Chapter Trans 210

MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECT NUMERICAL EVALUATION PROCESS

Trans 210.01   Purpose.

Trans 210.02   Applicability.

Trans 210.03   Definitions.

Trans 210.04   Goals.

Trans 210.05   Minimum requirement.

Trans 210.06   Measures.

Trans 210.07   Weights applied to measures.

Trans 210.08   Composite score.

Trans 210.01 Trans 210.01 Purpose. In accordance with s. 85.05, Stats., this chapter sets forth the process and criteria used by the department to numerically evaluate projects considered for enumeration. This process for evaluating candidate major highway projects is used to advise the transportation projects commission. This chapter establishes a minimum score that a project shall meet or exceed in order to be eligible for recommendation to the transportation projects commission.

Trans 210.01 History History: Cr. Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 2-1-99.

Trans 210.02 Trans 210.02 Applicability. The procedures in this chapter shall be applied to projects being considered for enumeration as major highway projects by the department.

Trans 210.02 History History: Cr. Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 2-1-99.

Trans 210.03 Trans 210.03 Definitions. In this chapter:

Trans 210.03(1) (1) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of transportation.

Trans 210.03(2) (2) “Major highway project” has the meaning given in s. 84.013 (1)(a), Stats.

Trans 210.03(3) (3) “Transportation projects commission” has the meaning given in s. 13.489, Stats.

Trans 210.03(4) (4) “Level of service” or “LOS” means the ability of the facility to satisfy both existing and future travel demand. Six levels of service are defined for each type of highway facility ranging from A to F, with LOS A representing the best operating conditions and LOS F the worst.

Trans 210.03 History History: Cr. Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 2-1-99.

Trans 210.04 Trans 210.04 Goals. The department shall use this process to evaluate a proposed major highway project in terms of its ability to enhance Wisconsin’s economy, improve highway service, improve highway safety, minimize environmental impacts, and serve community objectives.

Trans 210.04 History History: Cr. Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 2-1-99.

Trans 210.05 Trans 210.05 Minimum requirement. Proposed major highway projects having traffic flow or safety deficiencies shall receive a minimum requirement score of 10 points. Only these projects shall be eligible for recommendation to the transportation projects commission. Traffic flow or safety deficiencies shall exist if either of the following conditions are satisfied:

Trans 210.05(1) (1) The predicted level of service on significant portions of the highway shall be worse than level of service C. Department engineers shall use the appropriate methodologies to determine the projected level of service that is predicted to exist 20 years from the year of the analysis.

Trans 210.05 Note Note: Department engineers will use the procedures outlined in the general design consideration guidelines in Chapter 11, Section 5 of the Facilities Development Manual published by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to determine the level of highway service. Copies of the manual may be obtained by writing to or calling the Division of Investment Management, Bureau of State Highway Programs, P.O. Box 7913, Room 933, Madison, WI 53707-7913, [phone].

Trans 210.05(2) (2) Safety on significant portions of the highway shall be worse than the statewide average for a similar highway type. Safety shall be identified by the number of crashes or the severity of crashes using any one of the following:

Trans 210.05(2)(a) (a) The crash rate, which shall be calculated by the total number of crashes divided by the number of hundred million vehicle miles traveled over the length of the highway segments.

Trans 210.05(2)(b) (b) Severity proportion, which shall be calculated by dividing the number of fatality and incapacitating injury crashes by total crashes over the length of the highway segments.