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pdfUNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
FY 2018
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for Transportation Planning for the
Washington Metropolitan Region for FY 2018
March 2017
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM (UPWP): FY 2018
Adopted on March 29, 2017
The preparation of this program document was financially aided through grants from the District
Department of Transportation, Maryland Department of Transportation, Virginia Department of
Transportation, and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
ABOUT THE TPB
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the federally designated
metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for metropolitan Washington. It is responsible for
developing and carrying out a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive transportation planning
process in the metropolitan area. Members of the TPB include representatives of the transportation
agencies of the states of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia, 23 local governments,
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Maryland and Virginia General Assemblies,
and nonvoting members from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and federal agencies.
The TPB is staffed by the Department of Transportation Planning at the Metropolitan Washington
Council of Governments (COG).
ACCOMMODATIONS POLICY
Alternative formats of this document are available upon request. Visit
www.mwcog.org/accommodations or call (202) 962-3300 or (202) 962-3213 (TDD).
TITLE VI NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) fully complies with Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations prohibiting discrimination in all programs
and activities. For more information, to file a Title VI related complaint, or to obtain information in
another language, visit www.mwcog.org/nondiscrimination or call (202) 962-3300.
El Consejo de Gobiernos del Área Metropolitana de Washington (COG) cumple con el Título VI de la
Ley sobre los Derechos Civiles de 1964 y otras leyes y reglamentos en todos sus programas y
actividades. Para obtener más información, someter un pleito relacionado al Título VI, u obtener
información en otro idioma, visite www.mwcog.org/nondiscrimination o llame al (202) 962-3300.
Copyright © 2017 by the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FIGURES AND TABLES
I.
INTRODUCTION
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Purpose
Planning Requirements
The Clean Air Act
Title VI and Environmental Justice: Ensuring Non-Discrimination
Federal Requirements for Performance-Based Planning and Programming
Regional Planning Goals
Responsibilities for Transportation Planning
FY 2018 Regional Planning Priorities
Transition to Performance-Based Programming and Planning
Regional Coordination Beyond Traditional Boundaries
Ladders of Opportunity: Access to Essential Services
Federal Metropolitan Planning Provisions
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II. PROPOSED FY 2018 TPB WORK PROGRAM AND BUDGET
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Program Structure
Work Activity Budgets
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III. MAJOR WORK ACTIVITIES
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1. Long-Range Transportation Planning
1.1
Long-Range Transportation Plan
1.2
Long-Range Plan Task Force
2. Performance-Based Planning and Programming
2.1
Performance-Based Planning
2.2
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
3. Mobile Emissions Planning
3.1
Air Quality Conformity
3.2
Mobile Emissions Analysis
4. Planning Programs
4.1
Congestion Management Process
4.2
Systems Performance, Operations, and Technology Planning
4.3
Transportation Emergency Preparedness Planning
4.4
Transportation Safety Planning
4.5
Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
4.6
Regional Public Transportation Planning
4.7
Freight Planning
4.8
Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination Program
Planning
5. Travel Forecasting
5.1
Network Development
5.2
Models Development and Support
6. Travel Monitoring and Data Programs
6.1
Household Travel Survey
6.2
Travel Monitoring Counts/Studies
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Regional Transportation Data Clearinghouse
6.4
GIS Data
7. Cooperative Forecasting and Transportation Planning Coordination
8. Public Participation and Human Service Transportation Coordination
8.1
Public Participation
8.2
Communications
8.3
Human Service Transportation Coordination
9. Transportation Alternatives and Land Use Connection (TLC) Programs
10. TPB Support and Management
10.1 Transportation Planning Board (TPB) Support and Management
11. Technical Assistance
11.1 District of Columbia
11.2 Maryland
11.3 Virginia
11.4 WMATA
12. Continuous Airport System Planning Program
Comprehensive Regional Air System Plan Update, Phase 1
Process 2017 Regional Air Passenger Survey, Phase 1
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IV. PROPOSED FY 2017 STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY STATE PLANNING AND
RESEARCH PROGRAMS (SPR)
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District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT)
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Maryland State Highway
Administration (MDSHA)
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
V. APPENDIX
Memoranda of Understanding
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FIGURES AND TABLES
Figure 1: Federal Provisions for Consideration in the UPWP by Work Activity
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Figure 2: Organizations Represented on the TPB and/or Its Technical Committees
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Figure 3: Membership of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board
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Figure 4: Transportation Planning and Programming Responsibilities
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Figure 5: Transportation Planning Studies within the Washington Metropolitan Area
2017
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Figure 5 (continued): Transportation Planning Studies within the Washington
Metropolitan Area 2017
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Figure 5 (continued): Transportation Planning Studies within the Washington
Metropolitan Area 2017
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Figure 5 (continued): Transportation Planning Studies within the Washington
Metropolitan Area 2017
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Table 1: Revenue - FY 2018 TPB Proposed Funding by Federal, State, and Local
Sources (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018)
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Table 2: FY 2018 UPWP Expenditures
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Table 3: TPB FY 2018 Work Program by Funding Sources
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Figure 6: Major Components of UPWP Work Activities
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Figure 7: TPB Committee Structure
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Figure 8: Overview of Planning Products and Supporting Processes
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I. INTRODUCTION
Purpose
The FY 2018 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for Transportation Planning for the Washington
Metropolitan Region incorporates in one document all federally assisted state, regional, and local
transportation planning activities proposed to be undertaken in the region from July 1, 2017,
through June 30, 2018. The UPWP provides a mechanism for the coordination of transportation
planning activities conducted by the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB),
and is required as a basis and condition for all federal funding assistance for transportation planning
by the joint planning regulations of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal
Transit Administration (FTA). The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) serves as
the administrative agent for the TPB. The TPB is staffed by COG’s Department of Transportation
Planning. COG provides the administrative functions necessary to meet federal fiducial and other
regulatory requirements required in order to receive FHWA and FTA funds.
This work program describes all transportation planning activities utilizing federal funding, including
FHWA metropolitan planning funds (PL Funds), FTA Section 5303 metropolitan planning funds, and
Federal Aviation Administration Continuing Airport System Planning (CASP) funds. The work program
identifies state and local matching dollars for these federal planning programs, as well as other
closely related planning projects utilizing state and local funds.
Planning Requirements
The planning activities outlined in this work program respond to a variety of regulatory requirements.
On May 27, 2016, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) jointly published a final rule on Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Transportation Planning;
Metropolitan Transportation Planning. The planning rule updates federal surface transportation
regulations with changes adopted in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–
21) and the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.
MAP-21 introduced and the FAST Act continues the implementation of performance management
requirements through which States and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) will “transition
to a performance-driven, outcome-based program that provides for a greater level of transparency
and accountability, improved project decision-making, and more efficient investment of federal
transportation funds.” In addition, MAP-21 and the FAST Act included a number of modest
modifications to the planning process, policy board composition, participants in the process, and
contents of the metropolitan long-range transportation plan. This work program has been developed
to work towards compliance with the new requirements regarding metropolitan planning.
On November 16, 2016, the TPB approved the 2016 Amendment to the Financially Constrained
Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) for the National Capital Region and the FY 2017-2022
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). In February 2017, FHWA and FTA found that the 2016
CLRP and FY 2017-2022 TIP conform to the region’s State Implementation Plans.
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On November 16, 2016, the TPB, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT), the
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), and the Virginia Department of Transportation
(VDOT) self-certified that the metropolitan transportation planning process being conducted by the
TPB is addressing the major issues in the metropolitan planning area and is being carried out in
accordance with all applicable federal metropolitan planning requirements as described under 23
CFR 450.334. The Self-Certification Statement is signed by the three state DOTs and the TPB.
The Self Certification Statement can be found here:
http://oldwww1.mwcog.org/clrp/resources/2016/SelfCertification_2016.pdf
In June 2015, the FHWA and FTA jointly certified that the TPB’s planning process complies with
metropolitan planning regulations and issued a certification report. On October 28-29, 2014, FHWA
and FTA conducted a certification review of the metropolitan planning process in the Washington,
DC-VA-MD Transportation Management Area (TMA) which is the responsibility of the TPB and the
Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO). While the recommendations from
the certification report were addressed in FY 2016, improvements and enhancements identified in
the report continue to be integrated into the TPB’s ongoing planning process.
The TPB will continue its rich tradition of coordination with adjacent MPOs and with those MPOs with
which it shares DOTs. According to the newly enacted Metropolitan Planning Organization
Coordination and Planning Area Reform Rule, this type of coordination is now codified, and the TPB
will not only continue to coordinate, but will look to enhance all coordination opportunities.
THE CLEAN AIR ACT
The Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 require that the transportation actions and projects in
the Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) and Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP) support the attainment of federal health standards for ozone. The CLRP and TIP have
to meet specific requirements as specified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations
issued on November 24, 1993, with amendments on August 15, 1997, and supplemental guidance
on May 14, 1999, regarding criteria and procedures for determining air quality conformity of
transportation plans, programs, and projects funded or approved by the FHWA and FTA. These
conformity requirements are also addressed in this document.
TITLE VI AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: ENSURING NON-DISCRIMINATION
It has been the long-standing policy of both COG and TPB to actively ensure nondiscrimination under
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VI states that “no person in the United States shall, on
the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits
of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial
assistance.” Executive Order 12898, issued February 11, 1994, requires that the TPB identify and
address, as appropriate, disproportionately high or adverse effects of its programs, policies, and
activities on minority populations and low-income populations. While COG, as the TPB’s
administrative agent, has the primary responsibility for meeting Title VI requirements, ensuring nondiscrimination is an underlying tenet that permeates this work program. The TPB has a two-pronged
approach to ensuring nondiscrimination: 1) analysis of the long-range plan for disproportionately
high and adverse impacts, and 2) engaging traditionally transportation-disadvantaged populations in
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the planning process. The specific tasks related to Title VI analysis is under Activity 1: Long-Range
Planning. Engaging transportation disadvantaged-populations, primarily through the Access for All
Advisory Committee, is found in Activity 8: Public Participation. COG’s Title VI Plan (including the
Language Assistance Plan), the Title VI notice to the public, and complaint procedures can be found
at www.mwcog.org/nondiscrimination.
On February 22, 2016, USDOT issued a determination that the COG Title VI Program satisfies the
Title VI program requirements. The next triennial Title VI program update is due to FTA on June 1,
2018. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) also approved the Title VI Plan on
January 5, 2017.
Federal Requirements for Performance-Based Planning and
Programming
MAP-21 and the FAST Act call for metropolitan planning organizations, public transportation
providers and states to establish and use a performance-based approach to transportation decision
making. USDOT has established performance measures related to seven goal areas for the federalaid highway system. The goal areas include: safety, infrastructure, congestion reduction, system
reliability, freight movement and economic vitality, environmental sustainability, and reduced project
delivery delays. Additional goal areas for public transportation address transit safety and transit
asset management.
FHWA and FTA have largely completed the issuance of final rulemaking for the performance
measures. TPB will be working with the states and public transportation providers over the next year
to collect the data, make forecasts for performance, and establish performance targets in support of
those measures; and the TPB will subsequently have up to 180 days to establish performance
targets coordinated with those of the states and public transportation providers. After these targets
are set, the metropolitan transportation plan and the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) are
required to include a description of the performance measures and targets used in assessing the
performance of the transportation system. The metropolitan transportation plan will also have to
include a system performance report evaluating the condition and performance of the transportation
system with respect to the established targets. The TIP is also required to include a description of the
anticipated effect of the TIP toward achieving the performance targets set in the plan.
Regional Planning Goals
In 1998, the TPB adopted the TPB Vision, which outlines a set of policy goals that have since served
to guide the TPB’s planning work program:
• The Washington metropolitan region’s transportation system will provide reasonable access at
reasonable cost to everyone in the region.
• The Washington metropolitan region will develop, implement, and maintain an interconnected
transportation system that enhances quality of life and promotes a strong and growing economy
throughout the entire region, including a healthy regional core and dynamic regional activity
centers with a mix of jobs, housing, services, and recreation in a walkable environment.
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• The Washington metropolitan region’s transportation system will give priority to management,
performance, maintenance, and safety of all modes and facilities.
• The Washington metropolitan region will use the best available technology to maximize system
effectiveness.
• The Washington metropolitan region will plan and develop a transportation system that
enhances and protects the region’s natural environmental quality, cultural and historic
resources, and communities.
• The Washington metropolitan region will achieve better inter-jurisdictional coordination of
transportation and land use planning.
• The Washington metropolitan region will achieve enhanced funding mechanisms for regional and
local transportation system priorities that cannot be implemented with current and forecasted
federal, state, and local funding.
• The Washington metropolitan region will support options for international and inter-regional
travel and commerce.
These goals are broad in scope, and together with the strategies and objectives that are also
outlined in the TPB Vision, provide a framework for setting out core principles for regional
transportation planning. MAP-21 requires the planning process to consider projects and strategies
that address eight planning factors. These eight planning factors are encompassed by the TPB
Vision's policy goals and are considered when developing the CLRP. Each planning factor is included
in one or more of the TPB Vision goals, objectives, and strategies, except for security, which is
implicitly addressed in the TPB Vision.
On January 15, 2014, after a three-year process, the TPB approved the Regional Transportation
Priorities Plan (RTPP) for the National Capital Region. The Priorities Plan developed a comprehensive
set of regional transportation goals and challenges, and then identified three regional priorities that
local, state, and regional agencies should consider when developing projects for inclusion in the
CLRP. In FY 2017, the Priorities Plan will influence policy actions, funding strategies, and potential
projects considered for incorporation into the CLRP.
Responsibilities for Transportation Planning
The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the official metropolitan planning
organization (MPO) for the National Capital Region and is responsible for conducting a continuing,
cooperative, comprehensive (3-C) metropolitan transportation planning process. The TPB was
designated as the region’s MPO by the governors of Maryland and Virginia and the mayor of the
District of Columbia.
The TPB is composed of representatives from the 22 cities and counties, including the District of
Columbia, that are members of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), the
three state-level transportation agencies, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
(WMATA), the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), four federal agencies, the General
Assemblies of Maryland and Virginia, and private transportation service providers. When matters of
particular importance are before the TPB, a special voting procedure may be invoked that weights
the votes of local jurisdiction members according to population.
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Figure 2 lists the jurisdictions and organizations represented on the TPB and its technical
committees and subcommittees. Figure 3 shows the geographic location of each of the local
member jurisdictions. The TPB also serves as the transportation policy committee of COG. This
relationship serves to ensure that transportation planning is integrated with comprehensive
metropolitan planning and development, and is responsive to the needs of the local governments in
the area.
Policy coordination of regional highway, transit, bicycle, pedestrian and intermodal planning is the
responsibility of the TPB. This coordinated planning is supported by the three state departments of
transportation (DOTs), FTA, FHWA, and the member governments of COG. The TPB coordinates,
reviews, and approves work programs for all proposed federally assisted technical studies as part of
the UPWP. The relationship among land use, environmental and transportation planning for the area
is established through the continuing, coordinated land-use, environmental, and transportation
planning work programs of COG and TPB. Policy coordination of land use and transportation planning
is the responsibility of COG, which formed the Region Forward Coalition in 2010 to foster
collaboration in these areas, and the Transportation Planning Board. COG's regional land use
cooperative forecasts are consistent with the adopted metropolitan transportation plan.
The chairman of the TPB and the state transportation directors are members of the Metropolitan
Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQC), which was formed under the authority of the governors
of Maryland and Virginia and the mayor of the District of Columbia to recommend the region's air
quality plans. These recommendations are forwarded to the governors and mayor for inclusion in the
State Implementation Plans (SIPs) they submit to EPA.
In metropolitan Washington, the roles and responsibilities involving the TPB, the three state DOTs,
the local government transportation agencies, WMATA, and the local government public
transportation operators for cooperatively carrying out regional transportation planning and
programming have been established over several years. As required under the final planning
regulations, the TPB, the state DOTs and the public transportation operators have documented their
transportation planning roles and responsibilities in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that
was executed by all parties on January 16, 2008. The 2008 MOU will be reviewed in FY 2017 and
changes will be identified for updating the MOU following the promulgation of FAST planning
regulations. The MOU is included in the Appendices and the responsibilities for the primary planning
and programming activities are indicated in Figure 4.
With regards to coordination with other MPOs near the TPB’s planning area, there are two
agreements in place that lay out responsibilities for planning, programming, and air quality
conformity analysis. Both agreements can be found in the Appendices. In Virginia, the TPB has an
agreement with the Fredericksburg Area MPO (FAMPO) from 2004 in which FAMPO assumes
responsibility for meeting the transportation management area (TMA) planning and programming
requirements within the Washington, DC-VA-MD Urbanized Area portion of Stafford County and
producing the required planning documents for the TPB’s current planning cycle. This agreement
was reviewed in 2012 by both FAMPO and TPB staff, and it was mutually agreed that no changes
were necessary. In Maryland, the TPB formalized an agreement between the TPB, the Calvert-St.
Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-SMMPO), and Calvert County, Maryland, regarding the
conformity analysis of transportation plans, programs, and projects in Calvert County. Calvert County
is in the Washington, DC-MD-VA 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment area, and is also a member of the new
Southern Maryland MPO. The agreement between the three parties was signed in January 2016.
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FY 2018 Regional Planning Priorities
In March 2015, USDOT issued planning emphasis areas for MPOs to consider in Unified Planning
Work Programs. The three areas are 1) MAP-21 implementation: Transition to performance-based
planning and programming; 2) Regional coordination of transportation planning beyond traditional
boundaries; and 3) Ladders of Opportunity. This section provides a summary of how the work
activities in this UPWP addresses these three priority areas.
TRANSITION TO PERFORMANCE-BASED PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING
An overview of the transition to performance-based planning and programming was provided earlier
in this Introduction. This transition is an articulated priority of the TPB as demonstrated in “Activity 2:
Performance-Based Planning and Programming” in this UPWP. Efforts continue to address
establishing performance measures and targets in coordination with the three state DOTs, WMATA,
and the local government public transportation operators in accordance with the federal planning
regulations and performance management requirements for MPOs.
Focusing on the TPB’s desire to improve the performance outcomes of the CLRP, an unconstrained
long-range plan (LRP) was developed during FY 2017. The TPB will be working on a set of regionally
significant multi-modal priorities in FY 2018 to identify a subset of currently unfunded regionally
significant projects, programs, and /or policies that would improve the performance of the region’s
transportation system. This work will be designed to be integrated into the next quadrennial update
of the TPB’s metropolitan transportation plan in 2018.
REGIONAL COORDINATION BEYOND TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES
As a multi-state MPO, the TPB fully embraces the need for regional cooperation and coordination
across state and agency boundaries. Each work activity in this UPWP reflects regional coordination
between jurisdictions and agencies in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, notably in the
development of performance measures and targets, the unfunded regional priority projects, MATOC,
congestion management, safety, public transportation, and freight. As stated earlier, the TPB will
review the 2008 planning agreement with the state DOTs and WMATA after FAST Act planning
regulations are issued. The TPB coordinates with MPOs near its planning area, such as FAMPO, the
Calvert-St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-SMMPO), and the Baltimore Regional
Transportation Board (BRTB). With regards to air quality conformity analysis, transportation projects
and land use forecasts from these other MPOs are reflected in the technical analysis. Formal
agreements on the coordination and consultation processes for transportation planning exist with
FAMPO and C-SMMPO, as described above under “Responsibilities for Transportation Planning.”
The TPB’s Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) program continues to improve the
coordination between land use and transportation planning in the region. The Public Transportation
Subcommittee plays a key role in fostering cooperation and coordination among the many public
transit providers in the region. COG has been designated by the governors of Maryland and Virginia
and the mayor of the District of Columbia to coordinate with the state DOTs in the development of an
agency to oversee Metrorail safety, as required under MAP-21.
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LADDERS OF OPPORTUNITY: ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES
The TPB has identified connectivity gaps in accessing essential services for older adults, people with
disabilities, and those with low-incomes in its Coordinated Human Service Transportation Plan,
adopted by the TPB in November 2014. These unmet transportation needs are used to develop
priorities for FTA’s Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities grant program. COG
serves as the designated recipient for this program in the Washington DC-VA-MD Urbanized Area and
the TPB solicits and selects the projects, which provide key access to essential services such as
health care, education, employment, and recreation.
In FY 2016, an expanded analysis of the Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan
(CLRP) identified potentially vulnerable populations and examined access to employment, hospitals
and educational institutions by these populations. The TPB’s efforts to develop a list of unfunded
regional priority projects will include the consideration of infrastructure needs that improve
connectivity to essential services for traditionally disadvantaged populations. The TPB’s Bicycle and
Pedestrian plan identifies improvements and policies to encourage more walking and biking. The
Access for All Advisory Committee provides input to the TPB on projects, programs, and services that
are important to low-income individuals, minority communities, and persons with disabilities.
Federal Metropolitan Planning Provisions
The Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Transportation Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning
Rule was issued on May 27, 2016. The planning rule updates federal surface transportation
regulations with changes adopted in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–
21) and the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. For metropolitan planning
organizations (MPOs),such as the TPB, the most significant change is the performance-based
planning and programming requirements which must be adopted by May 27, 2018, and included in
all subsequent TIPs and long-range plans. This UPWP will provide for an ongoing review of the
metropolitan planning provisions and USDOT guidance with a consideration of what additional work
activities may be called for by the new Administration. The TPB must respond to any guidance on
how MPOs should implement the provisions. As new USDOT planning regulations or guidance are
released, the UPWP will integrate such new work activities. The TPB will work with the state DOTs,
public transit providers and other stakeholders to identify any specific changes or amendments that
will be necessary to address them. Figure 1 below provides an overview of the new federal changes
to metropolitan planning provisions that are being integrated into the UPWP, organized by work
activity. Note that this is not an exhaustive list of all of the changes called for in the new planning
rule or recent USDOT guidance.
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Figure 1: Federal Provisions for Consideration in the UPWP by Work Activity
UPWP Work Activity
Long-Range Transportation
Planning (Activity 1)
Provisions for Consideration in the UPWPs
• The TIP and Plan will need to identify and consider
“intermodal facilities that support intercity transportation,
including intercity buses and intercity bus facilities, and
commuter vanpool providers”;
• A ninth planning factor was added: system resiliency and
reliability and reduce or mitigate storm water impacts on
surface transportation;
• Capital investments in the Plan should include strategies
to reduce vulnerability due to natural disasters; and
• In addition to other consultation, MPOs are encouraged
to consult with state agencies that plan for tourism and
natural disaster risk reduction.
Performance-Based Planning and
Programming (Activity 2)
•
Planning Programs (Activity 4)
•
•
Public Participation (Activity 8)
•
Transportation and Land Use
Connection Programs (Activity 9)
•
•
The definition of travel demand reduction was expanded
to include intercity bus operators and employer-based
commuting programs.
The Congestion Management Process (CMP) requirement
was retained, but a Congestion Management Plan is
optional; and
If the Congestion Management Plan is continued, it shall
include projects and strategies to reduce congestion and
improve connections between low-income households
and jobs.
Interested parties also include public ports, intercity bus
operators, and commuter vanpool providers.
The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) was
repealed but virtually the same program continues under
the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBGB);
and
MPO involvement with the selection of STBGB projects as
a portion of the state allocation was retained and for
some of this funding, there are additional eligible
activities.
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Figure 2: Jurisdictions and Organizations Represented on the TPB and Its Technical Committees and
Subcommittees
VIRGINIA
Arlington County
Fairfax County
Loudoun County
Fauquier County
Prince William County
City of Alexandria
City of Fairfax
City of Falls Church
City of Manassas
City of Manassas Park
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority
Northern Virginia Regional Commission
Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
Virginia Department of Transportation
Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
Virginia Department of Aviation
Virginia General Assembly
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
MARYLAND
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Prince George’s County
City of Bowie
City of College Park
City of Frederick
City of Gaithersburg
City of Greenbelt
City of Rockville
City of Takoma Park
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Maryland Department of Transportation
Maryland General Assembly
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DC Council
DC Department of Transportation
DC Office of Planning
REGIONAL, FEDERAL, AND PRIVATE SECTOR
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Private Transportation Service Providers
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration
National Capital Planning Commission
National Park Service
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Figure 3: Membership of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board
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Figure 4: Transportation Planning and Programming Responsibilities
RESPONSIBILITY
AGENCIES
UPWP Development
TPB, DOTs, WMATA, Local Governments
Planning Certification
TPB, DOTs
Performance-Based Planning
TPB, DOTs, WMATA, Public Transportation Providers
CLRP Development
Transportation/Land-Use Planning
Plan Inputs/Update
Project Selection
Air Quality Conformity
Financial Plan
Congestion Management Process
Safety Element
Participation Plan
Freight Plan
TPB, MDPC, Local Governments
DOTs, WMATA, Local Governments, NVTA, PRTC, FAMPO
TPB, DOTs, WMATA, Local Governments
TPB, FAMPO
TPB, DOTs, WMATA, Local Governments
TPB, DOTs, Local Governments, FAMPO
TPB, DOTs, Local Governments
TPB
TPB, DOTs, Local Governments
TIP Development
TIP Inputs
Project Selection
Air Quality Conformity
Financial Plan
Human Service Transportation
Coordination Planning
Private Enterprise Participation
Public Involvement Plan
Projects Federal Funding
DOTs, WMATA, Local Governments, NVTA, PRTC
TPB, DOTs, WMATA
TPB, FAMPO
TPB, DOTs, WMATA, Local Governments, NVTA, PRTC
TPB, WMATA, Human Service Agencies
TPB, WMATA, Local Governments, NVTC, PRTC
TPB
TPB, DOTs, WMATA
Air Quality 2010 Attainment Plan
CO2 Mobile Emissions Reduction
MWAQC, TPB, DOTs
WMATA, State Air Quality Agencies
Climate Change Adaptation
TPB, DOTs, WMATA, Local Governments
Corridor Studies
DOTs, WMATA, TPB
Travel Demand Forecasting
TPB
Travel Monitoring
TPB, DOTs, WMATA, Local Governments
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Figure 5: Transportation Planning Studies within the National Capital Region, 2017
STUDY
PRIMARY AGENCIES
SCHEDULE
PRODUCTS
TPB, DOTs, WMATA,
Local Governments
2016
CLRP
Station Area Plans
(multiple stations)
WMATA
On-going
Plans
Station Access Studies
(multiple stations)
WMATA
On-going
Plans
Station Capacity Studies
WMATA
On-going
Plans
Bus Service Evaluation Studies
WMATA
On-going
Studies
Red Line Core Capacity Grant
Study
WMATA
On-Going
Plan
Short-Term Ridership Forecast
WMATA
2017
Model
Bus Lane Enforcement
WMATA
2017
Studies
Vienna and Franconia-Springfield
Station Study
WMATA
2016
Studies
Metro Operating Cost Model
Improvements
WMATA
2017
Application/
Model
Updated Silver Line Phase II
Forecast, Operating Plan
WMATA
2017
Plan
NPS
2018
Plan
REGIONAL
Amendments to the
Financially Constrained LongRange Transportation Plan
National Park Service Long-Range
Transportation Plan
MARYLAND
I-95/I-495 Capital Beltway
Study (American Legion Bridge
to Woodrow Wilson Bridge)
MDOT/SHA, MTA,
Montgomery and
Frederick Counties
On-hold
DEIS
I-270/US 15 Multimodal
Corridor Study (I-370, North of
Biggs Ford Road)
MDOT/SHA,
Montgomery County
On-hold
FEIS
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Figure 5 (continued): Transportation Planning Studies within the National Capital Region, 2017
STUDY
PRIMARY AGENCIES
SCHEDULE
PRODUCTS
MARYLAND (continued)
I-495 West/American Legion
Bridge Strategic Plan (495
Express Lanes (VA) to I-270)
MDOT/SHA
TBD
TBD
MD 3 Widening/Upgrade Study
(US 50 to MD 32)
MDOT/SHA
On-hold
DEIS
MD 5 Transportation Study
(I-95/I-495 to US 301)
MDOT/SHA
Ongoing
DEIS
MD 28/MD 198 Corridor Study
(MD 97 to I-95)
MDOT/SHA
2017
TBD
MD 97 Montgomery Hills Study
(MD 390 to MD 192)
MDOT/SHA
2017
CE
MD 97 Bus Rapid Transit Study
(MD 586 to MD 108)
MDOT/SHA,
Montgomery County
Cancelled
n/a
MD 223 Corridor Study
(Steed Road to MD 4)
MDOT/SHA, Prince
George’s County
2016
Report
MD 355 Bus Rapid Transit Study
(MD 410/MD 187 to Clarksburg)
MDOT/SHA/MTA,
Montgomery and
Frederick Counties
2017
Report
MD 586 Bus Rapid Transit Study
(MD 97 to MD 355)
MDOT/SHA/MTA,
Montgomery County
2017
Report
US 15/US 40 Frederick Freeway
Study
MDOT/SHA
2020
TBD
US 29 Bus Rapid Transit Study
(MD 410 to MD 198)
MDOT/SHA/MTA,
Montgomery County
2017
Report
US 301 South Corridor
Transportation Study
(I-595/US 50 to Potomac River)
MDOT/SHA, Charles
County
On-hold
TBD
US 301 Waldorf Study
(TB to South of Waldorf)
MDOT/SHA, Charles
County
2018
Feasibility Study
US 50 Feasibility Study
(DC Line to Capital Beltway)
MDOT/SHA, Prince
George’s County
2016
Feasibility Study
Commuter Bus Long-Range Plan
MTA
2017
Plan
Bus Facilities Master Plan
MTA
2017
Plan
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Figure 5 (continued): Transportation Planning Studies within the National Capital Region, 2017
STUDY
PRIMARY AGENCIES
SCHEDULE
PRODUCTS
First Place and Galloway NE
Redesign (Fort Totten Metrorail
Station)
DDOT, WMATA
On-going
Report/Design
DC Streetcar – Union Station to
Georgetown
DDOT, FTA, FHWA
2017
NEPA
DC Streetcar – Benning Rd Ext
Environmental
DDOT, FTA, FHWA
2017
EA
Long Bridge Environmental
DDOT, FRA
2019
NEPA
C Street NE Implementation
Study
DDOT
2017
Design
Florida Avenue NE Study
DDOT
2017
Design
16th Street NW Transit Priority
DDOT
2017
Design
East End Bike Lane Study
DDOT
2017
Design
New York Avenue Streetscape
and Trail
DDOT
2017
Study
Florida Avenue NE Study
DDOT
2017
Design
Downtown West
DDOT
2017
Study
DDOT/NPS
2017
Study
New York Avenue / South
Dakota Avenue Interchange
Study
FHWA
2017
Study
Alabama Avenue Safety Study
DDOT
2017
Study
COG/DDOT
2017
Study
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Pennsylvania Avenue East of the
White House
Metrorail Walkshed
Improvement Project (TLC)
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Figure 5 (continued): Transportation Planning Studies within the National Capital Region, 2017
STUDY
PRIMARY AGENCIES
SCHEDULE
PRODUCTS
TPB, DOTs, WMATA,
Local Governments
2018
Report
NVTC, Transit
Agencies, Emergency
Management
personnel, VDOT
2018
Plans
TPB, DOTs, WMATA,
Local Governments
2018
CLRP
STARS Liberia Avenue Corridor
Improvement Study
VDOT
2018
Report
Significant Projects Ratings
Study (HB 599) – Round 2
VDOT
2018
Ratings
I-395 Express Lanes Northern
Extension Environmental Study
VDOT
2018
Report
VA Rte. 28 Corridor Feasibility
Study
Prince William
County / City of
Manassas
2018
Improvement
Options
Fairfax County Pkwy Corridor
Study – Long-Term / Vision
FCDOT
2018
Report
VRE
2017
NEPA Document
MDSHA
Coordinating with
VDOT
2018
Report
NVTA
2018
Report
VIRGINIA
Household Travel Survey
Regional Emergency
Preparedness Effort
Amendments to the Financially
Constrained Long-Range
Transportation Plan
VRE Gainesville-Haymarket
Extension Study and NEPA
I-495 West / Americal Legion
Bridge Strategic Plan Study
from I-270 West Spur to the
Virginia Hot Lanes
TransAction Update
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II. PROPOSED FY 2018 TPB WORK PROGRAM AND
BUDGET
Program Structure
The TPB is responsible for the federally required metropolitan transportation planning process,
serves as a forum for regional coordination, and provides technical resources for decision-making.
This work program presents the work activities that support the TPB responsibilities. The tasks to be
completed under each of the activities are described in the following sections. The staff of the COG
Department of Transportation Planning will carry out these activities, with the assistance of staff in
other COG departments and supplementary consultant support.
The work program identifies the major work products to be developed, the linkages between them,
and the TPB entity responsible for oversight of the products. The next several pages provide revenue
and expenditure tables, and a series of figures which illustrate the relationship between and among
the TPB work activities. The first four major activities support the coordination, preparation, and
documentation of the policy and planning products required by federal law and regulations.
1. LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
The first major activity, Long-Range Transportation Planning, includes preparation for the
quadrennial update of the long-range plan in 2018. It also includes developing an unconstrained
element which will identify a subset of currently unfunded regionally significant projects that would
improve the performance of the region’s transportation system.
2. PERFORMANCE-BASED PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING
The second major activity, Performance-Based Planning and Programming, includes establishing a
performance-based planning framework for regional transportation decision-making and
coordinating the development of measures and targets to be incorporated into performance-based
planning for the long-range plan and TIP. It also includes supporting the FY 2017-2022 TIP by
updating the projects and programs in it and processing any administrative modifications and
amendments.
3. MOBILE EMISSIONS PLANNING
The third major activity, Mobile Emissions Planning, includes developing input data and running the
mobile emissions (MOVES) model and completing the air quality conformity analysis for the CLRP
and the TIP.
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4. PLANNING PROGRAMS
The fourth major activity, Planning Programs, encompasses a number of activities that ensure
inclusion of specific aspects in the metropolitan transportation planning process:
• Regional congestion management process (CMP);
• Systems performance, operations, and technology (SPOT) planning;
• Emergency preparedness;
• Safety;
• Freight planning;
• Bicycle and pedestrian planning;
• Public transportation planning; and
• Planning support for the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC)
Program.
5. TRAVEL FORECASTING
The fifth major activity, Travel Forecasting, includes developing the highway and transit networks in
support of the long-range planning activities and maintaining and improving the TPB’s travel demand
model and forecasting methods.
6. TRAVEL MONITORING AND DATA PROGRAMS
The sixth major activity, Travel Monitoring and Data Programs, provides empirical travel information
from traffic counts, high occupancy vehicle (HOV) monitoring, and household survey and analysis
activities. The data programs include GIS technical support for all planning activities and the regional
transportation data clearinghouse.
7. COOPERATIVE FORECASTING AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
COORDINATION
The seventh major activity, Coordination of Cooperative Forecasting and Transportation Planning,
coordinates local, state, and federal planning activities in order to integrate land use and
transportation planning in the region.
8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND HUMAN SERVICE TRANSPORTATION
COORDINATION
The eighth major activity, Public Participation and Human Service Transportation Coordination,
includes all public involvement activities; outreach activities to low-income, older adults, minorities,
and persons with disabilities; and communication activities to support of the development of the
CLRP, TIP, and all other TPB activities. It also maintains the Coordinated Human Service
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Transportation Plan for the region which supports the MPO role in the FTA Section 5310 Enhanced
Mobility program for elderly persons and persons with disabilities.
9. TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES AND LAND-USE CONNECTIONS
PROGRAM
The ninth major activity, the Transportation Alternatives and Land-Use Connections Program,
strengthens the integration of land use and transportation planning by offering short-term consultant
technical assistance to local jurisdictions to advance their planning activities and incorporates the
MPO role in the MAP-21 Transportation Alternatives Program.
10. TPB SUPPORT AND MANAGEMENT
The tenth major activity, TPB Support and Management, includes the staff and administrative
management to provide support for the meetings of TPB, its committees and special work groups,
and the development and administration of the annual UPWP.
11. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
The eleventh major activity, Technical Assistance, responds to requests from state and local
governments and transit operating agencies for applying TPB methods and data to support corridor,
project, and sub-area transportation and land use studies related to regional transportation planning
priorities.
12. CONTINUOUS AIRPORT SYSTEM PLANNING (CASP)
Finally, the twelfth major activity, Continuous Airport System Planning (CASP), utilizes the methods
and data work activities for airport and airport-serving facilities in the region.
Work Activity Budgets
Funding for the TPB Basic Work Program is similar to the FY 2017 level. The proposed budget levels
for the 12 activities by funding source, which include FTA and FHWA funds together with state and
local match, are shown in Table 1 on the next page. The proposed expenditures for each of these 12
tasks are identified in Table 2. A detailed breakdown of staffing, consultant costs, and other
budgetary requirements is provided in Table 3. The TPB committee structure is shown in Figure 7..
The TPB committee or sub-committee responsible for the activities listed in Figure 6 are shown
under the descriptions for each task in Section III. Figure 8 illustrates the relationship between and
among the TPB work activities.
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Table 1: Revenue - FY 2018 TPB Proposed Funding by Federal, State, and Local Sources
(July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018)
FTA
SECT 5303
FHWA
PL FUNDS
80% FED
&
20% STA/
LOC
80% FED
&
20% STA/
LOC
FAA CASP
90% /
10% FED /
LOC
TOTALS
DDOT ALLOCATIONS
NEW FY 2018
$538,004
$2,209,419
$2,747,423
$80,386
$331,484
$411,870
CARRYOVER FY 2017
$108,663
$428,585
$537,248
SUBTOTAL - DC
$727,054
$2,969,488
$3,696,541
$1,288,745
$3,709,536
$4,998,281
UNEXPENDED FY 2016
$240,479
$668,726
$909,204
CARRYOVER FY 2017
$339,484
$986,969
$1,326,453
$1,868,708
$5,365,231
$7,233,938
UNEXPENDED FY 2016
MDOT ALLOCATIONS
NEW FY 2018
SUBTOTAL - MD
VDRPT & VDOT ALLOCATIONS
NEW FY 2018
$1,050,257
$2,927,804
$3,978,061
UNEXPENDED FY 2016
$165,308
$477,834
$643,143
CARRYOVER FY 2017
$238,323
$601,516
$839,839
$1,453,888
$4,007,154
$5,461,042
SUBTOTAL - VA
TOTAL FHWA/FTA FUNDING ALLOCATIONS
TOTAL NEW FY 2018
$2,877,006
$8,846,759
$11,723,765
SUB-TOTAL UNEXPENDED FY 2016
$486,173
$1,478,044
$1,964,217
SUB-TOTAL CARRYOVER FY 2017
$686,470
$2,017,070
$2,703,540
SUB-TOTAL – FHWA-FTA
$4,049,649
$12,341,873
$16,391,522
TOTAL BASIC UPWP
$4,049,649
$12,341,873
$16,391,522
FAA - CASP PROGRAM
GRAND TOTAL UPWP
$4,049,649
$12,341,873
$362,235
$362,235
$362,235
$16,753,757
New FY 2018 funding amounts above are same as in FY 2017 UPWP.
Unobligated FY 2016 funds are unexpended funds from the FY 2016 UPWP reprogrammed by DOTs.
Carryover FY 2017 funds are funds from Core and Technical Assistance work activities from the FY 2017 UPWP. These
funds will be used to carry out FY 2018 Core program activities including any FY 2017 UPWP Core program activities
carried over to FY 2018.
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Table 2: FY 2018 UPWP Expenditures
FY 2018
TOTAL COST
ESTIMATE
WORK ACTIVITY
CORE PROGRAMS
1. Long-Range Transportation Planning
2. Performance-Based Planning and Programming
3. Mobile Emissions Planning
4. Planning Programs
5. Travel Forecasting
6. Travel Monitoring and Data Programs
7. Cooperative Forecasting & Transportation Planning Coordination
8. Public Participation & Human Transportation Service Coordination
9. Transportation Alternatives and Land Use Connection Programs
10. TPB Support and Management
Sub-total: Core Program
11. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
A. District of Columbia
B. Maryland
C. Virginia
D. WMATA
Sub-total: Technical Assistance Program
$1,615,200
$687,807
$1,587,817
$1,840,950
$2,409,905
$3,550,657
$993,576
$1,055,345
$440,215
$865,054
$15,046,525
$274,742
$499,828
$397,806
$172,620
$1,344,997
Total - Basic UPWP
12. AIR SYSTEMS PLANNING
1. Continuous Airport System Planning (CASP)
Sub-total: CASP
$16,391,522
GRAND TOTAL UPWP
$16,753,757
$362,235
$362,235
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Table 3: TPB FY 2018 Work Program by Funding Sources
DIRECT LABOR
WORK ACTIVITY
DTP
INDRIECT COSTS
Other. COG
Mgmt/Admn
Leave
Fringe Ben.
Nonpersonnel
OTHER DIRECT COSTS
PC/DATA
Consultants
TOTAL
Other
PROGRAM
CORE PROGRAMS
1. Long-Range Transportation
Planning
2. Performance-Based Planning
and Programming
$428,879
$40,500
$115,467
$114,454
$180,419
$300,512
$3,000
$425,000
$6,968
$1,615,200
$242,427
$0
$59,637
$59,114
$93,184
$155,210
$1,200
$25,000
$52,035
$687,807
3. Mobile Emissions Planning
$528,689
$74,221
$148,316
$147,015
$231,746
$386,004
$28,438
$10,000
$33,387
$1,587,817
4. Planning Programs
$669,450
$15,907
$168,598
$167,119
$263,437
$438,789
$1,000
$100,000
$16,649
$1,840,950
5. Travel Forecasting
6. Travel Monitoring and Data
Programs
7. Cooperative Forecasting and
Transportation Planning
Coordination
8. Public Participation and
Human Service
Transportation Coordination
9. Transportation Alternatives
and Land Use Connections
Programs
10. TPB Support and
Management
$781,383
$0
$192,220
$190,534
$300,348
$500,268
$25,438
$350,000
$69,713
$2,409,905
$543,637
$0
$133,735
$132,562
$208,963
$348,055
$55,000
$1,925,627
$203,079
$3,550,658
$141,394
$230,663
$91,526
$90,723
$143,011
$238,204
$2,500
$0
$55,553
$993,575
$280,100
$0
$68,904
$68,300
$107,664
$179,329
$2,000
$245,757
$103,290
$1,055,345
$50,152
$20,700
$17,430
$17,277
$27,234
$45,362
$1,000
$260,000
$1,060
$440,215
$255,808
$0
$62,929
$62,377
$98,327
$163,777
$1,000
$10,000
$210,837
$865,055
$3,921,920
$381,992
$1,058,762
$1,049,475
$1,654,334
$2,755,511
$120,576
$3,351,384
$752,571
$15,046,525
$51,452
$70,808
$42,999
$7,164
$0
$0
$0
$0
$12,657
$17,419
$10,578
$1,762
$12,546
$17,266
$10,485
$1,747
$19,777
$27,217
$16,528
$2,754
$32,941
$45,333
$27,529
$4,587
$0
$0
$0
$0
$110,000
$160,000
$100,000
$130,000
$35,369
$161,786
$189,688
$24,606
$274,742
$499,828
$397,806
$172,620
$172,422
$0
$42,416
$42,044
$66,275
$110,390
$0
$500,000
$411,449
$1,344,996
Total Basic Program
12. CONTINOUS AIRPORT
SYSTEM PLANNING PROGRAM
(CASP)
$4,094,342
$381,992
$1,101,178
$1,091,519
$1,720,610
$2,865,901
$120,576
$3,851,384
$1,164,020
$16,391,521
$144,053
$0
$35,437
$35,126
$55,371
$92,227
$0
$0
$0
$362,235
GRAND TOTAL
$4,238,394
$381,992
$1,136,615
$1,126,645
$1,775,981
$2,958,128
$120,576
$3,851,384
$1,164,020
$16,753,756
Core Program Total
11. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
1. District of Columbia
2. Maryland
3. Virginia
4. WMATA
Technical Assistance Program
Total
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Figure 6: Major Components of UPWP Work Activities
1. LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
1.1 Long-Range Transportation Plan
1.2 Long-Range Plan Task Force
2. PERFORMANCE-BASED PLANNING AND
PROGRAMMING
2.1 Performance-Based Planning
2.2 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
7. COOPERATIVE FORECASTING AND
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
COORDINATION
8. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND HUMAN
SERVICE TRANSPORTATION
COORDINATION
8.1 Public Participation
8.2 Communications
8.3 Human Service Transportation
Coordination
3. MOBILE EMISSIONS PLANNING
3.1 Air Quality Conformity
3.2 Mobile Emissions Analysis
4. PLANNING PROGRAMS
4.1 Congestion Management Process
4.2 Systems Performance, Operations and
Technology Planning
4.3 Transportation Emergency Preparedness
Planning
4.4 Transportation Safety Planning
4.5 Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
4.6 Regional Public Transportation Planning
4.7 Freight Planning
4.8 Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations
Coordination Program Planning
5. TRAVEL FORECASTING
9. TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES AND
LAND-USE COORDINATION PROGRAMS
10. TPB SUPPORT AND MANAGEMENT
10.1 Transportation Planning Board (TPB)
Support and Management
10.2 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
11. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
WMATA
12. CONTINUOUS AIRPORT SYSTEM
PLANNING PROGRAM (CASP)
5.1 Network Development
5.2 Models Development and Support
6. TRAVEL MONITORING AND DATA PROGRAMS
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
Household Travel Survey
Travel Monitoring Counts/Studies
Regional Transportation Data Clearinghouse
GIS Data
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Figure 7: TPB Committee Structure
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Figure 8: Overview of Planning Products and Supporting Processes
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III. MAJOR WORK ACTIVITIES
1.
Long-Range Transportation Planning
Long-range transportation planning activities in FY 2018 will include the development of the
quadrennial update of the TPB’s long-range plan, which will include a “Constrained Element” that
meets federal requirements (serving essentially the same purpose as the current CLRP) and an
unfunded element reflecting regional aspirations. Activities under this item will also include analysis
and outreach for the TPB’s Long-Range Plan Task Force.
OVERSIGHT
Technical Committee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• 2018 quadrennial long-range plan update, including
plan documentation, performance analysis,
environmental justice analysis, and financial analysis
• 2018 Long-Range Plan Call for Projects
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
1.1
$1,615,200
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
During FY 2018, the following activities will be undertaken to support the development of the
quadrennial update of the region’s long-range transportation plan. The final plan will be approved in
the fall of 2018.
• Stakeholder and Public Outreach: Prior to the release of the Call for Projects in the fall of 2017,
the TPB will conduct outreach to sharpen the region’s articulation of its transportation policies
and objectives. A variety of activities and outreach tools will be used to engage a range of
stakeholders and residents. This outreach will be designed to do the following: educate the
public on established regional policies (particularly, the Regional Transportation Priorities Plan):
conduct discussions on anticipated changes in the region (land use, technology, etc.); describe
planned transportation projects, including those that are anticipated to be funded and those that
are not; identify and provide new detail about the preferences of stakeholders and the public
regarding regional transportation policies and strategies. A report on this outreach (for use in the
Call for Projects) will reaffirm and refine regional policies and objectives.
• Financial Element of the Plan: The financial plan is developed every four years to gather and
synthesize information on revenues and expenditures. These forecasts provide the basis for the
long-range plan’s financial constraint, a requirement of federal law. The financial plan
development process includes the following activities: projection of future revenues,
identification of anticipated expenditures; identification of funding for additional expenditures or
anticipated shortfalls; and reconciliation of revenues and expenditures. The financial plan will be
developed by a subcommittee that will meet on a monthly basis.
• Constrained Element of the Plan: The Constrained Element of the long-range plan will meet
federal requirements as the free-standing CLRP did in the past. This element will be designed to
do the following: provide a list of projects that are anticipated to be funded over the life of the
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plan; conduct air quality analysis to ensure conformity; conduct focused public involvement
activities, including two public comment periods: 1) on project submissions, and 2) on the final
plan, including the financially constrained component; and ensure the final plan document
includes a constrained element that meets all federal requirements. Activities, which will be
comparable to tasks for past CLRP updates, will include the following key milestones: release of
Call for Funded Projects; TPB approval of project submissions; air quality conformity analysis;
and performance analysis.
• Unconstrained Element of the Plan: The work of the Long-Range Plan Task Force will be
incorporated into the Plan.
• Title VI and Environmental Justice Analysis: A separate Title VI analysis will evaluate the plan for
disproportionally high and adverse effects on low-income and minority population groups. This
analysis will build upon activities in FY 2017 that developed a more robust methodology for
analysis that takes into consideration specific concentrations of low-income and minority
population groups, areas of potentially vulnerable populations, and additional measures of
benefits and burdens for the CLRP, per the 2014 FWHA and FTA planning certification
recommendation.
• Integration of Long-Range Planning Activities and Documentation: As a process and a final
document, the long-range plan will be commonly understood to represent a synthesis of the
region’s transportation goals and an articulation of the realities we face. The TPB will work to
ensure that all previously described pieces of the planning process are coordinated. This
includes the development of a compelling title and graphic branding (and any other overarching
identifiers) to unify all planning activities. It will also feature new information, provided in useful
and attractive formats, which will seek to develop a common understanding of challenges and
opportunities, agreed-upon strategies, and approved projects. Key integration activities will
include the following: agreement upon a title and necessary branding; development of a website
and other communications tools; and development of publications at key intervals, including the
final plan document.
1.2
LONG-RANGE PLAN TASK FORCE
Staff will implement activities as defined in Resolution R16-2017. This includes the following types
of activities:
• Staffing and coordinating all task force meetings;
• Developing products to support task force activities (compiling previous work efforts,
summarizing TPB and COG governing documents, reviewing best practices from MPOs for similar
work, summarizing local best practices, etc.);
• Exploring funding sources and financing strategies;
• Procuring and managing a consultant to support and execute the various charges of the task
force, and
• Other related duties as deemed necessary.
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2.
Performance-Based Planning and Programming
OVERSIGHT
Technical Committee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• Preliminary performance measures and targets
• Updated projects and programs in FY 2017-2022 TIP
• Annual Obligated Projects List
• Enhanced TIP/LRP database
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
2.1
$687,807
PERFORMANCE-BASED PLANNING
Federal surface transportation law, as developed in MAP-21 and continued under the FAST Act,
requires “a transition to performance-driven, outcome-based approaches” for the federal highway
and transit programs. Metropolitan planning organizations, states, and public transportation
providers will establish and use a performance-based approach to transportation decision making in
planning and programming.
To implement this mandate, rulemakings on performance provisions have been issued by the
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The Statewide and
Nonmetropolitan Transportation Planning; Metropolitan Transportation Planning Rule, issued on
May 27, 2016, provides for the implementation of performance-based planning within the planning
process. The basic framework of the planning process is largely untouched from previous federal
surface transportation reauthorization acts. However, the law directs changes to the planning
process by requiring states, MPOs, and providers of public transportation to select performance
targets and link investment priorities in the TIP and long-range plan to the achievement of
performance targets.
The performance-based planning and programming framework requires coordination between
states, MPOs, and public transportation providers. Integration of elements of other performancebased plans into the metropolitan planning process are also required, including the:
• Highway Safety Improvement Plan, including the State Highway Safety Plan;
• Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan;
• NHS and Transit Asset Management Plans;
• Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program Performance Plan; and
• State Freight Plan.
TPB working groups in each area of expertise are undertaking the development of regional
performance measures and targets for the metropolitan planning area. TPB staff are coordinating
with the local DOTs and public transportation providers on the requirements for data collection,
analysis, and reporting. Both the collection of current data and the forecasting of future performance
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are being evaluated. As implementation continues, working groups will propose necessary revisions
to the data processes used to establish measured performance.
Under the final performance-based planning and programming rulemakings, the states and public
transportation providers are required to establish performance targets in support of those measures
and the MPO subsequently has 180 days to establish performance targets for the metropolitan
planning area coordinated with those of the states and public transportation providers. After these
targets are set, the long-range plan and TIP are required to include a description of the performance
measures and targets used in assessing the performance of the transportation system. The longrange plan will also include a system performance report evaluating the condition and performance
of the transportation system with respect to the established targets. The TIP will include a description
of the anticipated effect of the TIP toward achieving the performance targets set in the long-range
plan.
This task includes:
• Coordinate with DDOT, MDOT, and VDOT on their setting of the state performance targets in
support of the performance measures, and also coordinate with the DOTs to develop the specific
performance targets in relation to the applicable performance measures for the TPB’s
metropolitan planning area. Similarly, coordinate with WMATA, VDRPT, and other public
transportation agencies on their setting of performance targets for transit state of good repair
and safety.
• Coordinate with adjacent MPOs, DOTs and other highway owners, and providers of public
transportation in the region to jointly agree upon and document in writing the coordinated
processes for:
o
Collection of performance data;
o
Selection of performance targets for the metropolitan area;
o
Reporting of metropolitan area targets; and
o
Reporting of actual system performance (related to those targets).
• Redesign the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to track projects that are consistent
with and reflect long-range plan investment priorities; demonstrate progress toward achieving
transportation system performance targets; link investment priorities to the performance targets;
and describe the anticipated effect of the TIP toward achieving the performance targets.
2.2
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP)
Federal surface transportation law, as developed in MAP-21 and continued under the FAST Act, calls
for MPOs, states, and public transportation providers to establish and use a performance-based
approach to transportation decision making. States and MPOs must integrate performance-based
plans into their planning process, including goals, objectives, performance measures, and targets,
either directly or by reference. USDOT will establish performance measures and subsequently states
and public transportation providers will establish performance targets in support of those measures.
The MPO subsequently has 180 days to establish performance targets coordinated with those of the
states and public transportation providers. After these targets are set, the CLRP and TIP are required
to include a description of the performance measures and targets used in assessing the
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performance of the transportation system. The MPO should use targets to track progress towards
attainment of critical performance outcomes for the MPO region.
Under the performance provisions, the TIP shall do the following, in coordination with the long-range
plan:
• Contain projects consistent with the metropolitan transportation plan.
• Reflect investment priorities from the metropolitan transportation plan.
• Be designed to make progress toward achieving transportation system performance targets.
• Describe the anticipated effect of the TIP toward achieving the performance targets established
in the metropolitan transportation plan.
• Link investment priorities to performance targets.
This task includes:
• Prepare and review amendments and administrative modifications to the currently approved TIP.
• Enhance documentation of the TIP with additional analysis as a part of the CLRP/TIP brochure
and the CLRP web site.
• Provide public access to CLRP and TIP project data through an improved online searchable
database and a linked GIS database.
• Enhance the TIP/LRP database.
• Prepare an annual listing of projects for which federal funds have been obligated in the
preceding year for the FY 2017-2022 TIP.
• Support the development of the FY 2019-2024 TIP.
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3.
Mobile Emissions Planning
OVERSIGHT
Technical Committee in consultation with MWAQC
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• Transportation modeling inputs for the LRP scenario
analysis
• Technical report on the LRP scenario analysis
• Development of Call for Projects and Work Scope for
the Air Quality Conformity analysis of the FY 2018 CLRP
• Technical documentation supporting SIP-related
activities
• 2017 VIN Inventory Survey data collection and analysis
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
3.1
$1,587,817
AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY
The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments require MPOs to conduct detailed systems-level technical
analyses to assess whether or not future transportation emissions resulting from the region’s plans
and programs are consistent with federally approved budgets. The Air Quality Conformity (AQC)
analysis includes a formal solicitation of transportation projects from programming agencies and
staff consultation with transportation agencies, state air agencies and the public. The analysis also
involves the substantial travel demand and mobile emissions modeling.
The AQC analysis of the 2016 CLRP was approved on November 2016 (during FY 2017). The next
scheduled AQC analysis cycle is planned to begin in the fall of 2017, at which time the quadrennial
update of the CLRP will begin. In the event that an AQC analysis is necessary due to an “off-cycle”
amendment to the 2016 CLRP, an AQC analysis will be conducted through a technical assistance
arrangement.
Consequently, during FY 2018, the Air Quality Conformity activity will essentially focus on:
1) Development of future scenarios as directed by the Long-Range Plan Task Force. The
scenarios will explore combinations of projects, programs, and policies beyond what is assumed
in the CLRP, in order to measurably reduce future congestion; and
2) Initiation and completion of a substantial number of activities related to the AQC analysis of
the 2018 CLRP. As a part of this activity, staff will:
• Prepare technical inputs in support of the Long-Range Plan Task Force scenario analysis,
including the development of network, land activity, and policy-related inputs to multiple
scenarios. Travel modeling and mobile emissions modeling will be undertaken to explore
system expansions, land use alternatives, and other policy options as specified by the task
force;
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• Facilitate consultant–assisted sketch planning analysis as a means of evaluating the longrange plan scenarios;
• Conduct travel demand and mobile emissions modeling for selected long-range plan
scenarios, as deemed necessary;
• Determine performance-based planning and programming requirements for the 2018
CLRP analysis, including coordinating with state DOTs to establish MPO CMAQ emissions
reductions targets, GHG emissions reductions targets, and reporting;
• Solicit project inputs from programming agencies and organize into conformity project
input table for TPB approval;
• Develop the conformity scope of work, specifying planning assumptions and technical
methods supporting the analysis, for TPB approval;
• Prepare technical inputs, and begin network coding and travel demand modeling activities
for all required analysis years;
• Consult with transportation agencies, air agencies, and the public during each milestone
step of the conformity cycle as outlined in the consultation procedures; and
• Keep abreast of federal requirements as related to Air Quality Conformity determinations;
3.2
MOBILE EMISSIONS ANALYSIS
This task conducts a range of analyses to quantify mobile emissions levels of various pollutants in
support of air quality planning and Transportation Emissions Reduction Measures (TERMs). TPB staff
is also actively involved with State Implementation Plan (SIP) activities that determine how
metropolitan areas will attain and maintain national air quality standards. SIP activities include the
establishment of mobile emission budgets for criteria pollutants that are analyzed in air quality
conformity work. FY 2018 activities will include:
• Develop and review input data to the mobile emissions (MOVES) modeling runs for the 2018
CLRP & FY 2019-24 TIP Air Quality Conformity Assessment;
• Execute MOVES sensitivity tests to assess the impacts of changes to model inputs, changes in
MOVES software, or changes in hardware platforms;
• Develop on-road mobile emissions inventories related to air quality conformity using MOVES
emissions model;
• Follow established TPB interagency and public consultation procedures and coordinate with the
COG/DEP staff to involve the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQC) in the
public and interagency consultation process;
• Conduct 2017 Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) inventory for the Washington, D.C. nonattainment jurisdictions and secure consultant assistance for decoding information from the VIN
numbers. VIN surveys are conducted every three years and provide a “snapshot” of vehicle fleet
characteristics in the region. Fleet characteristics, especially age, are important inputs to the
mobile emission (MOVES) model;
• Support travel demand modeling and mobile emissions modeling in support of SIP planning
activities, including the establishment of mobile emissions inventories and budgets;
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• Respond to technical requests from COG’s Department of Environmental Programs and from TPB
member jurisdictions for mobile emissions information;
• Support CMAQ-related activities and provide support with “Hot-Spot” analyses conducted by local
transportation agencies;
• Provide continued technical support for software used to estimate mobile emissions, such as the
EPA MOVES model, including any supporting software applications;
• Provide training to DTP staff regarding mobile emissions software, such as MOVES2014;
• Keep abreast of mobile emissions software (MOVES) updates and best practices; and
• Provide technical support to the on-going COG Multi-Sector Working Group (MSWG) to reduce
future Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
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4.
Planning Programs
4.1
OVERSIGHT
Various (see below)
MAJOR PRODUCTS
See program-specific products below
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$1,840,950
CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Under this task, the regional Congestion Management Process (CMP) informs the CLRP on current
congestion on the region’s roadways by analyzing congestion data as well as identifying potential
multi-modal congestion management strategies.
The CMP addresses FAST Act and MAP-21 requirements for performance-based planning congestion
reduction and system reliability measurements, on both recurring and non-recurring congestion.
This task includes:
• Development of a regional Congestion Management Plan (CMPL), which is identified as an option
in the FAST Act. The CMPL will compile the congestion management strategy identification and
analysis elements into a document that will advise the overall long-range plan, and will
supersede the previous biennial CMP Technical Reports.
• Produce three other major aspects of the CMP:
o
CMP components of the CLRP that specifically address CMP and its subtopics, fully
incorporated as elements of the CLRP publication;
o
CMP Documentation Form Information addresses federally-required CMP considerations
associated with individual major projects, to be included with overall project information
submitted by implementing agencies to the CLRP Call for Projects, and incorporated into
the regional CMP; and
o
National Capital Region Congestion Report, released quarterly on the TPB website,
reviewing recent information on congestion and reliability on the region's transportation
system and featured CMP strategies, with a “dashboard” of key performance indicators.
• Obtain data from cost-effective public-sector and private-sector sources, including the I-95
Corridor Coalition Vehicle Probe Project (VPP), the Regional Integrated Transportation
Information System (RITIS) of the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination
(MATOC) Program, the FHWA National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS),
and, if needed, specialized data collection efforts. Compile, format, and review transportation
systems performance data from these sources.
• Analyze congestion on the region’s freeway networks, non-freeway arterials, the transitsignificant roadways, and the freight-significant roadway network.
• Provide CMP technical input to the Performance-Based Planning and Programming (PBPP) task.
• Produce related analyses, such as following a major event, on an as-needed basis.
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• In conjunction with the CMP, support the Vehicle Probe Data Users Group (VPDUG) in its role to
foster technical and methodological coordination in the application of vehicle probe data by
member agencies and jurisdictions, including conducting regular Users Group meetings and
maintaining reference materials on the TPB website.
4.2
OVERSIGHT
Systems Performance, Operations, and Technology
Subcommittee (SPOTS)
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
Updated CMP portions of the CLRP
•
Congestion Management Plan
•
VPDUG website reference materials
•
Documentation for FAST/MAP-21 performance and
target reporting requirements
SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE, OPERATIONS, AND TECHNOLOGY PLANNING
The performance outcomes of the existing and planned regional transportation system rely on
systems management, operations, and deployment of technologies. This task addresses these
considerations in metropolitan transportation planning, in conjunction with the federal requirements
for regional transportation systems management and operations (RTSMO).
This task includes:
• Conduct planning for operations including systems monitoring, traffic incident management and
response, multi-modal coordination, traffic signal coordination, public traveler information, and
related strategies that address regional transportation systems management. Support the
regional Traffic Signals Subcommittee and its information exchange, as well as annual regional
surveys on traffic signal timing and power back-up systems.
• Conduct resiliency and reliability planning, focusing on outcomes-based applications of
technology and operations strategies. Consider the resiliency of the region’s transportation
systems to operate during and recover in a timely fashion from major disruptive events, (such as
climate/extreme weather events), as well as its everyday reliability considering non-recurring
congestion. Conduct related operations performance analyses. Resiliency and reliability are
defined as metropolitan transportation planning factors in FAST.
• Advise the metropolitan transportation planning process regarding emerging technologies,
including understanding and planning for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) and
related emerging “shared economy” aspects of transportation.
• Support and update the long-standing regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Architecture.
• In conjunction with FAST/MAP-21 performance-based planning requirements advise on
congestion and reliability-related aspects of the FAST/MAP-21 requirements.
• Support the regional Systems Performance, Operations, and Technology Subcommittee (SPOTS)
(successor to the Management, Operations, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (MOITS)
Technical Subcommittee). Also coordinate SPOTS activities with the Metropolitan Area
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Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) Program, including SPOTS’ defined advisory
role for the MATOC Program on long-range planning topics.
• Maintain coordination with related member agency activities, and related COG and TPB
committees including the Regional Emergency Support Function 1 (RESF-1) Emergency
Transportation Committee.
4.3
OVERSIGHT
Systems Performance, Operations, and Technology
Subcommittee (SPOTS)
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
Technology, operations, and systems performance
documentation for the CLRP
•
Regional ITS architecture update
•
Annual regional surveys on traffic signal timing and
power back-up systems
•
Documentation for FAST/MAP-21 performance and
target reporting requirements
TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING
This task provides support and coordination for the transportation sector’s role in overall regional
emergency preparedness planning, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Washington Council of
Governments (COG) Board of Directors and its public safety programs. This is a component of a
much larger regional set of emergency preparedness activities funded primarily outside the UPWP by
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and COG local funding. The Regional Emergency
Support Function #1 (RESF-1) Transportation Committee, within the COG public safety committee
structure, advises these efforts and coordinates with emergency management agencies, police, fire,
and other emergency response (RESF) committees. Regular meetings of the RESF-1 Committee as
well as subject matter-specific special events will be supported.
This task includes:
• Plan for the role of transportation as a support agency to emergency management in
catastrophic or declared emergencies.
• Undertake emergency coordination and response planning through the emergency management
and Homeland Security Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) processes.
• Coordinate planning for transportation-related emergency communications, technical
interoperability, and related capabilities.
• Plan for transportation aspects of public outreach for emergency preparedness.
• Coordinate with regional critical infrastructure protection and related security planning.
• Advise emergency preparedness training and exercises.
• Advise conformance with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directives and requirements.
• Advise applications for and management of UASI and other federal Homeland Security funding.
• Support the RESF-1 Emergency Transportation Committee.
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OVERSIGHT
Regional Emergency Support Function #1
Transportation Committee in coordination with the
Technology, Operations, and Performance
Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
4.4
•
Documentation pursuant to DHS and UASI
requirements
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PLANNING
The Washington metropolitan area is a diverse and rapidly growing region, a major tourist
destination, and a gateway for immigrants from all over the world. Growing numbers of pedestrians
and bicyclists are using the region’s multimodal transportation system, especially in suburban areas
where they were not as common as in years past, thereby increasing the exposure of these
vulnerable road users to collisions with vehicle traffic. The FAST Act emphasizes safety as part of the
metropolitan planning process and requires MPOs to set safety performance targets for nonmotorized as well as motorized users. These and other factors, along with heightened awareness of
the importance of safety planning, continue to demonstrate the need for the regional transportation
safety planning program.
This task includes:
• Consider engineering, education, enforcement, and emergency medical services strategies in the
metropolitan planning process to reduce fatalities, serious injuries, and crashes in the region.
This includes planning for safety aspects of the region's transportation system and coordinating
with the Strategic Highway Safety Plan development and implementation efforts of the District of
Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as other state, regional, and local efforts.
• Maintain active collaboration with the “Street Smart” pedestrian and bicycle safety outreach
campaign.
• Address regional MAP-21/FAST Act traffic safety performance measure requirements, including
compilation and analysis of safety data, tracking of regional performance measures for safety,
and coordinating with member states on the setting of safety targets.
• Encourage the consideration of safety in all aspects of metropolitan transportation planning and
ensuring that safety is addressed during CLRP and TIP development.
• Support the Transportation Safety Subcommittee, as well as coordinating with member agencies
and transportation safety stakeholders.
OVERSIGHT
Transportation Safety Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
Safety element of the CLRP
•
Documentation for MAP-21/FAST Act performance
and target reporting requirements
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4.5
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANNING
The enhancement of pedestrian and bicycle facilities, activities, and safety in the region is a critical
component of the metropolitan transportation planning process. Advised by the regional Bicycle and
Pedestrian Subcommittee, the 2015 Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan provides the framework
for this effort.
This task includes:
• Complete a major update of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan for the National Capital Region.
Report to the TPB on progress towards implementation of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan.
• Maintain the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan database on the TPB website for member agency and
public access, including online mapping and visualization of projects identified in the plan.
• Compile bicycle and pedestrian project recommendations for the Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP) and monitor Regional Complete Streets and Green Streets activities.
• Provide technical advice on bicycle and pedestrian projects serving the goals of the Regional
Transportation Priorities Plan for the TPB Long-Range Plan Task Force. In conjunction with the
Subcommittee and the Capital Trails Coalition, coordinate on regional or long-distance bicycle
routes and project needs, including potential circumferential “bicycle beltway” routes.
Coordinate with the Capital Trails Coalition, GIS staff, and the Subcommittee on the compilation
of jurisdiction GIS data on existing and planned trails and on-street bicycle facilities.
• Provide technical advice to the “Street Smart” regional pedestrian and bicycle safety public
outreach campaign (Street Smart is supported by funding outside the UPWP); on the Capital
Bikeshare system; on pedestrian and bicycle mapping and routing systems and information for
the region; on pedestrian and bicycle safety; and on bicycle and pedestrian systems usage and
consideration in the overall metropolitan transportation planning process.
• Conduct two or more regional bicycle and pedestrian planning or design training, outreach, or
professional development opportunities for member agency staffs, at least one of which will have
a primary focus on pedestrian planning.
• Support the Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee in its coordination and advisory roles.
OVERSIGHT
Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
Compilation of bicycle and pedestrian facilities for
the TIP
•
Updated Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan for the
National Capital Region
•
Maintenance of the regional bicycle and pedestrian
plan on the TPB website
•
Recommendations on circumferential and regional
bicycle routes
•
Compilation of jurisdictional GIS data on existing
and planned bicycle and pedestrian facilities
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4.6
•
Recommendations on unfunded bicycle and
pedestrian projects
•
Two or more regional outreach workshops
REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
The region has a variety of local and commuter bus, rail transit, and commuter rail operators and
other agencies involved in public transportation planning and operation. It also is served by a
number of private providers. This task advises the consideration of public transportation activities
and needs as an important part of the metropolitan transportation planning process.
This task includes:
• Provide support to the Regional Public Transportation Subcommittee for the coordination of
public transportation planning in the region, and for incorporating regional public transportation
plans into the CLRP and TIP.
• Evaluate federal rulemaking for the performance-based planning requirements, specifically
transit safety and transit asset management, including data collection, analysis of the
performance measures, forecasting, and setting of targets.
• Provide a forum for discussion of the development of the performance measures and selection
of performance targets for the metropolitan planning area in order to coordinate with relevant
providers of public transportation to ensure consistency to the maximum extent practicable.
• Provide support to the TPB Private Providers Task Force and document the involvement of
private providers of public transportation in the TIP. Also support quarterly meetings of the TPB
Regional Taxicab Regulators Task Force.
• Evaluate the performance of the corridor projects implemented by the TPB’s Transportation
Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant for Priority Bus in the National Capital
Region, including the submission of one-year-after and two-year-after reports for projects
concluded in calendar year 2016.
• Produce an annual report on the “State of Public Transportation” to provide informative public
transportation operations, customer, and financial facts, including recent accomplishments and
upcoming activities, and a summary of the Subcommittee’s recommendations for improving
services for consideration by the TPB.
OVERSIGHT
Regional Public Transportation Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
Annual report, data compilation, reports on
technical issues, and outreach materials
•
Private Provider involvement documentation
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4.7
FREIGHT PLANNING
The TPB provides opportunities for consideration, coordination, and collaborative enhancement of
planning for freight movement in the region. The Regional Freight Plan updated in FY2016 provides
guidance for continued regional planning activities.
This task includes:
• Address the FAST Act requirements related to regional freight planning, including coordination
with member jurisdictions on the establishment of a freight performance target.
• Provide opportunities for the consideration of freight issues within the metropolitan
transportation planning process through outreach to the private sector, regular interaction with
the TPB and other committees on regional freight planning issues, and advising how freight is
addressed during TIP and CLRP development.
• Coordinate with relevant jurisdictions and committees on regional rail issues.
• Compile and analyze readily available data to support regional freight planning.
• Continue “Freight Around the Region” outreach efforts focusing on individual jurisdictions’ freight
activities and their linkages to the regional freight picture.
• Maintain the Regional Freight Plan and supporting materials on the TPB website for member
agency and public access.
• Support the TPB Freight Subcommittee in its coordination and advisory roles.
4.8
OVERSIGHT
Freight Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
“Freight Around the Region” publication
•
Documentation as necessary supporting MAP-21
and FAST Act requirements of freight planning
•
Regional Freight Forum
METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS COORDINATION
PROGRAM PLANNING
TPB provides planning support for the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination
(MATOC) Program, in conjunction with the MATOC Steering Committee, subcommittees, and partner
agencies. This task is the metropolitan transportation planning component of a larger set of MATOC
Program activities, including operational and implementation activities, funded outside the UPWP.
The Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) Program’s mission is to
provide situational awareness of transportation operations in the National Capital Region (NCR)
through the communication of consistent and reliable information, especially during incidents.
MATOC’s information sharing is undertaken in large part through the Regional Integrated
Transportation Information System (RITIS). RITIS is an automated system that compiles formats, and
shares real-time traffic and transit data among the region’s transportation agencies. RITIS was
developed on behalf of the region by the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory
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at the University of Maryland. Data provided through RITIS is in daily use by the region’s major
transportation operations centers.
As a complement to the externally-funded operations activities of MATOC, this UPWP task is to
provide ongoing TPB staff planning assistance to the MATOC Program, as a part of the TPB’s
metropolitan transportation planning activities.
This task includes:
• Provide administrative support of MATOC Steering Committee and subcommittee meetings,
including preparation of agendas and summaries and tracking of action items.
• Provide briefings to the TPB on MATOC Program progress.
• Provide TPB staff input and advice to the MATOC Information Systems Subcommittee and
Operations Subcommittee.
• Develop supporting or informational materials for the above activities as necessary.
OVERSIGHT
MATOC Steering Committee, in conjunction with the
Systems Performance, Operations, and Technology
Subcommittee (SPOTS)
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
MATOC Steering Committee and Subcommittee
Meeting Materials
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5.
Travel Forecasting
OVERSIGHT
Travel Forecasting Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• A series of highway and transit networks reflecting
the latest CLRP and TIP for input to the regional
travel demand model together with technical
documentation.
• Updated travel models; documentation of models
development activities; and recommendations for
continued updating of the travel demand modeling
process.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
5.1
$2,409,905
NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
This task includes preparing transportation network files, which are primary inputs to the regional
travel demand model that is used for forecasting travel in the CLRP, project planning studies, special
scenario studies, and in support of the travel model development activities.
This task includes:
• Prepare base- and forecast-year highway and transit networks, in accordance with the latest
CLRP and TIP elements received from state and local agencies, in support of long-range planning
and any special regional studies.
• Update the TPB’s base-year (2016) transit network to reflect the most current service in the
Washington metropolitan area.
• Maintain and refine the TPB’s existing GIS-based information system used to facilitate network
coding and multi-year network file management.
• Support the application of the current regional travel demand model (Version 2.3.66 or its
successor) for air quality planning work and other TPB planning studies, which could also include
updates in the transportation networks due to the strategic plan for models development
(described below).
• Respond to network-related technical data requests, including requests for transit line files,
station files, and shapefiles associated with features of the regional highway or transit network.
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5.2
MODELS DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
This task involves maintaining and improving the travel forecasting model which supports the
regional transportation planning process. During FY 2016, a seven-year strategic models
development plan and a short-term implementation plan for improving the TPB trip-based travel
forecasting capabilities were formulated. The short-term improvements, which were started during
FY 2016, are planned to be completed in FY 2017.
This task includes:
• Continue the consultant-assisted effort to improve the current TPB trip-based travel model and
begin development of an activity-based travel demand forecasting model (ABM) with existing
data.
• Support the application of the current regional travel demand model (Version 2.3.66 or its
successor) for air quality planning work and other TPB planning studies. This will include the
update of travel modeling inputs as necessary (external trips and other exogenous trip tables),
investigating technical problems that might arise during the course of application, and
documenting refinements to the model.
• Work with local transportation agencies in formulating ways in which the regional travel model
might be used to provide performance-based measures as called for in the new surface
transportation authorization legislation (FAST Act).
• Assess model performance and reasonableness through comparison of travel model results with
2010 Census data and the TPB geographically focused household travel survey data.
• Provide staff support for the TPB Travel Forecasting Subcommittee, which is charged with
overseeing technical practices and improvements to the TPB travel forecasting process.
• Keep abreast of new developments in travel demand forecasting, via participation with relevant
groups, such as the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Travel Modeling Improvement
Program (TMIP).
• Respond to model-related data requests from local partner agencies and their consultants.
• Provide continued support for software used to run the TPB travel demand model (Citilabs Cube
Base, Cube Voyager, and Cube Cluster).
• Provide training to DTP staff regarding the travel demand model or its associated software, such
as Citilabs Cube Base, Cube Voyager, or Cube Cluster.
• Coordinate with the COG Office of Information, Technology and Facilities Management (ITFM) to
help maintain the computers used to run the regional travel demand model, including the
maintenance of data storage systems for the back-up, archiving, and retrieval of model-related
files.
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6.
6.1
Travel Monitoring and Data Programs
OVERSIGHT
Various (see below)
MAJOR PRODUCTS
See program-specific products below
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$3,550,657
HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEY
A new large scale region-wide household travel data is needed to obtain updated information on the
travel patterns of persons residing in the TPB modeled area and the key factors influencing their
current travel choices and travel behavior. The last large-scale region-wide household travel survey
was conducted in 2007/2008. The data collected in this new regional household travel survey will
also be used to develop and calibrate the next generation TPB regional travel demand forecasting
model that will be used to forecast future travel demands based on projected household and
employment growth and planned improvements to the regional transportation system. In FY 2018, a
professional survey firm will complete data collection for this new household travel survey. This
survey will be designed to obtain the participation of approximately 15,000 households in TPB
modeled area jurisdictions.
This task includes:
• Completion of data collection for the 2017/2018 TPB Regional Household Travel Survey, a
region-wide household travel survey designed to collect detailed information on the
characteristics and daily travel of approximately 15,000 households in the TPB modeled area.
• Coordination of survey activities with state and local government staff as appropriate and
response to inquiries from survey participants and the media about the survey.
• Analysis of household travel survey response patterns by jurisdiction and activity center strata
and begin development of initial survey weighting factors.
• Tabulations of Census American Community Survey (ACS) demographic, household, worker
characteristic, and commuting data by household travel survey jurisdiction and activity center
strata for comparison with preliminary 2017/2018 TPB Regional Household Travel Survey data
tabulations.
• Analysis and reporting on comparisons of preliminary 2017/2018 TPB Regional Household
Travel Survey data tabulations with Census ACS demographic, household, worker characteristic,
and commuting data.
• Presentations and information reports on various aspects of daily household and vehicle travel in
the region to support analysis of regional growth and transportation issues.
• Provision of data, documentation, and technical support to users of previous TPB Household
Travel Surveys. Update user documentation as required.
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6.2
OVERSIGHT
Travel Forecasting Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
Collected survey data
•
Presentation and information reports
•
Technical support
TRAVEL MONITORING COUNTS/STUDIES
This task involves the conduct of special traffic counts, travel time runs, and other special travel
monitoring studies to support regional travel demand model validation and refinement activities and
other activities such as regional high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility performance analysis and the
identification of high-volume truck travel routes in the region. In FY 2018, a travel monitoring study
of the region’s high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities will be conducted.
This task includes:
• Collection of AM peak period traffic volume, vehicle occupancy, and travel time data on the
region’s HOV facilities.
• Processing, tabulation, and analysis of the regional HOV volume, occupancy, and travel time
monitoring data collected.
• Preparation of a technical report summarizing the key findings and changes from previous TPB
regional HOV facility monitoring studies
6.3
OVERSIGHT
Travel Forecasting Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
HOV monitoring data
•
Technical report
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DATA CLEARINGHOUSE
Efficient access to a comprehensive data set containing current and historic data on the
characteristics and performance of the region’s transportation system is vitally important for
transportation planning, air quality analysis, models development, congestion management, and
project evaluations. Under this work item, staff will continue to work with local, state, WMATA, and
other regional agencies to transfer data to and from the Clearinghouse and to update the it with
updated highway and transit performance data as these data become available.
This task includes:
• Update of Clearinghouse traffic volume data with AADT and AAWDT volume estimates, hourly
directional traffic volume counts, and vehicle classification counts received from state DOTs and
participating local jurisdiction agencies.
• Update of Clearinghouse transit ridership data with data received from WMATA, PRTC, VRE, MTA,
and local transit agencies including Ride-On, The Bus, ART, DASH, and the Fairfax Connector.
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• Update of freeway and arterial road speed and level of service (LOS) data.
• Update of Clearinghouse highway network bridge and pavement condition data from most
current National Bridge Inventory and Highway Performance Management System (HPMS)
databases.
• With the Travel Forecasting and Mobile Emissions Planning Team, collectively develop
specifications for a geodatabase of cadastral (parcel-level) data; evaluate data availability and
collect relevant data (polygon, point) as required; begin initial development of a regional parcel
level land use database to support travel forecasting model improvements and update
Cooperative Forecasting land data by TAZ.
• Distribute Regional Transportation Clearinghouse Data to TPB participating agencies via a GIS
web-based application.
6.4
OVERSIGHT
Technical Committee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
Updated Clearinghouse database and
documentation
•
Web interface to access Clearinghouse data
GIS DATA
This activity provides Geographic Information System (GIS) data and technical support to users of the
TPB GIS for many important planning activities, including the CLRP, the TIP, the LRP, Congestion
Monitoring and Analysis, Cooperative Forecasting, Regional Transportation Data Clearinghouse,
Network and Models Development, and Bicycle Planning.
This task includes:
• Provision of data and technical support to staff using GIS for development and distribution of
data and information developed for TPB planning activities, including the CLRP and LRP, the TIP,
Congestion Monitoring and Analysis, Cooperative Forecasting, Regional Transportation Data
Clearinghouse, Network and Models Development, and Freight, and Bicycle and Pedestrian
Planning activities.
• Provide technical guidance and develop GIS-based products (web maps and applications,
visualization, etc.) for TPB planning activities, including the CLRP and LRP, the TIP, Congestion
Monitoring and Analysis, Cooperative Forecasting, Regional Transportation Data Clearinghouse,
Network and Models Development, and Freight, and Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning activities,
as appropriate.
• Respond to requests for TPB GIS metadata, databases, and applications.
• Coordinate regional GIS activities with state DOTs, WMATA, and the local governments through
COG’s GIS Committee and subcommittees.
• Maintain and update GIS-related hardware and software used by staff for regional transportation
planning activities.
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OVERSIGHT
Technical Committee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
•
Updated GIS software, databases, online web map
applications, user documentation, and support and
coordination of COG/TPB GIS activities
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7.
Cooperative Forecasting and Transportation Planning
Coordination
This activity coordinates local, state, and federal planning activities, develops population, household,
and employment forecasts that are used as input into TPB travel demand forecasting model, and
facilitates the integration of land use and transportation planning in the region.
• Support of the Planning Directors Technical Advisory Committee (PDTAC) in the coordination of
local, state, and federal planning activities and the integration of land use and transportation
planning in the region.
• Analysis of changes in regional economic, demographic, and housing trends drawing on the
results from the Census American Community Survey (ACS) and from other available federal,
state, and local data sources.
• Collaboration with members of the Cooperative Forecasting Subcommittee to enhance and
improve the quality of small area (TAZ-level) employment data.
• Collaboration with the Cooperative Forecasting Subcommittee and the region’s Planning
Directors to assess the effects of significant transportation system changes on the Cooperative
Forecasting land activity forecasts and the development of updated Round 9.1 Transportation
Analysis Zone (TAZ)-level growth forecasts
• Documentation of key land use and transportation assumptions used in making updates to the
Cooperative Forecasting land activity forecasts.
• Update and maintenance of Cooperative Forecasting land activity databases of TAZ-level
population, household, and employment forecasts that are used as input into TPB travel
demand-forecasting model.
• Mapping and analysis of Cooperative Forecasting growth forecasts in relation to COG Activity
Centers and premium transit locations.
• Response to public comments on the Round 9.1 forecasts and the Cooperative Forecasting process.
• Preparation and publication of useful economic, demographic, and housing-related information
products including the Regional Economic Monitoring Reports (REMS) reports, the annual
“Commercial Development Indicators” and economic and demographic data tables to be
included in the Region Forward work program.
• Support the Cooperative Forecasting activities associated with the Long-Range Plan Task Force
land use scenario(s), as identified through the Long-Range Plan Task Force.
OVERSIGHT
Technical Committee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• Updated Cooperative Forecasting land activity
forecasts and documentation
• Analysis of Activity Center growth forecasts
• Information reports and products
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$993,576
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8.
Public Participation and Human Service Transportation
Coordination
OVERSIGHT
Transportation Planning Board
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• Public comment solicited and documented
• Support for Activity 1: Long-Range Planning
• CAC and AFA committee reports
• Information dissemination through the website,
social media, and printed documents
• USDOT triennial review of Title VI Program
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
8.1
$1,055,345
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The update of the Participation Plan as approved by the TPB in September 2014 will guide all public
involvement activities to support the development of the CLRP, TIP, and all other TPB planning
activities. The TPB’s Public Participation plan emphasizes involving traditionally disadvantaged
populations in the planning process, as part of the TPB’s commitment to ensuring nondiscrimination
in all its programs and activities as required under Title VI and the Environmental Justice Executive
Order.
• Conduct regular public involvement as described in the TPB Participation Plan, including public
comment sessions as the beginning of TPB meetings and official public comment periods prior to
the adoption of TPB plans and programs and key TPB policies and documents.
• Provide staff support for the TPB Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), including organizing monthly
meetings and outreach sessions, and drafting written materials for the committee.
• Provide staff support for the TPB Access for All Advisory (AFA) Committee that includes leaders and
representatives of low-income communities, minority communities, persons with disabilities, and
those with limited English skills as the TPB’s primary strategy for engaging traditionally
disadvantaged population groups in the planning process. Staff will transmit AFA Committee
comments to the TPB on transportation plans, projects, programs, services, and issues that are
important to AFA community groups.
• Develop and conduct workshops or events, as needed, to engage the public and community
leaders on key regional transportation issues, including challenges reflected in the development
of the Long-Range Plan, the TIP, and the work of the Long-Range Plan Task Force.
• Conduct at least one session of the Community Leadership Institute (CLI), a two-day workshop
designed to help community activists learn how to get more actively involved in transportation
decision making in the Washington region.
• Support implementation of the TPB Participation Plan and conduct evaluation activities of the
public involvement process.
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• Conduct continuing evaluation activities of the public involvement process using the process for
evaluation established in FY 2016.
• The next triennial Title VI program update is due to FTA on June 1, 2018. Staff will prepare for
and participate in the Title VI program update.
8.2
COMMUNICATIONS
• Develop new written materials, tools, and visualization techniques to better explain to the public
how the planning process works at the local, regional, and state levels.
• Produce regular online and print TPB newsletters.
• Produce the annual edition of the Region magazine highlighting significant TPB activities in the
past year.
• Ensure that the TPB’s website, publications, and official documents are timely, thorough and
user-friendly.
• Effectively use technology, including social media and other web-based tools, to spread
information about regional transportation planning and engage the public in planning
discussions.
8.3
HUMAN SERVICE TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION
Under federal regulations, a Coordinated Human Service Transportation Plan is required to guide
funding decisions for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) “Section 5310: Enhanced Mobility of
Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities” program. COG is the designated recipient of this program
for the Washington DC-VA-MD Urbanized Area. In 2014, the TPB approved an update to the
Coordinated Plan to respond to the requirements of the Enhanced Mobility program.
The TPB established the Human Service Transportation Coordination Task Force in 2006 to help
develop the Coordinated Plan. In FY 2016, the Task Force was incorporated into the Access for All
Advisory Committee given overlapping membership and that the work of the Task Force is largely
done.
This task includes:
• Review the Coordinated Human Service Transportation Plan with the AFA Committee for any
revisions or updates to capture unmet transportation needs for people with disabilities and older
adults.
• Plan for the next solicitation and selection of projects for Enhanced Mobility funding under the
FAST Act.
• Further the goals regional mobility management efforts to provide an array of transportation
services and options to older adults and people with disabilities.
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9.
Transportation Alternatives and Land Use Connection (TLC)
Programs
This work activity strengthens the coordination between local land use and transportation planning.
Begun as a pilot in November 2006, the Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) program offers
short-term technical assistance through consultant teams to local jurisdictions to advance their
planning activities.
This activity will encompass the following work tasks in FY 2018:
• Offer short-term consultant team technical assistance to local jurisdictions to advance their land
use and transportation planning activities.
• Fund at least six technical assistance planning projects at a level between $20,000 and
$60,000 each.
• Fund at least one project for between $80,000 and $100,000 to perform project design to
achieve 30 percent completion.
• Maintain and update the TLC Regional Clearinghouse and website.
• Develop tools and activities to facilitate regional learning about TLC issues among TPB member
jurisdictions through the Regional Peer Exchange Network. Organize at least one regional
meeting to facilitate an exchange of information about lessons learned from past TLC projects.
• Identify recommended implementation action steps in each planning project report, such as
further study needs, more stakeholder collaboration, suggested land use or local policy changes,
and transportation investment opportunities and priorities.
• Provide staff support for TLC Technical Assistance Projects to be conducted as part of the MDOT
Technical Assistance Program and for other projects where additional funding is provided by
state or local agencies.
• Conduct the selection process for small capital improvement projects using funding suballocated to the Washington metropolitan region through the state DOTs from the MAP-21
Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP).
OVERSIGHT
Technical Committee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• Technical assistance, including final reports,
provided by consultant teams to localities
• Updated website
• Regional Peer Exchange Network activities
• TAP coordination
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$440,215
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10. TPB Support and Management
This activity includes support for the Transportation Planning Board (TPB), management activities not
attributable to specific tasks in the work program, and development of the Unified Planning Work
Program (UPWP).
OVERSIGHT
Transportation Planning Board
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• Materials for the meetings of the TPB, Steering
Committee, Technical Committee, and State
Technical Working Group
• Responses to information requests from elected
officials, federal agencies, and media
• Participation in external meetings related to the TPB
work program
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$865,054
10.1 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD (TPB) SUPPORT AND
MANAGEMENT
• Make all administrative arrangements and provide staff support for TPB, the TPB Steering
Committee, the State Technical Working Group, the TPB Technical Committee, and special TPB
work groups meetings.
• Maintain TPB Committee membership rosters and distribution lists and prepare meeting
materials for TPB Committee meetings.
• Prepare monthly Director’s Report.
• Respond to periodic requests from TPB members, federal agencies, Congressional offices,
media, and others for information or data of a general transportation nature.
• Meet with TPB board members and participating agency staff to discuss current and emerging
regional transportation planning issues.
• Respond to TPB correspondence and draft correspondence requested by the board.
• Participate in meetings of other agencies whose programs and activities relate to and impact the
TPB work program.
• Draft Memoranda of Understanding with other agencies for the TPB’s review and approval.
• Participation in the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) and AMPO meetings.
• Participation in the Virginia Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (VAMPO) and
VAMPO meetings.
• Coordination of TPB planning activities with Program Directors.
• Day-to-day management of and allocation of staff and financial resources.
• Monitoring of all work program activities and expenditures.
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10.2 UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM (UPWP)
The UPWP for the Metropolitan Washington Region describes all transportation planning activities
utilizing federal funding, including Title I Section 134 metropolitan planning funds, Title III Section 8
metropolitan planning funds, and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Continuing Airport System
Planning (CASP) funds. The UPWP identifies state and local matching dollars for these federal
planning programs, as well as other closely related planning projects utilizing state and local funds.
This task includes:
• Develop the FY 2018 UPWP that complies with anticipated metropolitan planning requirements
in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.
• Supervise the preparation, negotiation, and approval of the annual work program and budget
involving the state transportation agencies, the TPB Technical Committee, the TPB Technical
Committee, the Steering Committee, and the TPB.
• Prepare monthly UPWP progress reports for each of the state agencies administering planning
funding and prepare all necessary federal grant applications submissions.
• Review all monthly UPWP invoices going to each of the state agencies administering planning
funding.
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11. Technical Assistance
This TPB work program activity responds to requests for technical assistance from the state and local
governments and transit operating agencies. This activity takes the form of technical work tasks in
which TPB-developed tools, techniques, data, and capabilities are used to support DDOT, MDOT, VDOT,
VDRPT, and WMATA sub-area planning, travel monitoring, travel modeling, and data collection efforts
related to regional transportation planning priorities. The funding level allocated to technical assistance
is an agreed upon percentage of the total new FY 2018 funding in the basic work program. The funding
level for each state is an agreed-upon percentage of the total new FTA and FHWA planning funding
passed through each state. The funding level for WMATA is an agreed upon percentage of the total new
FTA funding. The specific activities and levels of effort are developed through consultation between the
state and WMATA representatives and TPB staff.
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11.1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MAJOR PRODUCTS
See program-specific products below
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$274,742
1. Program Development, Data Requests and Miscellaneous Services
This work activity supports staff time spent in developing scopes of work for requested projects
and in administering the DC Technical Assistance work program throughout the year. Work
activities involve meeting with DDOT staff to discuss proposed projects, drafting and finalizing
work statements and tasks, creating project accounts when authorized, and progress reporting
throughout the projects. Additionally, this project establishes an account to address requests
which are too small or too short-lived to warrant separate scopes of work. Requests may
include staff time to participate in technical review committees and task forces and execution
of small technical studies.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Specific scopes of work – on-going activity
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$10,000
2. Traffic Counts and Highway Performance Management System (HPMS) Support
This task includes procurement of a contractor to perform 7-day vehicle classification counts and
3-day traffic volume machine counts on roadway segments and grade-separated ramps that are
part of DDOT’s traffic counting program. A total of approximately 200 traffic counts and 60 ramp
counts will be performed city-wide at locations specified by DDOT’s HPMS Coordinating
Committee. Staff will also provide quality control checking of the traffic counts conducted by the
contractor and provide technical support to DDOT in preparation of its annual HPMS submittal.
This technical support will include processing of the traffic counts into average annual daily traffic
(AADT) volumes, growth factoring of AADT volumes, and preparation of vehicle classification
summaries of daily travel activity and preparation of traffic volume metadata.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Machine traffic counts and HPMS submittal support,
Schedule: June 2018
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$235,000
3. Other Tasks to Be Defined
This work element is established to respond to requests by DDOT for anticipated technical
assistance work tasks that are not yet defined. These work tasks will be performed upon further
specific authorization received from DDOT in FY 2018.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$29,742
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11.2 MARYLAND
MAJOR PRODUCTS
See program-specific products below
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$499,828
1. Program Development Management
This work activity supports staff time spent administering the Maryland Technical Assistance
work program throughout the year. Work activities would involve meetings with participating
agencies to discuss proposed/new projects, development of monthly progress reports,
budgetary reporting, and technical quality control. This work task also includes staff time
needed for the development of the annual planning work program.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Specific scopes of work, on-going activity
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$20,000
2. Project Planning Studies
This work task supports staff time associated with the development of scopes of work,
interagency coordination, and technical analyses associated with travel demand modeling,
evaluation of alternatives and coordination with other governmental entities and consultants. It is
anticipated that technical work will continue on the MD 586 and MD 97 BRT transit corridors and
the I-495 multimodal corridor. This work element also anticipates technical work on new planning
studies administered by MDOT, MD SHA, and other agencies.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$90,000
3. Feasibility/Special Studies
This work task will provide funding to support technical support on feasibility/special studies as
requested by MDOT, SHA and other agencies in Maryland. Work may include but is not limited to
technical support in ongoing corridor/subarea studies, initiation of new studies ranging from
major new corridor analyses to the development of travel demand forecasts for individual
facilities and scenario analyses. Project authorizations may occur throughout the fiscal year as
priorities dictate to address transportation planning initiatives and strategic goals of MDOT, SHA
and other agencies.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$50,000
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4. Travel Monitoring/Transportation Performance Measures
This work task will provide funding for data collection and analysis to support the assessment of
system performance on major freeway and arterial roadway segments of the region’s
transportation network in Maryland. Computation and analysis of various travel time, congestion
level, system reliability, and freight performance metrics will be performed as part of this work
task.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$150,000
5. Miscellaneous Technical Support
This work task will support technical work associated with several pursuits of MDOT and MD SHA
that do not fit into other Technical Assistance work tasks. It is envisioned that Transit Oriented
Development (TOD) studies, statewide model support, GIS applications, scenario studies, SHRP2
Capacity and Reliability Product Implementation assessments, and possibly freight/special
generator studies may be conducted as part of this work task.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$25,000
6. Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) Program
The Transportation/Land-Use Connections (TLC) program is an effort to provide technical
assistance to local governments in the Washington region in order to facilitate integrating land
use and transportation planning at the community level. Begun as a six-month regional pilot
program in January 2007, this project has been very well received. MDOT supplements this
regional effort by allocating some of its Technical Assistance funds to provide additional TLC
grant funding for Maryland jurisdictions.
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• Grant awards, technical reports from contractors
To be completed by June 2018
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$160,000
7. Other tasks yet to be defined
This work element is established to respond to requests by MDOT and MD SHA for anticipated
technical assistance work tasks that are not yet defined. These work tasks will be performed
upon further specific authorization from MDOT and MD SHA in FY 2018.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$4,828
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11.3 VIRGINIA
MAJOR PRODUCTS
See program-specific products below
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$397,806
1. Program Development and Data/Documentation Processing
This work activity supports staff time spent administering the Virginia Technical Assistance
work program throughout the year. Work activities include meetings with participating agencies
to discuss proposed/new projects, development of monthly progress reports, budgetary
reporting, and technical quality control. This work task also includes staff time to process
requests for data/documents received from local jurisdictions in Northern Virginia as advised
by VDOT throughout the year.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Specific scopes of work – on-going activity
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$15,000
2. Travel Monitoring and Survey
This work activity supports an ongoing continuous program to monitor travel and system
performance on major commuting routes in Northern Virginia, with a goal to collect travel
monitoring data for each major route on a 2- to 3-year cycle. Collected data and system
performance analysis will include volume and occupancy data, travel time data, and other
information. This travel monitoring program will also include collection of bicycle and pedestrian
data at various locations throughout Northern Virginia, as identified by VDOT.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Program management plan, data and analysis,
technical memorandum – on-going activity
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$140,000
3. Travel Demand Modeling
This work activity is designed to assist VDOT with the use of results from the regional
transportation travel demand model to support various transportation planning efforts and
studies in Northern Virginia. Specific tasks undertaken will be identified throughout the year and
are likely to include: developing forecasts and/or extracting specific information from the regional
model forecasts for specific scenarios/options evolving out of ongoing studies and/or project
planning efforts; and assistance with documentation, training, and customization of the regional
travel demand forecasting model for the Northern Virginia sub-area per VDOT’s requirements.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Model output, technical memoranda – on-going
activity
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$40,000
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4. Regional and Sub-Regional Studies
This work activity is designed to provide technical analysis and TPB staff support for various
regional and sub-regional planning studies throughout the year as identified and requested by
VDOT and/or VDRPT. Work may include but is not limited to technical support for ongoing
corridor/sub-area studies and initiation of new studies ranging from major new corridor analyses
to the development of travel demand forecasts for individual facilities. Staff may also assist VDOT
in its work on a system-wide evaluation designed to provide information relating to the
effectiveness of ongoing and planned projects and programs aimed at addressing the congestion
and mobility challenges in Northern Virginia.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Technical analysis and support for Northern Virginia
regional and sub-regional planning studies – on-going
activity
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$100,000
5. Long-Distance Commuter Bus Study
The purpose of this study is to determine demand for public commuter bus service into Northern
Virginia from areas beyond the urbanized area. Specific tasks will include reviewing previous
studies and best practices, documenting existing commuter bus, intercity bus and train, carpools
and vanpools, estimating travel demand, and identifying strategies to provide publicly operated
commuter bus service from outside the region into the region. This study began during FY 2017
and will conclude during FY 2018.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Technical Report – September 2018
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$70,000
6. Other Tasks to be Defined
This work element is established to respond to requests by VDOT and VDRPT for anticipated
technical assistance work tasks that are not yet defined. These work tasks will be performed
upon further specific authorization from VDOT and VDRPT in FY 2018.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$32,806
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11.4 WMATA
MAJOR PRODUCTS
See program-specific products below
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$172,620
1. Program Development
This work activity supports staff time spent in developing the scopes for requested work tasks
and administering the WMATA Technical Assistance work program throughout the year. Work
activities include meeting with WMATA staff to discuss projects, drafting and finalizing work
statements and tasks, creating project accounts when authorized, and reporting progress on
projects throughout the year. In addition, this project will provide staff with resources to attend
required meetings at WMATA.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Specific scopes of work -- on-going activity
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$5,000
2. Miscellaneous Services
This miscellaneous account is a mechanism established to address requests which are too
small or too short-lived to warrant separate work scopes. Past work has included requests for
hard copy, plots, or data from any of the planning work activities at COG.
MAJOR PRODUCT
• Specific scopes of work -- on-going activity
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$15,000
3. Other Tasks to be Defined
This work element is established to respond to requests by WMATA for anticipated technical
assistance work tasks that are not yet defined. These work tasks will be performed upon further
specific authorization from WMATA in FY 2018.
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$152,620
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12. Continuous Airport System Planning Program
OVERSIGHT
Aviation Technical Subcommittee
MAJOR PRODUCTS
• Comprehensive Regional Air System Plan Update,
Phase 1
• Process 2017 Regional Air Passenger Survey, Phase 1
TOTAL COST ESTIMATE
$362,235
The purpose of the CASP program is to provide a regional process that supports the planning,
development, and operation of airport and airport-serving facilities in a systematic framework for the
Washington-Baltimore Air Systems Planning Region, which includes the region’s three major
commercial airports: Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
Oversight of the program is the responsibility of the TPB Aviation Technical Subcommittee. The major
elements of the CASP program have now been consolidated into a reoccurring two-year cycle based on
available and anticipated FAA funding. The CASP work program elements for the for FY 2018 UPWP
cycle are as follows.
COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL AIR SYSTEM PLAN UPDATE, PHASE 1
The regional CASP program began with the landmark 1975 study “The Future of Washington’s
Airports,” which built the foundation for what the program has evolved into today. There has not
been a fully comprehensive Regional Air System Plan (RASP) update since the initial 1975 study.
Instead, there have been incremental updates over multiple plan volumes in 1988 (Volume I:
Commercial Airports), 1993 (Volume II: Ground Access), and 1997 (Volume III: Air Cargo). Following
those larger volumes, each document completed in the CASP program (Air Passenger Survey General
Findings and Geographic Findings Reports, Ground Access Forecast Update, Ground Access Element
Update, Ground Access Travel Time Update, and Air Cargo Element Update) has served as a series of
continual, smaller, incremental updates or amendments to the RASP.
While these incremental amendments serve to ground the continuous and coordinated nature of the
air systems planning program, they lack the comprehensiveness to meet the spirit of the “3Cs” that
have guided metropolitan transportation planning since the process was formalized by the federal
government during the 1960s. Furthermore, the regional surface transportation plan, known as the
Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP), undergoes annual incremental
updates and a major update every four years. While frequent incremental updates are necessary due
to limited resources and the most effective way of maintaining a continuous planning program, after
more than 40 years the air systems planning region and the nature of air travel has changed so
significantly that a comprehensive regional air system plan update is required.
Resource limitations mean the RASP update will be spread over three phases (review of previous
plans and complementary airport plans and review of state of the practice in regional air system
planning, documentation of existing conditions and needs assessment, and forecasts and future
planning recommendations), but will result in a single comprehensive document at the end of the
process. Phase 1 of the comprehensive RASP update is a review of previous and recent planning
efforts and determination of the state of the practice in regional air system planning through a
national literature review.
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP): FY 2018 I 68
PROCESS 2017 REGIONAL AIR PASSENGER SURVEY, PHASE 1
The purpose of the Regional Air Passenger Survey is to collect information about travel patterns and
user characteristics of air passengers using the three major commercial airports—Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport (DCA), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), and BaltimoreWashington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)—and to help determine airport terminal
and groundside needs. Data from the air passenger surveys provide the basis for analysis of major
changes in airport use in the region. Funding for survey design, sample generation, and data
collection for the 2017 Regional Air Passenger Survey will be requested from the Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) and the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) of the
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). The processing of the data collected in the 2017
Regional Air Passenger Survey will be carried out in this UPWP project. Specific tasks to be
undertaken in Phase 1 include: (1) data editing, (2) finalizing the survey database, and (3) producing
the survey General Findings Report.
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IV. PROPOSED FY 2017 STATE TRANSPORTATION
AGENCY STATE PLANNING AND RESEARCH
PROGRAMS (SPR)
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District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT)
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Responsible for the management and operation of federal and local funds allocated to the District
State Planning and Research (SPR) Work Program. Provide oversight to ensure planning activities
are in compliance with federal laws, regulations, and policies. Ensure timely submission of all
required reports.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Develop plans and policies to improve citywide transportation systems and services; improve system
performance with efficiency and safety for multi-modal users; coordinate the implementation of
ongoing transportation planning activities including multimodal studies, parking, freight, transit, and
highway safety; and develop and implement the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and State
Transportation Improvement Plan.
SYSTEM PLANNING
Examine transportation projects and zoning plans to ensure they are consistent with, and do not
adversely impact DDOT’s multimodal strategic objectives and the Transportation Element of the
Comprehensive Plan. Coordinate with local and federal agencies on the development of major
projects and provide guidance on public space policy and continue to see major land development
activity adjacent to the Federal-Aid Highway network.
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Develop policies, plans, and programs to encourage the reduction of single-occupant vehicle travel;
promote bicycle and pedestrian facilities and programs to encourage non-vehicular methods of
commuting; promote safe and convenient bicycling, walking, and public transit; and reduce the
number of pedestrian injuries and fatalities in crashes and motor vehicles.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT
Provide oversight for all environmental and project development processes and ensure DDOT is in
compliance with all federal-aid requirements, laws, and regulations.
DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND DISSEMINATION
Ensure the collection of data for functional classification of local highway systems and mileage
certification reporting.
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TRAFFIC SAFETY DATA COLLECTION
Manage the collection of transportation data on city streets and highways to improve and
incorporate safety controls; and manage the collection of traffic data, volume counts, and turning
movement counts.
METROPOLITAN PLANNING
Describes the regional transportation planning and special technical assistance projects proposed to
be undertaken July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, by COG/TPB staff in cooperation with state and
local agencies and WMATA.
PROGRAM FUNDING
The FY 2018 SPR Program funding is under development. The FY2017 budget is $3,077,292
(Federal = $2,461,834 and District = $615,458).
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Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
Maryland State Highway Administration (MDSHA)
SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMING
• Preparation and development of the six-year Consolidated Transportation Program and
preparation of the Annual Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
o Develop the FY 2018-2023 CTP.
o Coordinate with appropriate state and local planning staffs, MPOs, and state, county, and
municipal elected officials.
o Prepare presentation materials for the Annual Tour.
o Prepare and submit an annual program for use of available federal funds in accordance
with Title 23 U.S.C. and the FAST Act.
o Coordinate the STIP with the regional TIPs, CTP, and local jurisdictions’ highway
improvement programs.
• Local Government Liaison
o Coordinate between all levels of federal, state, and local governments to ensure that
transportation plans are compatible.
o Review agency and local programs/plans via the state Clearinghouse process.
o Coordinate and review county and municipal master plans.
o Assess transportation impacts of proposed major development.
• Long-Range Planning
o Update the Highway Needs Inventory (HNI).
o Evaluate long-term highway needs and investment levels for various program categories
and sub-categories.
o Review and provide input on updates to the statewide long-range plan.
o Develop Annual Attainment Report on Transportation System Performance.
TRAFFIC
Traffic Monitoring Program
• Monitor the characteristics of highway traffic.
• Enhance procedures to collect, process, and disseminate traffic data.
• Ensure that the traffic monitoring system meets state needs and the requirements and
guidelines of FHWA and AASHTO.
• Study and, as appropriate, implement methods to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
traffic monitoring through statistical analysis.
• Improve the monitoring of traffic on freeways, particularly in urban areas.
• Ensure the collection of traffic volume, classification and weight data on SHRP monitoring sites.
Metropolitan Planning Organization Liaison (Urbanized Areas)
• Work with the MPOs in modifying and adhering to their planning process.
• Work with the MPOs in the development of the UPWPs, CLRPs, TIPs, clean air conformity
determinations, and management systems.
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Highway Statistics
• Mileage – Federal-Aid System
o Develop new Federal Functional Classification and NHS maps and mileage tables for
approval and distribution.
o Update and maintain statistical records summary tables.
• State and Local Highway, Data Collection, Analysis and Distribution
o Solicit, receive, and process reports from local jurisdictions regarding road improvements,
mileage, etc.
o Collect, update, and maintain data used for the Universe portion of the HPMS submission.
o Update and maintain the highway information databases to meet on-going state and
federal requirements.
o Provide data used for the update of SHA’s maps.
Highway Performance and Monitoring System (HPMS)
• Update the HPMS database including revisions to any data elements, maintain sample size
requirements to accurately reflect system-wide conditions, and submit an updated HPMS data
file and related reports and data files.
Special Studies – Preliminary Studies
•
•
•
•
Prepare engineering and feasibility studies.
Develop preliminary purpose and need statements.
Develop access control plans for selected primary highway corridors.
Prepare interstate access point approval requests.
MDOT State Highway Administration
FY 2017 State Planning & Research Program Elements
Supporting the Washington Area Work Program
ITEM
Systems & Programming
CTP
Local Government Liaison
Long-Range Planning
Traffic Monitoring Program
MPO Liaison
Highway Statistics
Special Studies
TOTAL
AMOUNT
$ 227,339
$ 148,500
$ 27,000
$ 711,689
$ 27,000
$ 323,954
$ 108,000
$ 1,573,482
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP): FY 2018 I 76
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
SPR FUNDS FOR DISTRICT PLANNING ANNUAL ACTIVITIES
Metropolitan Planning Support Activities
This element represents the various activities undertaken by NoVA District Planning and Investment
Management staff (with support from the VDOT Central Office staff as needed) in the development
and implementation of the various elements/work tasks in the MPO’s FY 2017 Unified Planning
Work Program (UPWP) and the annual work program of the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality
Committee and the regional Climate, Energy, Environment Policy Committee. Planned work items, to
be conducted mostly by in-house staff, include:
• The Department’s participation in all work activities associated with the work programs of the: (a)
Transportation Planning Board (TPB), (b) Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee
(MWAQC); (c) Climate Energy, Environment Policy Committee (CEEPC); and Multi-Sector Working
Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
• Oversight of the TPB/MWCOG activities such as: development/update of the CLRP, TIP, regional
air quality conformity analysis, regional Freight Plan, Congestion Management Program report,
Commuter Connections program, and other regional studies undertaken by the MPO (e.g.,
Household Travel Survey, State of the Commute Survey, Modeling).
• Regional air quality planning related activities undertaken by MWAQC and CEEPC, including:
development of PM2.5 Maintenance Plan, Ground-Level Ozone NAAQS Attainment SIP, Clean Air
Partners program, voluntary action to help reduce regional greenhouse gases.
Statewide Planning Support Activities
This element of the SPR work program provides for staffing within the NoVA District Planning section
to participate in and provide assistance to TMPD and other sections within the Department and the
local agencies in a variety of tasks including:
Corridor and sub-area studies to identify either multi-modal or mode specific improvements to the
transportation system addressing specific congestion/mobility challenges in the near-, mid-, or long
term. Examples of such studies currently underway in FY 2017 include: NoVA Significant Projects
Ratings Study (HB 599); Fairfax County Parkway corridor Improvements Study (Phase 1); STARS
Program Route 7 Corridor Improvement study, STARS Program Liberia Avenue Corridor Improvement
Study.
• Provide inputs and review of the findings and recommendations for the State LRP (VTRANS);
assist with development and implementation of the Smart Scale Project Prioritization process;
• Regular and ongoing update of the Statewide Planning System inventory and traffic forecasts;
• Provide a dedicated full time Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator;
• Provide input and review of federal functional classification updates; and
• Provide assistance with General Assembly legislative impact statements and studies.
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Project Development Support Activities
This element of the SPR work program represents the District Planning section staff working to:
• Prepare and/or review traffic forecasts for project design (LD-104) and environmental
documents (Project level conformity analysis for Noise, Air and other pollutants for NEPA
documents).
• Conduct and/or assist in the conduct of transportation planning studies initiated by VDOT and/or
localities such as Comprehensive Plan updates, Transit Development Plan studies, corridor and
sub area studies. etc.
• Participate in the development and/or review of the traffic forecasts for IMR and IJR as
developed for/by the VDOT PE and/or L&D sections of the District.
• Review and comment on various Environmental Impact Reports received by the District as part of
VDOT’s role in Inter-agency consultation process.
• Assist the Transportation and Land Use directors in the review and planning of project activities
such as location and design of Park-and-Ride lots.
Local Planning Activities
This element outlines activities undertaken by the District Planning section staff to assist the
planning activities at the locality level.
• Locally prepared transportation studies: Participate in discussions on the scope of work for the
conduct of Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) reports by localities in response to proposed
Comprehensive Plan/Master Plan amendment/Small Area Plans; review and comment on TIAs
and/or CTIAs submitted by the localities to VDOT in part complying with the requirements of VA
Code chapter 870.
• Assist in the development of the transportation portion of local comprehensive/master plans as
needed.
• Provide transportation technical assistance to localities including in the development of travel
demand models; applying travel demand model for project and/or locality planning levels.
SPR FUNDS FOR SPECIAL STUDIES TO BE CONDUCTED BY CONSULTANTS OR
ENTITIES OTHER THAN DISTRICT STAFF (LIST EACH STUDY INDIVIDUALLY)
The District is using $500,000 in FY 2017 for the second round of the HB-599 Significant Project
Evaluation Process. In September 2013, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), in
coordination with the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), the Department of Rail and Public
Transportation (DRPT), and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) initiated a study to
evaluate and rate up to 40 significant transportation projects in and near the Northern Virginia
Transportation District (NOVA District). The study was mandated by legislation passed by the Virginia
General Assembly in 2012 (Code of Virginia, Section 33.1-13.03:1).
The Project Rating Process must occur at least every four years, however, VDOT is committed to
evaluate and rate a second round of projects within the next two years. The first round of project
evaluations was completed on December 31, 2014, and project ratings were posted on the project
website. The ratings are now being used as part of NVTA’s project selection and funding process.
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Each of the 40 projects’ evaluation and rating were based on the projects’ expected ability to reduce
congestion, and, to the extent possible, the project’s expected ability to improve regional mobility
during a homeland security emergency. The first evaluations included highway and technology
projects. Transit projects will be evaluated and rated in the second round.
Recently, the General Assembly added a legislative requirement to evaluate and rate transit projects
using the same methodology applied to highway projects in the first round of analysis. Working with
DRPT and NVTA, VDOT has completed test runs of selected transit projects to assess the model’s
capability with respect to transit projects and their impact on congestion. The second round of HB
599 ratings are being developed with the inclusion of mass transit projects.
In FY 2018, VDOT will work with the consultant to transition the modeling tool to the NVTA to perform
the ratings. VDOT will review the ratings to ensure consistency with HB 599 legislation.
The remaining funds for FY 2017 will be used in FY 2018 and will cover partial costs of the Project
Manager’s salary and work performed by consultants. The District is using on-call consultant to
perform two studies under the Strategically Affordable Roadway Solutions (STARS) program to
identify short- and medium-term improvements to the Route 7 corridor west of the Dulles Greenway
and Liberia Avenue in the City of Manassas. The recommendations from the studies will be used to
develop projects for implementation using Smart Scale rating.
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V. APPENDIX
Memoranda of Understanding
• Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO)
• Calvert-St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-SMMPO)
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TPB R1-2005
July 21, 2004
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL
CAPITAL REGION TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD
777 North Capitol Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
RESOLUTION ON AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD AND THE FREDERICKSBURG AREA
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT THE
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS IN
THE PORTION OF THE STAFFORD COUNTY THAT IS PART OF
THE WASHINGTON DC-VIRGINIA-MARYLAND URBANIZED AREA
WHEREAS, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the
officially designated metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the Washington Region;
and
WHEREAS, the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) is the
officially designated MPO for the Fredericksburg Area which includes the City of
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties; and
WHEREAS, the US Census Bureau’s designation of the urbanized boundary for the
Washington, DC-Virginia-Maryland urbanized area, based on the 2000 Census, places a
portion of Stafford County in the Washington, DC-Virginia-Maryland urbanized area; and
WHEREAS, in the attached Resolution R22-95 adopted December 21, 1994, the TPB
approved an agreement between the TPB and FAMPO that Stafford County be designated
as completely within the FAMPO’s planning area; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Stafford County and FAMPO have expressed their
preference that all of Stafford County remain within the FAMPO planning area boundary;
and
WHEREAS, the attached agreement has been developed to identify the TPB and FAMPO
transportation planning responsibilities for that portion of Stafford County that is part of the
Washington, DC-Virginia-Maryland urbanized area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD hereby authorizes the chairman to execute the
attached agreement with FAMPO to identify the TPB and FAMPO transportation planning
responsibilities for that portion of Stafford County that is part of the Washington, DCVirginia-Maryland urbanized area.
Adopted by the Transportation Planning Board at its regular meeting on July 21, 2004.
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AN AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATIVELY CONDUCTING THE
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESS
IN THE PORTION OF
THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON URBANIZED AREA
WITHIN THE FREDERICKSBURG AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION'S BOUNDARIES
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of this 17 day of November, 2004 by
and between the FREDERICKSBURG AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION, hereinafter referred to as FAMPO and the NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BOARD, which is the metropolitan planning
organization for Northern Virginia (the jurisdictions contained in Virginia Planning District
8), Washington, D. C. and the suburban Maryland jurisdictions, and hereinafter referred
to as the TPB, for the purpose of identifying the roles and responsibilities for
cooperatively conducting the metropolitan transportation planning and programming
process in the FAMPO portion of the Metropolitan Washington Urbanized Area..
NOW, THEREFORE, FAMPO and TPB do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I-FAMPO AREA TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING
PROCESS
A.
Transportation Management Area: Under federal regulations where an urbanized
area has a population greater than 200,000 and is therefore designated a
Transportation Management Area (TMA) by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, the
designated TMA is responsible for meeting additional transportation planning
requirements beyond those of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO's) having an
urbanized area under 200,000 in population. The Metropolitan Washington Urbanized
Area exceeds 200,000 in population and the Washington, DC-MD-VA area has been
designated a TMA. Because of the action of the U.S. Bureau of the Census in its
determinations for the 2000 Census of Population, the Metropolitan Washington
Urbanized Area was extended into the northern portion of Stafford County - a member
of FAMPO. The Stafford County Board of Supervisors has determined that it is in the
best interest of Stafford County that all metropolitan transportation planning and
programming functions for Stafford County be conducted by FAMPO. The FAMPO
Policy Committee has agreed to continue to provide metropolitan transportation
planning and programming functions as well as to perform those additional planning
responsibilities required for the portion of Stafford County that is determined to be within
the Metropolitan Washington Urbanized Area.
B.
TMA responsibilities and process: FAMPO commits to be responsible for meeting
the TMA responsibilities for transportation planning and programming requirements
within the Metropolitan Washington Urbanized Area of Stafford County.
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C.
Organization and Policy Committee membership: FAMPO as an organization
maintains a structure that grants voting membership on its Policy Committee to local
governing body elected representatives, officials of agencies that operate or administer
major modes of transportation and appropriate State transportation officials. FAMPO's
Policy Committee commits to maintain such a structure in the future as well.
D.
3C planning process: FAMPO has developed and will maintain a continuing,
cooperative, and comprehensive transportation planning and programming process as
provided for by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998); Section 134 of
Title 23 of the United States Code; 49 USC 5303; 23 CFR Part 450, Subpart C; 49 CFR
Part 613, Subpart A; and in accordance with the constitution and regulations of the
Commonwealth of Virginia. This process will continue to result in transportation plans
and programs that consider all transportation modes and support community
development goals in the FAMPO area. These plans and programs will continue to lead
to the development and operation of an integrated, intermodal transportation system
that facilitates the efficient and economic movement of people and goods. Such plans
and programs include the development of a long-range transportation plan and a
transportation improvement program (TIP) that provide compliance with the public
participation components of federal law and regulation, meet the requirements of the
Americans With Disabilities Act, and the Civil Rights Act, and provide an opportunity for
at least one formal public meeting annually to review planning assumptions and the plan
development process and an opportunity for at least one formal meeting during the TIP
development process.
E.
Congestion Management System: FAMPO will develop a Congestion
Management System (CMS) which will provide a systematic process for identifying
transportation system performance, usage, and efficiency, and proposed strategies to
alleviate congestion, and for the effective management of new and existing
transportation facilities through the use of travel demand reduction and operational
management as well as other strategies. Such a CMS will be developed for the portion
of Northern Stafford County that is included in the Washington DC UZA. The process
will be in place prior to January 1, 2005 and will be coordinated with the TPB.
F.
Unified Planning Work Program: FAMPO will continue to provide and maintain a
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), developed in cooperation with the State and
operators of publicly owned transit that meets the requirements of 23 CFR part 420,
subpart A. The UPWP will provide sufficient detail to identify who will perform the work,
the schedule for completing it, the products that will be developed and the documented
planning activities performed utilizing funds provided under title 23, U. S. C., and the
Federal Transit Act. FAMPO will coordinate with the TPB in the development of the
UPWP.
G.
Planning certification: FAMPO acknowledges that a formal certification procedure
by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) is required to be performed in review of the transportation planning process which
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covers part of an urbanized area subject to the TMA regulations. FAMPO will cooperate
and participate in the formal review process in accordance with the FHWA and FTA
regulations and procedures to assure conformity of plans and programs as identified in
40 CFR part 51. FHWA and FTA will coordinate such reviews to coincide with TPB's
triennial certification review.
H.
Air quality responsibilities (one-hour standard): Stafford County was identified as
part of the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) following the 1990 Census
of Population and as a consequence it was determined to part of the Metropolitan
Washington Ozone Nonattainment Area for the one hour standard. Stafford County
participates with the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee (MWAQ) for the
one-hour standard (which is anticipated to be phased out by mid 2005). FAMPO shall
continue to coordinate its transportation planning and programming air quality
responsibilities, for the one hour standard, with TPB to ensure that a transportation plan
is developed that conforms to air quality standards for the area and the State
Implementation Plan, as outlined in the agreement dated December 12, 1994 (attached
to this document), as long as that standard remains applicable under federal
regulations.
I.
Air quality responsibilities (eight-hour standard): In 2004, regulations for the
eight-hour air quality standard were released by the U S Environmental Protection
Agency. Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, and the City of Fredericksburg were
determined to constitute a separate non-attainment area under the eight-hour standard.
FAMPO assumes the responsibilities for the transportation planning and programming
process under the eight-hour air quality standard for the entire FAMPO region, including
Stafford County.
J.
Implementation of the functions, responsibilities, and duties identified in this
agreement: Implementation shall be as described specifically in the annual unified
planning work program for FAMPO and the TPB.
K.
FAMPO transportation planning area: The transportation planning area boundary
for the FAMPO transportation planning process shall include the City of Fredericksburg,
and Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties in their entirety (current boundary), unless a
boundary modification is approved by FAMPO and the Governor.
ARTICLE II- COORDINATION OF PLANNING ACTIVITIES
TPB and FAMPO will maintain coordinated, cooperative and continuing planning
processes. TPB and FAMPO shall coordinate their planning processes and produce
required planning documents on the same cycle, as determined by TPB's current
planning cycle.
ARTICLE III-TIME FRAME OF THE PROCESS
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
ON METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
This agreement is made and entered into as of January 16, 2008 by and between the
National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) hereinafter referred to as
the TPB; the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT), the Maryland
Department of Transportation (MDOT), and the Virginia Department of Transportation
(VDOT) hereinafter referred to as the State DOTs; and the Commonwealth of Virginia
Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), the Maryland Transit Administration
(MTA), the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC), and the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) hereinafter collectively referred to as the
Transit Operators.
WHEREAS, joint responsibilities must be met for establishing and maintaining a
cooperative, comprehensive and continuing (3-C) metropolitan transportation planning and
programming process as defined and required by the United States Department of
Transportation (USDOT) in regulations at 23 CFR 450 Subpart A – Transportation
Planning and Programming Definitions and 23 CFR 450 Subpart C – Metropolitan
Transportation Planning and Programming, and
WHEREAS, the regulations at 23 CFR 450.314 Metropolitan Planning Agreements direct
that the metropolitan planning organization (MPO), the States and public transportation
operators shall cooperatively determine their mutual responsibilities for carrying out the 3-C
process and clearly identify them in a written agreement.
WHEREAS, the regulations at 23 CFR 450.104 define Public transportation operator to
mean the public entity which participates in the continuing, cooperative, and
comprehensive transportation planning process in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135
and 49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304, and is the designated recipient of Federal funds under title
49 U.S.C. Chapter 53 for transportation by a conveyance that provides regular and
continuing general or special transportation to the public, but does not include school bus,
charter, or intercity bus transportation or intercity passenger rail transportation provided by
Amtrak.
WHEREAS, nothing in this MOU shall be construed as limiting or affecting the legal
authorities of the parties, or as requiring the parties to perform beyond their respective
authorities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the TPB, the State DOTs and the Transit Operators recognize and
agree that they will conduct a cooperative, comprehensive and continuing transportation
planning and programming process for the National Capital Region and that their mutual
responsibilities for carrying out this process are described in the following eleven articles.
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The metropolitan planning activities undertaken by the TPB are described in Articles 1 to
11. The planning activities undertaken by the State DOTs are described in Articles 3 and 5
through 11, and are coordinated with the state transportation planning processes that are
required in regulations at 23 CFR 450 Subpart B--Statewide Transportation Planning and
Programming.
The planning activities undertaken by the Transit Operators are described in Articles 3
and 5 through10. By participating on the Regional Bus Subcommittee of the TPB
Technical Committee, Transit Operators have an opportunity to coordinate bus and other
transit planning in the region and to incorporate their plans into the Long-Range
Transportation Plan and the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). Transit Operators
provide funding inputs for the TIP based upon each system’s annual operating and capital
improvement budgets. Transit Operators also provide projections of their system
revenues, operating and maintenance costs and major improvement costs for the update of
the financially constrained plan based upon each system’s operating and capital
improvement plans.
Article 1
Scope of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process
The TPB, as the metropolitan planning organization (MPO), the State DOTs and the Transit
Operators will conduct a metropolitan transportation planning process that is continuous,
cooperative, and comprehensive and provide for the consideration of projects, strategies,
and services that will address the eight planning factors as specified in 23 CFR 450.306 :
Scope of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process. This metropolitan planning
process will be carried out in coordination with the three state transportation planning
processes that are required in regulations at 23 CFR 450 Subpart B--Statewide
Transportation Planning and Programming.
Article 2
MPO Structure and Planning Boundaries
The TPB has been designated the MPO for the National Capital Region by the Governors
of Maryland and Virginia and the Mayor of the District of Columbia. The TPB is composed
of representatives from the 19 cities and counties, including the District of Columbia, that
are members of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments(COG), the City of
Manassas, the St. Charles Urbanized Area of Charles County, the General Assemblies of
Maryland and Virginia, the state DOTs and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority (WMATA). The TPB also has ex officio representatives from the Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal
Transit Administration, the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park
Service and private transportation service providers.
The TPB has Bylaws that establish its membership, time and place of meeting, officers,
voting procedures, committees, staffing and relationship to the Metropolitan Washington
Council of Governments (COG), public participation, and procedures for amendments. On
October 30, 2003, the State DOTs and COG executed an agreement specifying the COG
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responsibilities for supporting the MPO transportation planning process as described in the
annually federally approved Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP).
The TPB has established a Technical Committee to advise and assist it in all aspects of the
metropolitan planning process. The Technical Committee is comprised of representatives
of all TPB member agencies and governments and interested transportation agencies in
the region, and provides opportunities for these representatives to participate regularly in
the metropolitan planning process.
The TPB has also established the Regional Bus Subcommittee of the Technical Committee
which is comprised of representatives of public transportation operators in the region,
including those that operate the regional and local jurisdiction bus systems, Metrorail, and
the commuter rail systems. The Regional Bus Subcommittee provides opportunities for
public transportation operators to participate regularly in the metropolitan planning process.
Figure 2 on page 8 shows the TPB planning boundary for the National Capital Region and
the location of each of the participating local jurisdictions. After each Census, the TPB will
review this planning boundary in cooperation with the State DOTs and Public Transit
Operators to determine if it meets the minimum statutory requirements for new and
updated urbanized areas, and will adjust the boundary as necessary.
Article 3
Unified Planning Work Program
Between January and March each year, the TPB, the state DOTs, the Transit Operators, in
cooperation with the local jurisdictions and other TPB members will prepare the Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP) as required under 23 CFR 450.308 : Funding for
Transportation Planning and Unified Planning Work Programs , including documenting the
metropolitan transportation planning activities anticipated within the region during the next
year. In March the TPB will approve the UPWP and submit it to the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and the State DOTs for
approval and funding. When necessary, the TPB can approve amendments to the UPWP
subject to approval by the FHWA and FTA and State DOTs.
Article 4
Participation Plan
The TPB will adopt and use a Participation Plan to provide citizens, affected public
agencies, and all interested parties with reasonable opportunities to be involved in the
metropolitan transportation planning process and to review and comment at key decision
points as specified in 23 CFR 450.316: Interested Parties, Participation and Consultation.
This plan will be coordinated with the State DOTs’ public involvement and consultation
transportation planning processes.
Article 5
Transportation Planning Studies and Project Development Process
Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
The TPB, the State DOTs, or the Transit Operators may undertake a multimodal, systemslevel corridor or subarea planning study as part of the metropolitan transportation planning
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process. The development of these studies will involve consultation with, or joint efforts
among, the TPB, State DOTs, and Transit Operators. The results or decision of these
planning studies may be used as part of the overall project development process consistent
with NEPA as specified in 23 CFR 450.318: Transportation Planning Studies and Project
Development .
Article 6
Congestion Management Process
The TPB, in cooperation with the State DOTs, the Transit Operators and local officials will
develop congestion management objectives and performance measures to assess the
extent of congestion and support the evaluation of the effectiveness of congestion
reduction and mobility enhancement strategies for the movement of goods and people.
The transportation planning process will develop and maintain an ongoing congestion
management process for monitoring, operating and maintaining the regional transportation
system required by 23 CFR 450.320: Congestion Management Process in Transportation
Management Areas.
Article 7
Air Quality Transportation Planning
The air quality transportation planning activities for the Washington Metropolitan Region will
be described in the annual UPWP. These activities will be designed to ensure that the TPB
can make a conformity determination on its annual CLRP and TIP in accordance with the
Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transportation conformity
regulations in 40 CFR part 93. The TPB has adopted interagency and public consultation
procedures regarding its air quality planning activities which address the preparation of the
annual UPWP and the development and amendments to the CLRP and TIP.
Article 8
Update of the Long-Range Transportation Plan and
Development of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
The metropolitan transportation planning process is on-going. Each year the TPB will
adopt and issue a document to solicit projects and programs to be included in the next
year’s update of the plan and the next TIP. This document will describe the policy
framework and planning priorities that guide project submissions and explain the project
submission process and schedule. The State DOTs and Transit Operators will provide their
plan and TIP project submission information as requested in this document. In updating the
plan, the TPB, with the cooperation of the State DOTs and Transit Operators, will ensure
that the plan development process and plan content meet all requirements as specified in
23 CFR 450.322: Development and Content of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan. The
TPB will approve the updated plan and submit it for information purposes to the State
DOTs and FHWA and FTA.
In preparing the new TIP, the TPB, with the cooperation of the State DOTs and Transit
Operators, will ensure that the TIP development process and TIP content meet all
requirements as specified in 23 CFR 450.324: Development and Content of the
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TPB will approve the TIP and forward
the TIP to the State DOTs for their approval and inclusion in their State Transportation
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Improvement Programs (STIP). TIP amendments and administrative modifications will
follow the procedures for TIP modifications as adopted by the TPB and as specified in 23
CFR 450.326: TIP Revisions and Relationship to the State Transportation Improvement
Program (STIP). The selection of projects from the TIP by the TPB, State DOTs, or Transit
Operators will be done as specified in 23 CFR 450.330: Project Selection from the TIP.
Article 9
Fiscally Constrained Financial Plans for
the Long-Range Transportation Plan and TIP
Financial plans are required to be included with the long range transportation plan and TIP
that demonstrate the consistency between reasonably available and projected sources of
federal, state, local, and private of revenues and the costs of implementing the proposed
transportation system improvements. As described in Article 8, the metropolitan
transportation planning process is on-going. Each year the TPB will adopt and issue a
document to solicit projects and programs to be included in the next year’s update of plan
and the next TIP. When the plan is amended or updated , the TPB, State DOTs and
Transit Operators will cooperatively develop, share, review and adopt estimates of
revenues and costs required for the financial plan that demonstrate fiscal constraint for the
transportation plan as specified in 23 CFR 450.322(f)(10)). When the TIP is amended, the
TPB, State DOTs and Transit Operators will cooperatively develop, share, review and
adopt estimates of costs and estimates of funds that are available or committed or
reasonably expected to be available that are required for the financial plan that
demonstrate fiscal constraint for the TIP as specified in 23 CFR 450.324(h) & (i).
Article 10
Annual Listing of Projects with Federal Funding Obligations
Each year within 90 days after the close of the federal fiscal year, the TPB, State DOTs
and Transit Operators will cooperatively develop a listing of projects from the TIP for which
federal transportation funds were obligated in the preceding fiscal year. This report will
contain the projects and financial information as required in 23 CFR 450.332 Annual
Listing of Obligated Projects. This report will be made available to the public on the TPB
web page.
Article 11
Certification of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Process
As described in Article 8, the metropolitan transportation planning process is on-going.
Each year the TPB will adopt and issue a document to solicit projects and programs to
be included in the next year’s update of plan and the next TIP. When the TIP is approved,
the TPB and State DOTs will certify that the metropolitan planning process for the National
Capital Region is being carried out in accordance with all applicable requirements as
specified in 23 CFR 450.334 Self-Certification and Federal Certifications and 23 CFR
450.328 TIP Action by the FHWA and the FTA.
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