2022–2025 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA May, 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2022 - 2025 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ........................................................... 1 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ 1 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 2 Federal Requirements and Regional Planning Process .................................................................. 2 Public Participation Opportunities in Preparation of the Transportation Improvement Program ....... 5 Development and Content of the Transportation Improvement Program ......................................... 6 Estimating Project Costs ............................................................................................................... 10 Amending or Modifying the TIP ..................................................................................................... 10 Federal Legislation Changes ........................................................................................................ 11 Federal Program Areas in the Transportation Improvement Program ........................................... 12 Other Funding Sources ................................................................................................................. 13 2. REGIONAL PLAN AND PRIORITIES............................................................................................ 14 Conformity to the Clean Air Act Requirements .............................................................................. 14 Thrive MSP 2040 .......................................................................................................................... 15 3. FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND TARGETS .......................................................... 16 Highway Safety Performance Measure (PM1) .............................................................................. 16 Pavement/Bridge Performance Measures (PM2) .......................................................................... 18 System Performance Measures and Congestion CMAQ (PM3) .................................................... 19 Transit Asset Management (TAM) Performance Targets .............................................................. 20 4. PROJECT SELECTION PROCESSES AND CONSISTENCY WITH FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND ADOPTED TRANSPORTATION PLAN ................................................................................ 23 Processes to Allocate Federal and State Transportation Funds .................................................... 23 Resources Available 2022–2025 .................................................................................................. 24 Project Selection Processes and Criteria ...................................................................................... 28 Project Selection Process for Additional Federal Highway Funds by MnDOT Metro District with Assistance from the Capital Improvement Committee .............................................................. 29 Competitive Regional Solicitation Project Selection Process ........................................................ 29 Transit Project Selection for Sections 5307, 5337, and 5339 Capital Investment Grants Program Funding .................................................................................................................................... 33 Transit Project Selection for Section 5309 Capital Investment Grants Program Funding .............. 34 Transit Project Selection for Sections 5310 and 5311 Funding ..................................................... 34 Balance of Selected Projects with Available Financial Resources ................................................. 34 State Highways and Local Transportation Operations and Maintenance ...................................... 34 Consistency with the Regional Transportation Plan and Priorities ................................................. 35 Plan Implementation Progress ...................................................................................................... 36 FIGURES Figure 1: Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Political Boundaries ................................................................. 3 Figure 2: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Development and Approval Process .................. 8 Figure 3: Project Selection Processes for Inclusion in the Twin Cities TIP ............................................. 9 Figure 4: Approximate Amount Programmed by Primary Mode served. ............................................... 24 Figure 5: 2018 and 2020 Regional Solicitation Selected Projects ........................................................ 32 Figure 6: 2018 and 2020 HSIP Regional Solicitation Selected Projects ............................................... 33 Figure 7: Major Projects Shown in Tables 15 and 16 ........................................................................... 37 TABLES Table 1: TIP Amendment and Modification Cost Change Thresholds .................................................. 11 Table 2: Adopted Safety Targets for 2021............................................................................................ 17 Table 3: Existing Conditions and Adopted Condition Targets ............................................................... 18 Table 4: Existing Conditions and Adopted System Reliability Targets .................................................. 19 Table 5: Existing Conditions and Adopted CMAQ Targets ................................................................... 20 Table 6: Adopted Transit Asset Management Targets ......................................................................... 21 Table 7: Advanced Construction Funds ............................................................................................... 25 Table 8: Twin Cities Transportation Improvement Program; Four-Year Summary by Funding Source . 26 Table 9: Federal Highway and State Highway Funds Assumed to be Available to Region 2022-2025 . 27 Table 10: Federal Transit and Matching Funds Available and Requested by Region 2022-2025 ......... 27 Table 11: Summary of Federal Project Funding Categories and Selection Processes ......................... 28 Table 12: Summary of Federal Funding Allocated through the TAB’S Regional Solicitation for Projects in State Fiscal Years 2022-2025 ................................................................................................. 32 Table 13: Distribution of Federal Highway, State Trunk Highway and Matching Funds 2022-2025 ...... 35 Table 14: Distribution of Federal Highway, State Trunk Highway and Matching Funds 2022 Annual Element ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Table 15: Status of Major Highway Projects ......................................................................................... 38 Table 16: Status of Major Transit Capital Projects ............................................................................... 39 APPENDICES APPENDIX A Detailed Project Listings by Funding Category and by Route Number of Project Code APPENDIX B Conformity of the 2022-2025 Transportation Improvement Program to the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments APPENDIX C Streamlined TIP Amendment Process The preparation of this document has been funded in part by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. The contents of this document reflect the views of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), which is responsible for the facts or accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The report does not constitute a standard, specification or regulation. 2022 - 2025 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SUMMARY The Metropolitan Council, which serves as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, is required by federal law to produce a four-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which outlines funded highway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian projects within the metropolitan planning area. The 2022 through 2025 TIP responds to procedures required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) and the United States Code of Federal Regulations (23 CFR 450.326). The legislation requires that all transportation projects that are either wholly or partially funded with federal monies as well as regionally significant local- and state-funded projects within the metropolitan planning area (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington counties plus the contiguous urbanized areas1 in parts of Sherburne and Wright Counties along with Houlton, Wisconsin, in St. Croix County) be included in the region’s TIP. The TIP must be consistent with the projections of federal funds and local matching funds for this time period. The 2022-2025 TIP for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area includes highway, freight, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian projects valued at approximately $5.1 billion. Highlights of the TIP include the following: • Approximately 55% (or $2.8 billion) of the total projects in the TIP are from federal sources, with 10% from state sources and 35% from local/other sources. •