Transportation Policy and Planning: ISTEA and Its Successors - Prof. Susan L. Handy, Study notes of Public Policy

Download Transportation Policy and Planning: ISTEA and Its Successors - Prof. Susan L. Handy and more Study notes Public Policy in PDF only on Docsity! TTP220 Transportation Policy and Planning ISTEA as a Sea Change: Part 2 Planning Requirements Authorization bill sets basic parameters FHWA issues planning rules, guidelines Required Documents Long-Range Plan (or Regional Transportation Plan): - 20 or more years out - Updated every 4 years for non-attainment areas (used to be 3), 5 years for others - Must “include both long-range and short-range program strategies/actions that lead to the development of an integrated intermodal transportation system that facilitates the efficient movement of people and goods.” (23 CFR450C, Sec. 450.322)) - Approved by MPO - More on process next week Transportation Improvement Program: - 4 year program (used to be 3) - Updated every 4 years (used to be 2) - Projects must be in the LRP to be included in the TIP - Approved by the MPO and by the Governor - Incorporated into the STIP (State TIP) Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) - Updated every year - Budget and tasks – LRP, TIP, and others Public Involvement Program (PIP) Air Conformity Analysis and Finding Congestion Management Process in TMAs (used to be System) Process Requirements ISTEA changes: made the process even more “3C” Planning Factors: no legal standing or recourse but influence… - 15 planning factors in ISTEA – much broader considerations than in the past - Reduced to 7 factors in TEA-21 - Changes in SAFETEA – safety and security separated, environmental factor changed