Transportation - 2022 - Improvement 7 Program FY 201 (Page intentionally left blank) Table of Contents MPO Self Certification ................................................................................................................... i Resolution of Approval ................................................................................................................. ii Definitions ....................................................................................................................................... vi Introduction .............................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Metropolitan Area Planning Agency Overview ............................................................. 1-1 1.1.1 MAPA as a Metropolitan Planning Organization ..................................................................................... 1-1 1.1.2 MAPA Committee Structure .................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.2 The Transportation Planning Process ............................................................................. 1-3 1.2.1 Long Range Transportation Plan .............................................................................................................. 1-3 1.2.2 Transportation Improvement Program ................................................................................................... 1-4 1.2.3 Unified Planning Work Program .............................................................................................................. 1-5 1.2.4 Congestion Management Process ........................................................................................................... 1-5 1.2.5 Coordinated Transit Plan ......................................................................................................................... 1-5 1.3 Public Involvement ............................................................................................................... 1-6 1.3.1 MAPA Public Involvement Strategies ...................................................................................................... 1-6 1.3.2 Involvement through the MAPA Committee Structure ........................................................................... 1-7 1.3.3 Draft TIP Development Public Involvement ............................................................................................. 1-8 Programming Process .............................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Legislative Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Maintenance of the Transportation Improvement Program ................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Regional Transportation Funding ..................................................................................... 2-2 2.2.1 Surface Transportation Program (STP) .................................................................................................... 2-2 2.2.2 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) ............................................................................................ 2-4 2.2.3 Section 5310 Funding .............................................................................................................................. 2-4 2.3 MAPA Project Selection Responsibilities ........................................................................ 2-5 2.3.1 Project Selection Subcommittee.............................................................................................................. 2-6 2.3.2 Transportation Alternatives Program Committee (TAP-C) ...................................................................... 2-8 2.3.3 Coordinated Transit Committee (CTC) ................................................................................................... 2-10 2.3.4 MAPA Project Selection Results ............................................................................................................. 2-11 2.4 Development & Implementation of TIP Projects ........................................................ 2-12 2.4.1 Lifecycle of a Typical Project in the MAPA Region ................................................................................. 2-12 2.4.2 Funding Implementation: A Two Gate Process ..................................................................................... 2-13 2.5 Other Federal Transportation Programs ..................................................................... 2-13 2.5.1 Federal Transit Authority Funded Projects ............................................................................................ 2-13 2.5.2 Federal Aviation Administration Programs ............................................................................................ 2-15 2.6 Revisions the TIP ............................................................................................................... 2-15 2.6.1 TIP Amendments .................................................................................................................................... 2-15 2.6.2 TIP Administrative Modifications ........................................................................................................... 2-15 2.6.3 Emergency TIP Amendments ................................................................................................................. 2-17 Fiscal Constraint ....................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.1 Year of Expenditure Calculations ............................................................................................................. 3-1 3.1.2 Revenue Estimation ................................................................................................................................. 3-1 MAPA FY2017-2022 Transportation Improvement Program iv 3.2 Fiscal Constraint and Federal Funding Tables ............................................................... 3-3 3.3 Apportionment and Obligation Flexibility .................................................................... 3-11 3.4 Operations and Maintenance .......................................................................................... 3-11 3.5 Federal Transit Administration Programs .................................................................... 3-12 Environmental Justice .............................................................................. 4-1 4.1 Environmental Justice Populations ................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.1 Identification of Environmental Justice Areas ......................................................................................... 4-2 4.1.2 Identification of the Transit Shed…………………………………………………………………………………………………………4-4 4.1.3 Identification of Funding Levels in EJ Areas and the Transit Shed (TS)………………………………………………….4-5 4.2 Funding Equity within the TIP Program .......................................................................... 4-6 4.2.1 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................... 4-6 4.3 Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 4-7 4.3.1 Distribution of Funding ............................................................................................................................ 4-8 4.3.2 Benefits & Burdens of the TIP Program ................................................................................................... 4-9 4.4 Findings ................................................................................................................................ 4-10 4.4.1 Transit Shed & Metro Transit Findings .................................................................................................. 4-10 4.4.2 Highway and Road Findings ................................................................................................................... 4-14 4.4.3 Conclusion of Findings ........................................................................................................................... 4-14 Project Tables ........................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Regionally Significant Project Information ...................................................................... 5-1 5.1.1 Regionally Significant Roadway & Trail Projects ...................................................................................... 5-1 5.1.2 Regionally Significant Transit Projects ................................................................................................... 5-51 5.1.3 Regionally Significant Aviation Projects ................................................................................................. 5-51 5.2 FY2015 Project Status Update ........................................................................................ 5-59 Public Involvement ..................................................................................