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Strategic Actions Driving Virginia
Learn about the policies that help us plan, invest, and coordinate across the Commonwealth.
What Are Strategic Actions?
Strategic Actions are initiatives that will help meet Virginia’s transportation vision, goals and objectives. This may mean the creation of new policies. It may also include changes to existing policies.
The 2021 VTrans Strategic Actions were chosen based on:
Developing VTrans Strategic Actions
These actions are informed by VTrans stakeholders. They include:
- State-level partners
- External Partners
- MPOs (Metropolitan Planning Organizations)
- PDCs (Planning District Commissions)
- Localities
The aim is to find gaps and opportunities to make a better transportation system. It is a system that is prepared for existing and potential challenges.
These strategies are consistent with the Commonwealth Transportation Board’s (CTB) vision. Available resources, timeframes, and feasibility are considered.
VTrans Strategic Actions relate to:
- Developing stronger linkages between planning and programming
- Ensuring consistency and improving transparency
- Improving coordination between transportation and land use
- Improving efficiency of multimodal and intermodal connections
2021 VTrans Strategic Actions Search
The CTB adopted VTrans Strategic Actions in December 2021. You can find the status of each action below. This list is updated as work continues.
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1: Collect data (e.g., right-of-way mapping, precipitation, roadway elevation, etc.) to accurately assess flooding risks for state- and locally-maintained roadways that can be used to identify funding needs and prioritize investment.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Long-term Risk & Opportunity Register Item #2: Presence of unknown and unquantified flooding risk.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT
- Status: Underway
2: Develop policies, based on robust data collection and analysis, to ensure flooding risks are reflected in transportation asset life cycle and/or transportation project planning processes.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Long-term Risk & Opportunity Register Item #4: Proactively eliminate or mitigate identified flooding risks.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT, DRPT
- Status: Underway
3: Collaborate with state/regional agencies to systematically identify solutions that facilitate consistent and systematic prioritization and support the allocation of state resources to address flooding risks.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Long-term Risk & Opportunity Register Item #4: Proactively eliminate or mitigate identified flooding risks.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT, DRPT
- Status: Underway
4: Evaluate options to gather vehicle automation and capability data for the state’s registered vehicle fleet to develop a more complete and accurate assessment of risks and opportunities associated with automated vehicles.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register Item # 7: Improve the state's ability to manage a transportation system with a high number of highly autonomous vehicles.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT
- Status: Underway
5: Develop a roadmap for implementing foundational digital practices such as digital as-builts (DABs) and information management processes for capturing asset information for transportation infrastructure.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register Item # 7: Improve the state's ability to manage a transportation system with a high number of highly autonomous vehicles, and VTrans Guiding Principle # 3: Efficient delivery of programs.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT, DRPT
- Status: Underway
6: Evaluate and facilitate desirable deployment of vehicle-to-infrastructure communications along limited-access highways by the private sector.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register Item # 8: Maximize safety benefits offered by highly autonomous vehicles, especially those with Automated Driving Systems.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT
- Status: Underway
7: Evaluate opportunities to provide access to the available real-time or up-to-date state transportation asset and operations data in digital formats for use by the public and industry partners to support autonomous vehicle deployment.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register Item # 8: Maximize safety benefits offered by highly autonomous vehicles, especially those with Automated Driving Systems.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT, DRPT
- Status: Underway
8: Identify and develop solutions to address barriers to the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure by the private sector.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register Item # 10: Minimize environmental impacts of the transportation system development.
- Responsible Entity(s): OIPI
- Status: Underway
9: Evaluate and establish sidewalk and curb management best practices for state-owned roadways and promote them for locality-owned roadways.
- Intent: This action addresses VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register Items: # 11: Increased curb access conflicts in urbanized areas due to shared mobility and e-commerce vehicles; #14: Utilize shared mobility services to improve accessibility; and # 15: Improve the state's ability to manage a transportation system with a high number of shared mobility vehicles.
- Responsible Entity(s): OIPI
- Status: Underway
10: Formalize a process for comprehensive needs identification and prioritization for the § 33.2-372: Interstate Operations and Enhancement Program utilizing the transportation planning policies established by the CTB in VTrans.
- Intent: This action addresses: VTrans Mid-term Needs and Priority Locations; CTB Guiding Principle # 1: Optimize return on investment; and Guiding CTB Guiding Principle # 3: Efficiently deliver programs.
- Responsible Entity(s): OIPI
- Status: Underway
11: Evaluate the performance of selected construction projects from the SMART SCALE, Interstate Operations and Enhancement Program, Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program, and DRPT’s MERIT program to determine if the selected projects are providing the anticipated benefits and to support efforts to continue to improve project evaluation criteria and methods.
- Intent: This action addresses: VTrans Mid-term Needs and Priority Locations; CTB Guiding Principle # 1: Optimize return on investment; and Guiding CTB Guiding Principle # 3: Efficiently deliver programs.
- Responsible Entity(s): OIPI
- Status: Underway
12: Establish a regular study cycle for Project Pipeline studies, as defined in the CTB Policy for the Prioritization of VTrans Mid-term Needs adopted in March 2021, to include solutions for the most up-to-date VTrans Priority 1 and 2 locations.
- Intent: This action addresses: VTrans Mid-term Needs and Priority Locations; CTB Guiding Principle # 3: Efficiently deliver programs and Guiding; and CTB Guiding Principle # 5: Ensure Transparency and Accountability, and Promote Performance Management.
- Responsible Entity(s): OIPI
- Status: Complete
13: Evaluate the feasibility of and alternatives to a combined dashboard to monitor performance and delivery of projects and programs included in the Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP).
- Intent: This action addresses CTB Guiding Principle # 3: Efficiently deliver programs and Guiding Principle # 5: Ensure Transparency and Accountability, and Promote Performance Management.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT, DRPT
- Status: Underway
14: Evaluate and, if feasible, integrate the remaining application‐based highway and transit capital funding programs and transit operating funding programs administered by OIPI, VDOT, and DRPT into the SMART PORTAL to provide one-stop access to state’s funding programs.
- Intent: This action addresses CTB Guiding Principle # 1: Optimize return on investment and Guiding Principle # 3: Efficiently deliver programs.
- Responsible Entity(s): VDOT, DRPT, OIPI
- Status: Underway
15: Identify and clarify roles and responsibilities of the state transportation agencies related to emerging areas such as curb management, shared mobility, drones, etc., to ensure greater focus.
- Intent: This overarching action addresses all items identified in the VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register.
- Responsible Entity(s): OIPI
- Status: Underway
16: To methodically address items in the 2021 VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register, formalize OIPI’s role in supporting and advising the CTB in the conduct of CTB business and developing a comprehensive transportation policy as required by 2.2-229.
- Intent: This overarching action addresses all items identified in the VTrans Risk & Opportunity Register.
- Responsible Entity(s): OIPI
- Status: Underway
Frequently Asked Questions
Have more VTrans questions? Find answers on our FAQ page.
What are the VTrans Strategic Actions?
VTrans Strategic Actions are steps that move transportation priorities forward. They can be new policies, changes to existing policies, or initiatives that need attention from the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. They can also be actions that require significant coordination between multiple agencies.
These actions come from three main parts of VTrans:
Why are the VTrans Strategic Actions developed and how are they used?
The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) submits the Strategic Actions to the Governor and General Assembly. This is required by the Code of Virginia § 33.2-353. The plan is summarized in a public document and shared when it is presented to the Governor and General Assembly.
The actions help advance the CTB’s goals and objectives. They address identified VTrans Mid-term Needs. They also reduce long-term risks and take advantage of long-term opportunities.
These actions are the main takeaways from the entire multi-year planning effort.
Who will implement the VTrans Strategic Actions?
The agencies under the Transportation Secretariat are responsible for carrying out the VTrans Strategic Actions.
How will the VTrans Strategic Actions be monitored and tracked?
The Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment (OIPI) will give the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) an annual report on the progress of the VTrans Strategic Actions.