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Table of Contents Mid-Hudson Valley, New York FHWA/FTA Certification Review 2005 Mid-Hudson Valley, NY (Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY TMA) Transportation Certification Review On-site Review: May 2-5, 2005 Certification Report: August 2005 Authors of the document: Nina Chung, FTA Region II Office Joseph Rich, FHWA New York Division Office Federal Highway Administration Federal Transit Administration “I thank God I was born along the banks of the Hudson River.” Washington Irving Ulster County http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/ucmap.html Dutchess County http://wwwdutchesstourist.com Orange County http://www.orangetourism.org/map.htm Mid-Hudson Valley TMA Planning Certification Review - 2005 Preface Preface he Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) are required to review, evaluate, and certify the metropolitan transportation planning process in each Transportation T Management Area (TMA), an urbanized area of 200,000 population or more, at least every three years. The certification review is to assure that the planning process is addressing the major issues facing the area, and that the planning process is being conducted in accordance with the following statutory and regulatory requirements: 1) Section 134 of Title 23, U.S.C., and sections 5303-5306 of Title 49; 2) Sections 174 and 176(c) and (d) of the Clean Air Act; 3) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title VI assurance executed by each State; 4) Section 1003(b) of ISTEA regarding the involvement of disadvantaged business enterprises in the FHWA and FTA funded planning projects; 5) Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and U.S. DOT regulations “Transportation for Individuals with Disabilities”; 6) Provisions of the Older Americans Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6101); 7) The provisions of 49 CFR part 20 regarding restrictions on influencing certain Federal activities; and 8) All other applicable provision of Federal law. Each urban area is required to have a designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which is the forum for cooperative transportation decisionmaking in the area. The Federal certification review evaluates a MPO’s transportation planning process, identifies strengths and weaknesses (as appropriate), and makes recommendations for improvements. Following the review and evaluation, FHWA and FTA can take one of four certification actions: - Full certification of the transportation planning process: this allows federally funded programs and projects of any type to be approved in the Transportation Improvement Program over the next three years in accordance with the continuing planning process. - Certification subject to specified corrective actions being taken: this allows all projects to move forward in the process while corrective actions are taken; this option may take the form of a temporary certification for a certain number of months rather than the full three years. - Limited certification: this allows only certain specified categories of program and project funding to move forward while corrective actions are being taken. - i - Mid-Hudson Valley TMA Planning Certification Review - 2005 Preface - Certification withheld: approval of funding in whole or in part for attributed FHWA and FTA funds that the metropolitan area receives is stopped until the deficiencies in the planning process are corrected. During the week of May 2-5, 2005, FHWA and FTA conducted a certification review of the transportation planning process in the Poughkeepsie-Newburgh Transportation Management Area. The TMA boundary resides within three MPOs: Poughkeepsie Dutchess County Transportation Council, Orange County Transportation Council, and the Ulster County Transportation Council. This is a new TMA based on the 2000 census, and thus this was the first time for such a review here. This report documents the Federal review, recommendations and conclusions. - ii - Mid-Hudson Valley TMA Planning Certification Review - 2005 Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................ i Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................1 Conclusions and Recommendations..........................................................................................3 2005 Review Process ................................................................................................................7 Introduction to the TMA ...........................................................................................................9 The Mid-Hudson Valley Transportation Management Area I. Coordination within the TMA ...................................................................................19 The Three MPOs of the Mid-Hudson Valley Region...........................................19 Coordination Efforts Underway ...........................................................................21 Draft MOU ...........................................................................................................23 Coordination on Air Quality Planning..................................................................24 II. Organizational Structures..........................................................................................27 Emergence of MPOs in the Mid-Hudson Valley Region .....................................27 Formation of the PDCTC, OCTC and UCTC ......................................................28 Planning Area Boundaries....................................................................................29 Policy Committee Structure and Membership......................................................31 Other Committees.................................................................................................33 Agreements and Contracts....................................................................................33 American Indian Territories .................................................................................35 III. MPO Staffing and Capabilities..................................................................................37 The Shared Staffing Concept................................................................................37 Staffing Particulars of the MPOs..........................................................................39 Evaluation of Staffing Concept ............................................................................39 Website and Graphic Capabilities ........................................................................40 Travel Demand Modeling.....................................................................................42 IV. Unified Planning Work Programs.............................................................................43 Activities Planned in 2005-2006 ..........................................................................44 Planning Practices for Consideration ...................................................................46 V. Long Range Transportation Plans ............................................................................47 Poughkeepsie-Dutchess County Transportation Council .....................................48 Orange County Transportation Council................................................................49 Ulster County Transportation County ..................................................................50 Fiscal Constraint...................................................................................................51 Enhancement to Consider.....................................................................................51 Vi. Transportation Improvement Programs ..................................................................53 TIP Development Process ....................................................................................54 Evaluating Candidate Projects..............................................................................55 - iii - Mid-Hudson Valley TMA Planning Certification Review - 2005 Table of Contents Fiscal Constraint...................................................................................................56 TIP Status .............................................................................................................57 Annual Listing of Implemented Projects..............................................................59 Generic Cost Schedule .........................................................................................60 Risk Management.................................................................................................60 VII. Transit Activities.........................................................................................................63 Dutchess County Transit Service .........................................................................63 Orange County Transit Service ............................................................................64 Ulster County Transit Service ..............................................................................64 FTA Section 5307 Funds......................................................................................65 VIII. Title VI/Environmental Justice..................................................................................69 The Goal of Environmental Justice ......................................................................69 Title VI/EJ in the TMA area.................................................................................70
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