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Transportation in Maine: The State of the System, 2006

This report is the precursor to the MaineDOT Long Range Transportation Plan. This plan provides data-supports historical trends, as well as future trends for long term planning. To view any section of this report, please scroll down the page and click on any of the section title headings. Please note that this report is in the Adobe PDF format. You must have the Adobe reader, version 7.0 or above to view this document. A free viewer can be downloaded from the Adobe web site. If your web browser or screen reader cannot view any part of this report, please contact the Systems Management Division at (207) 624-3300.

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SECTION
PAGE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1
2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2
3.0 SAFETY
21

3.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

21

3.2 NATIONAL COMPARISONS

21

3.3 TRENDS

22

3.4 MAINE’S STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN

28

3.5 HAZARD ELIMINATION PROGRAM

30

3.6 FUNDING SCENARIOS AND IMPLICATIONS

30

3.7 CONCLUSIONS

30
4.0 HIGHWAYS
32

4.1 THE STATE OF MAINE'S HIGHWAY NETWORK

32

4.2 HIGHWAY ADEQUACY

34

4.3 HIGHWAY CONDITIONS

34

4.4 HIGHWAY USE

45

4.5 MOBILITY

51

4.6 FUNDING SCENARIOS AND IMPLICATIONS

58

4.7 CONCLUSIONS

69
5.0 BRIDGES
71

5.1 BRIDGE NETWORK

71

5.2 FEDERAL SUFFICIENCY RATING (PERCENT SUFFICIENT BRIDGES)

73

5.3 BRIDGE ADEQUACY

75

5.4 EXTRAORDINARY BRIDGES

76

5.5 PRIORITY FUNCTIONAL NEED BRIDGES

78

5.6 FUNDING SCENARIOS AND IMPLICATIONS

79

5.7 CONCLUSIONS

81
6.0 PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
82

6.1 TRANSIT

82

6.2 AIRPORTS

84

6.3 PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE

85

6.4 FERRIES

86

6.5 COMMUTER PROGRAMS

87

6.6 BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN NETWORK

89

6.7 INTERMODAL FACILITIES

90

6.8 FUNDING SCENARIOS AND IMPLICATIONS

91

6.9 CONCLUSIONS

96
7.0 FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
98

7.1 CARGO PORTS

98

7.2 FREIGHT RAIL

98

7.3 MOTOR CARRIER

99

7.4 AIR FREIGHT

99

7.5 FUNDING SCENARIOS AND IMPLICATIONS

100

7.6 CONCLUSIONS

102
8.0 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (ITS)
103

8.1 UTILIZATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGYINTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

103

8.2 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

110

8.3 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

111

8.4 PLANNED ITS PROJECTS

111

8.5 ITS TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

113

8.6 FUNDING SCENARIOS AND IMPLICATIONS

114

8.7 CONCLUSIONS

115

This page last updated on 7/26/06