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INTRODUCTION

The comprehensive systems assessment for the Temple Mobility Master Plan (MMP) has been performed to ensure that the investments recommended by the plan are based on quantitative evaluation of the needs of the City of Temple. An early stage in the plan development used public and stakeholder input to draft a statement of vision for the City supported by broad goal statements, each with specific objectives. Quantifiable and measurable system performance measures were defined for each of the objectives and these performance measures were used to identify the areas of transportation needs within the City. This process of defining a vision statement with corresponding goals, objectives and performance measures is essential to a data-driven and outcomes-based decision-making process for the MMP. The needs that drive the recommendations are determined by infrastructure or service gaps that are identified by comparing existing or future travel demand with the existing transportation system.

As part of the multimodal comprehensive system assessment for the Temple MMP, the transportation system existing conditions were analyzed. Each step in the analysis used the most recent data available for the subject matter as a surrogate for 2021 existing conditions. The analysis covers the incorporated City of Temple and its extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) boundary (Figure 1). Consistent with the statement of the vision, the goals, and the objectives of the Temple MMP, an analysis of mobility, accessibility, connectivity, and other performance factors was performed for 10 categories:

• Current Socioeconomic Conditions • Transportation Supply • Transportation Demand • Traffic Congestion and Level of Service (LOS) • Safety • Transit • Active Transportation • Freight Network and Industrial Flows • Infrastructure Asset Evaluation • Gap/Deficiencies Analysis

Analysis of the Existing Conditions provided a baseline for the transportation system performance assessment. This baseline was compared with forecasts and modeling of anticipated future conditions to show change in the system over time. The future conditions analysis provided in this assessment includes a review of socioeconomic forecasts, forecast conditions, capacity deficiencies analysis, operational deficiencies analysis, and provides initial recommendation for the development and testing of alternative solutions.