts on the future <br />An important stage in the development of a CTP is the analysis of the existing <br />transportation system and its ability to serve the area's travel desires. Emphasis is <br />placed not only on detecting the existing deficiencies, but also on understanding the <br />causes of these deficiencies. Roadway deficiencies may result from inadequacies such <br />as pavement widths, intersection geometry, and intersection controls; or system <br />problems, such as the need to construct missing travel links, bypass routes, loop <br />facilities, additional radial routes or infrastructure improvements to meet statewide <br />initiatives. <br />One of those statewide initiatives is the Strategic Highway Corridor (SHC) Vision Plan <br />adopted by the Board of Transportation on September 2, 2004 and last revised on July <br />1 -1 <br />