Announcements
The University of Virginia Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems sponsered by the VDOT Transportation, Mobility, and Planning Division is offering no-cost training/consulting on the GIS-based methodology for identifying Virginia corridor sections most vulnerable to land development. The training/consulting is sponsored by VDOT's Division of Transportation and Mobility Planning and is providing capabilities required by recent Virginia access management legislation. The training/consulting is being implemented by the University of Virginia -- we will travel to the PDC/MPO/locality sites and provide telephone and internet support. For further information,
contact us or
view our training flyer .
Purpose and Scope
VDOT is increasingly involved with the land development process in rapidly evolving transportation corridors. The land development process on transportation corridors includes rezoning, points of interest, real estate, public utilities, right of way, access management, and the transportation facilities themselves. Localities, which are competing with one another for economic development, may be slow to share their plans for developing corridors, or they may not be aware of impending development. It is therefore important that VDOT transportation planners anticipate and address future development along corridors and avoid surprise, regret, and belated action. This project proposes to develop a comprehensive risk-based approach to identifying and prioritizing needs for corridor protection strategies on undeveloped roads.
Training and Implementation Objectives
- Training workshops for Virginia localities
- Implementation in Rappahannock Region
- Implementation in six selected localities
- Additional data layers and streamlining of methodology
- Updates of training manual including lessons learned
- Recommendations developed with TMPD, regions, and localities
Steering Committee
John Giometti, VDOT Culpeper District Planning Manager,
Rick Carr, Fauquier Planning Department of Community Planning, Director
Kimberley Fogle, Fauquier Planning Department of Community Planning, Assistant Director
Jeff Walker, Executive Director, Rappahanock Rapidan PDC
Wayne Ferguson, VTRC
Mary Lynn Tischer, Director, Virginia Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment
Stuart Blankenship, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Bryan Kelley, TMPD, GIS Team
Chad Tucker, TMPD
Robin Grier, TMPD
Marsha Fiol, TMPD
Talmage Reeves, Fauquier County Department of Economic Development, Director
Paul Grasewicz, AMD, VDOT
Karen Henderson, Fauquier Chamber of Commerce
Kimberly Spence, TMPD, Multimodal Office
Melissa Barlow, AMD, VDOT
Mary Davis, VEDP
Katherine Graham, TMPD
Patrick Mauney, RRRC
Matt Merrill, TMPD