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Step 3: Existing Conditions

Existing Needs Determination

Once the transportation system inventory is completed, the next step in the planning process is to analyze the existing inventory and determine needs. The analysis provides a snapshot of the existing transportation system to determine where the system is currently deficient or if there are any gaps.

Deficiencies are defined as the difference between the current transportation system and adopted standards or targets. Deficiencies may also reflect performance measures and evaluation criteria developed in Step 2: Goals & Objectives. Deficiencies are capacity or design constraints that limit but do not prohibit the ability to travel by a given mode. Gaps are defined as missing links in the transportation system for any mode. Gaps either prohibit travel by a particular mode or make it functionally unsafe. Together, gaps and deficiencies are defined as needs.


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