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13 <br /> <br />NCDOT and DCHC MPO Scoring Criteria for Rail Projects - continued <br />Funding <br />Category <br /> <br />Quantitative Data Local Input <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Division <br />Needs <br />System Opportunities = 15% <br />• Measurement of the project’s degree of access to industrial/commercial development or nearby points of <br />interest, and the degree of interaction between Rail and <br />other modes. <br />Benefit-Cost = 10% <br />• Measurement of monetized benefits compared to the <br />project cost to NCDOT. <br />Safety = 10% <br />Measurement of crash potential at highway/rail crossings, <br />based on the NCDOT Rail Division’s Investigative Index. Capacity and Diversion = 10% <br />• Volume/Capacity = 75% <br />• Highway Diversion = 25% <br />Economic Competitiveness = 5% <br />• Measurement of the estimated number of full time jobs <br />created in 20 years. <br />Total = 50% (Division Engineer and Local Input Points <br />account for remaining 50%) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />25% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />25% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ALLOCATION OF THE MPO’S LOCAL INPUT POINTS <br /> <br />Overview <br />DCHC MPO prioritized projects for submission according to NCDOT Prioritization 7.0 scoring <br />criteria, as well as subcommittee member input, public input, local priority, and funding <br />availability. Each of these criteria were weighted equally at 20%, and projects with the highest <br />scores were submitted to NCDOT for quantitative evaluation. Upon submission to NCDOT, <br />projects within the MPO will be evaluated according to NCDOT’s quantitative ranking <br />methodology. <br /> <br />DCHC MPO will receive the results of the NCDOT quantitative evaluation scoring process and <br />the project data used by NCDOT to develop the scores. NCDOT’s quantitative scores will be <br />reviewed by the DCHC MPO and staff of MPO member jurisdictions and agencies. The <br />NCDOT’s raw quantitative scores serve as the quantitative basis for the MPO’s prioritization of <br />projects. <br /> <br />The allocation of the DCHC MPO’s Local Input Points to high priority projects serves as the <br />qualitative component of the prioritization process. The DCHC MPO’s Local Input Points will be <br />allocated to projects that aim to achieve the goals of the adopted Metropolitan Transportation <br />Plan (MTP) and align with the priorities of the DCHC MPO. <br /> <br />The DCHC MPO’s project ranking process and subsequent allocation of Local Input Points must <br />capture the goals of DCHC MPO and not just be purely based on the results of data-driven <br />processes. The process and results should also capture input received from citizens, elected <br />officials, and stakeholders in the DCHC MPO area. It is important to consider the needs of all <br />communities that are located in the DCHC MPO area in the allocation of Local Input Points to <br />priority projects.