BALTIMORE REGION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 2018-2021 DEVELOPED BY THE BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION CITY OF ANNAPOLIS ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY BALTIMORE CITY BALTIMORE COUNTY CARROLL COUNTY HARFORD COUNTY HOWARD COUNTY QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY HARFORD TRANSIT MD DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MD DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT MD DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING MD TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION The preparation of this document has been financed through funds provided by the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council as matching shares for funds from the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration of the United States Department of Transportation. Electronic copies are available from the: Baltimore Metropolitan Council’s website http://baltometro.org/phocadownload/Publications/Transportation/Plans/TIP/18-21TIP.pdf Print copies are available from the: Baltimore Metropolitan Council Regional Information Center 1500 Whetstone Way, Suite 300 Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Phone: 410-732-0500 Fax: 410-732-8248 E-mail: [email protected] Transportation Improvement Program - FY 2018-2021 Table of Contents Information about the TIP 1 I.A Introduction - Summary 1 I.B Introduction - Metropolitan Planning Organization Self-Certification 6 I.C Introduction - Consistency with Maximize2040 7 II.A Federal Requirements - Requirements of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act 8 II.B Federal Requirements - Environmental Justice 11 II.C Federal Requirements - Coordinating Human Service Transportation 16 II.D Federal Requirements - Additional Programs for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities 17 II.E Federal Requirements - Status of Projects from the 2017-2020 TIP 19 II.F Federal Requirements - Conformity with Air Quality Planning 29 III.A Program Development - Integration with Federal, State and Local Programs 31 III.B Program Development - Federal Fund Sources for Surface Transportation Projects 32 IV. Explanation of Terms and Symbols 33 V. The Financial Plan 38 V.A The Financial Plan - Revenue Projections 40 V.B The Financial Plan - Federal Aid Assumptions 42 V.C The Financial Plan - Where the Money Comes From 43 V.D The Financial Plan - Where the Money Goes 44 V.E The Financial Plan - Documentation of Financial Capacity for Transit Activities 45 V.F The Financial Plan - FY 2018 Federal-Aid Annual Element Listing and Summary 46 Table 1. Annual Element by Implementing Agency and Fund Source 47 Table 2. Annual Element by Implementing Agency and Project 52 Table 3. Summary of FY 2018-2021 TIP Funding by Implementing Agency and Fiscal Year 62 2018-2021 Exhibit 1: Comparison of the Total Cost of Projects in the 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018 TIPs 63 Exhibit 2: Distribution of FY 2018-2021 TIP Funding by Fiscal Year 64 Exhibit 3: Distribution of Federal and Matching Funds in the FY 2018-2021 TIP by Implementing Agency 65 Exhibit 4: Number of Projects in the FY 2018-2021 TIP by Project Category 66 Exhibit 5: Distribution of Total Funding in the FY 2018-2021 TIP by Project Category 67 Exhibit 6: Distribution of FY 2018 Funding by Project Phase 68 Exhibit 7: Distribution of FY 2018 Federal Fund Requests by Fund Source 69 VI. Jurisdictional Low-Income and Minority Maps 70 Project Detail with Map 78 Anne Arundel County Projects 78 Baltimore City Projects 94 Baltimore County Projects 146 Carroll County Projects 174 Harford County Projects 192 Howard County Projects 210 Maryland Transportation Authority Projects 220 MTA - Transit Projects 222 MTA - Commuter Rail Projects 254 Office of the Secretary Projects 262 State Highway Administration 266 SHA - Regional Projects 266 SHA - Anne Arundel County Projects 288 SHA - Baltimore County Projects 302 SHA - Carroll County Projects 333 SHA - Harford County Projects 339 SHA - Howard County Projects 347 Appendices 359 Appendix A. Committee and Staff Roster 359 Appendix B. Documentation of Project Prioritization, Financial Reasonableness and Flexible Funding 364 Appendix C. Self Certification 413 Appendix D. Areawide Projects 432 Appendix E. Projects Between Funding Stages (On Hold) and Informational Projects 435 Appendix F. FY 2017 - 2020 TIP Amendment and Administrative Modification Log 439 Appendix G. Public Participation Component 451 Appendix H. Associated BRTB Resolutions 462 Appendix I. Glossary of Terms 468 Project Index 470 I. INTRODUCTION The TIP also serves as a multi-modal listing of transportation projects in the region for which federal funding requests are A. Summary anticipated between fiscal years 2018-2021.2 The Baltimore Region Transportation Improvement Program A summary of the key federal requirements is provided in (TIP) documents the anticipated timing, cost, and rationale for Chapter II. The summary is followed by several sections that federally-funded transportation improvements to be made in provide information for the requirements in key areas. The the Baltimore region1 over the next four years. It is a program relationship between the TIP and other transportation plans of specific projects, not a plan. In accordance with federal and programs in the region, its fulfillment of federal guidelines, the TIP is a translation of recommendations from requirements, its regional review function and the procedures the long-range transportation plan, Maximize2040, for the for amending it are described in Chapter III. Chapter IV Baltimore region into a short-term program of improvements. explains the terms and symbols used in the project listings. This includes specific capacity improvements that have been Chapter V presents the financial plan supporting the projects in identified in the long-range plan, as well as system the four-year program. It also details the amount and source of preservation projects and operational initiatives that are federal funds to be requested for the coming fiscal year, FY supported in the plan but have not been previously detailed. As 2018. such, the TIP ensures consistency between plan recommendations and project implementation in the region. All federally funded projects in the TIP are listed in Chapter VI. The projects are grouped first according to the local jurisdiction 1. As shown in Exhibit I-1, the Baltimore region is composed of Baltimore or state agency responsible for their implementation. Within City, Annapolis and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Queen Anne’s counties. As a result of Census 2010, there are three those sections they are then grouped by category in the federally recognized urbanized areas in the region. One includes the City of Baltimore and portions of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard following order: commuter rail, enhancement program, and Queen Anne’s County. The second includes Westminster in Carroll County. The third is Aberdeen – Havre de Grace – Bel Air in Harford 2. The Baltimore Region TIP follows the Maryland state fiscal year which is County and portions of Cecil County. July 1 to June 30. Page 1 of 476 environmental/safety, emission reduction strategy, highway capacity, highway preservation, transit, ports, and miscellaneous. A timetable for anticipated federal funding requests is presented for each project. The estimated total cost of the projects in the 2018-2021 TIP is approximately $3.04 billion. Of that amount, $2.16 billion will be provided by federal funding authorities, while the local and state matching funds are $.88 billion. Page 2 of 476 Exhibit I-1: The Baltimore Region Page 3 of 476 Exhibit I-2: The Baltimore Region Federal Highway Functional Classification Page 4 of 476 Exhibit I-3: The Baltimore Region – Transit Page 5 of 476 B. Metropolitan Planning Organization Self-Certification results in plans and programs consistent with the general land use and master plans of the local jurisdictions in the urbanized At the time the metropolitan TIP, and the projects requesting area; the BRTB has adopted a public participation process funds in the coming fiscal year, are endorsed for funding out of that fulfills the requirements and intent of public participation the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT), a Metropolitan and outreach as defined in the Metropolitan Planning Planning Organization (MPO) is required to certify that projects Regulations; the BRTB adopted a financially constrained selected through the transportation planning process conform long-range transportation plan, Maximize2040, for the with all applicable federal laws and regulations. The Baltimore Baltimore region consistent with the metropolitan planning Regional Transportation Board (BRTB), in its capacity as the factors in Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century MPO for the Baltimore region, certifies via Resolution #18-3 (MAP-21); the BRTB maintains a Congestion Management that the transportation planning process is conducted in a Process (CMP); the BRTB has determined that conformity manner that complies with the requirements of 23 USC 134, 49 (8-hour ozone) of Maximize2040 as amended and the 2018- USC 5303, 23 CFR Part 450 and 49 CFR Part 613, and 2021 TIP for the Baltimore region has been conducted under Sections 174 and 176(c) and (d) of the Clean Air Act. The the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) final rule certification requirement directs members of the BRTB to as amended; and the BRTB adheres to the federal Minority review the planning process that has been under way and Business Enterprise/Women Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) ascertain that the requirements are being met. The review requirements set forth in 49 CFR