Transportation Services
Guiding Documents
Unified Planning Work Program [UPWP]
The Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) of the Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization (SMPO) identifies the planning priorities and work activities that SMPO will address during the program period. The development of the UPWP is required as part of the Continuing, Comprehensive, and Cooperative (3c’s) metropolitan planning process and specifically the Metropolitan Planning Rules (23 CFR 450:314). The unified aspect of the document, as indicated in the title, means that it encompasses all MPO transportation planning activities that are foreseen, regardless of funding source or implementing agency.
Download: FINAL 2014-2015 UPWP Approval Letter
Potential Projects Impacted by Ten Year Plan Funding Cuts
This potential list of projects may be impacted by the loss of the $30 registration surcharge and the 3 cent betterment gas tax.
Download: Ten Year Plan Project Chopping BlockAdopted SMPO Bylaws
The purpose of these bylaws is to inform the public of the nature of the SMPO's business, operations, delegation of authority, internal organization and other related matters. Additionally, the intent is to provide procedures and policies for the SMPO and to insure the accomplishment of the planning tasks within a cooperative framework properly related to comprehensive planning on a continual basis.
Download: Adopted SMPO BylawsConway Branch Railroad Line Feasibility Study
This report is intended to provide an overview of the cost and feasibility of restoring rail service on the Conway Branch railroad line between Ossipee and Conway.
Adopted Prospectus: Strafford MPO
"The Transportation Planning Process of the Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization" Adopted: September 27, 2007, Revised: May 29, 2008, Revised January 28, 2010"
Download: Adopted Prospectus 100128_00 [PDF 5 MB]National and State Scenic Byway Program Overview & Proposed Mills Scenic Byway
The New Hampshire Scenic and Cultural Byways Program was established in 1992 under RSA 238:19, "… to provide the opportunity for residents and visitors to travel a system of byways which feature the scenic and cultural qualities of the state within the existing highway system, promote retention of rural and urban scenic byways, support the cultural, recreational and historic attributes along these byways, and expose the unique elements of the state’s beauty, culture and history." The legislation established the program and the Scenic and Cultural Byways Council to serve as an advisory body for the Scenic and Cultural Byway System. The administration of the program is through the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Community Assistance. The New Hampshire Scenic Byway state coordinator is Dean Eastman and he can be reached by e-mail at deastman@dot.state.nh.us.
Download: Scenic Byway Program Overview
Powerpoint presentation given to the Dover Technical Advisory Committee
6/14/2012
Final 2012 Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan
This document presents the COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSIT & HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN (the Coordinated Plan), for the southeast New Hampshire study area consisting of thirty-eight communities in eastern Rockingham County, Strafford County and southern Carroll County. This Coordinated Plan has been developed by the Rockingham and Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organizations with guidance from the Southeast NH Regional Coordination Council for Community Transportation. In addition to serving as the guiding planning document for the Southeast NH Regional Coordination Council, the Coordinated Plan has been adopted by each Metropolitan Planning Organization as part of its METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN in response to federal requirements in the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
Download: Final 2012 Coordinated Public Transit & Human Services Transportation Plan for Southeast NH RegionRoute 125 Corridor Study
The Strafford Regional Planning Commission secured funding and completed a two phase comprehensive Transportation and Land Use Study for the NH Route 125 Corridor funded through the State Planning and Research (SPR) program.
The following are all related documents to the project.
Download: Build Out Analysis FiguresDownload: Concept Plans Figures 37-43 PDF 5.6 MB
Download: Concept Plans Figures 44-49 001 [PDF 5.2MB]
Download: Concept Plans Figures 50 - 55 [PDF 4.7 MB]
Signed Public Participation Plan
"Public Participation Plan for Regional Transportation Planning for the Strafford Metropolitan Planning Organization"
Download: Signed Public Participation Plan 070927 [PDF 1.9MB]Traffic Count 2008 Annual Summary
Download: Traffic Count Summary 2008 [PDF 2.4MB]STRAFFORD-ROCKINGHAM REGION ITS Documents
These files represent the final documents of the Strafford-Rockingham Region ITS Architecture and ITS Strategic Plan update effort. The Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) and the Rockingham Planning Commission (RPC), working collaboratively with regional transportation stakeholders, completed development of the original regional ITS architecture and strategic plan in March 2008. The maintenance plan for the regional ITS architecture recommended that it be updated every 4 years. Consequently, a similar collaborative approach was taken to update these documents in the Spring of 2012.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are applications of advanced technology in the field of transportation, with the goals of increasing operational efficiency and capacity, improving safety, reducing environmental costs, and enhancing personal mobility. ITS projects can provide a variety of benefits, including: increased system capacity through more efficient use of existing infrastructure; improved system management, including incident management; better-informed travelers through the provision of real-time traveler and weather information; increased safety; and reduced environmental impacts. Intelligent Transportation Systems are a series of tools that can be applied, as needed, to address specific, identified regional transportation needs. ITS are designed to make better use of existing transportation infrastructure through improved system management and reliability at a fraction of the cost of conventional infrastructure expansion. Successful ITS deployment requires an approach to planning, implementation, and operations that emphasizes collaboration between relevant entities and compatibility of individual systems. Such an approach is designed to maximize user benefits and the cost efficiency of ITS investments.
Download: Strafford - Rockingham Region ITS Final Powerpoint [June 2012] 1.09 MBDownload: Strafford - Rockingham Region ITS Final Report [June 2012] 873 KB
Download: Strafford - Rockingham Region ITS Stategic Plan [June 2012] 5.07 MB
Download: Strafford - Rockingham Region ITS Architecture Document [June 2012] 5.37 MB