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Public Involvement & Outreach in Transportation Planning

In accordance with 23 CFR 450.316, a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is required to engage in a metropolitan planning process that creates opportunities for public involvement, participation, and consultation throughout the development of the Metropolitan Transportation...

Financial Planning & Fiscal Constraint

Federal regulations require Metropolitan Transportation Plans (MTPs), Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs), and Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs (STIPs) to be “fiscally constrained.”

Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan

Each state must prepare a long-range statewide transportation plan, in accordance with 49 USC 5304(f) , that provides for the development and implementation of the multimodal transportation system (including transit, highway, bicycle, pedestrian, and accessible transportation) for the state.

Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

Overview

Each state is required under 49 U.S.C. 5304(g) to develop a statewide transportation improvement program (STIP) covering a period of at least four years. The STIP is a staged, multi-year, statewide intermodal program of transportation projects, consistent with the statewide...

Scenario Planning

Scenario planning is a process that evaluates the effects of alternative policies, plans, and/or programs on the future of a community or region.

2015 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards

The nomination period for the 2015 TPEAs is open now through September 15th.

Please submit your nominations.

TPEA is sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration and co-sponsored by the American Planning Association and Transportation Research...