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Process-Oriented Regulatory RequirementsThere are sveral requirements that relate to the procedures FTA should follow during te environmental review process for FTA-funded projects. While many of these procedures are general, there are some that establish a process for evaluating specific...
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...
Federal regulations require Metropolitan Transportation Plans (MTPs), Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs), and Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs (STIPs) to be “fiscally constrained.”
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.
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 is a process that evaluates the effects of alternative policies, plans, and/or programs on the future of a community or region.
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...
Every four years, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) must certify that each metropolitan planning organization (MPO) serving a transportation management area (TMA) – a designation by DOT of an urbanized area with a population over 200,000 as defined by the...
A Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) is an annual or biennial statement of work identifying the planning priorities and activities to be carried out within a metropolitan planning area. At a minimum, a UPWP includes a description of the planning work and resulting products, who...
Each metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is required, under 49 U.S.C. 5303(j) , to develop a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)—a list of upcoming transportation projects—covering a period of at least four years. The TIP must be developed in cooperation with the state and...