MAP-21Moving Ahead for Progress in

the 21st CenturyVirginia Association of Planning District

CommissionsOctober 4, 2012

Map-21 Overview Changes to Transportation Planning

Regional Transportation Planning Organizations

Performance Management Planning and Environmental Linkages

What Has Not Changed

Outline

President signed into law July 6,2012 Program authorized through FY 2014 Provisions went into effect October 1st, 2012 Funding Surface Transportation Programs at over $105 billion for

FY 2013 and 2014 Program Restructuring:

National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) Surface Transportation Program (STP) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Railway-Highway Crossings Metropolitan Planning Transportation Alternatives

MAP-21 Overview

Accelerates project delivery and promotes innovation

Establishes a performance-based Federal Program

Encourages corridor planning with planning-environmental linkages provisions

Major Planning Themes

MTP shall include: A description of the transportation system performance

measures and respective performance targets (23 USC 134 (i)(2)(B))

A system performance report and subsequent updates evaluating the condition and performance of the transportation system including (23 USC 134(i)(2)(C)): Progress achieved by the MPO in meeting the performance

targets in comparison with performance recorded in previous reports.

MPO’s that voluntarily elect to develop multiple scenarios must include an analysis of how the preferred scenario has improved the transportation system condition and performance

Metropolitan Transportation Plan

Metropolitan Transportation Plan

MTP shall include (cont.): Identification of transportation facilities (including

major roadways, transit, multimodal and intermodal facilities, non-motorized transportation facilities, and intermodal connectors) that should function as an integrated metropolitan transportation system, giving emphasis to those facilities that serve important national and regional transportation functions.

Optional: A state may establish and designate RTPOs to assist in addressing the needs of nonmetropolitan areas FHWA guidance is forthcoming

RTPO shall be a multi-jurisdictional organization of nonmetropolitan local officials and representatives of local transportation systems

RTPOs shall establish a policy committee, compromised of non-metro local officials, and as appropriate representatives from the state, private business, transportation service providers, economic development practitioners, and the public in the region

Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs)

RTPOs shall establish a fiscal and administrative agent, such as an existing regional planning and development organization to provide professional planning management and administrative support

Duties Regional long-range multimodal transportation plans Regional Transportation Improvement Programs Coordination of local planning, land use, and economic

development

Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs)

Duties (cont.) Technical assistance to local officials Participate in National, multi-state, State policy and

planning development processes Provide a forum for public participation in regional and

statewide planning Sharing plans and programs with neighboring RTPOs,

MPOs, and tribal organizations States without RTPOs shall consult with the affected nonmetropolitan local officials with transportation responsibilities

Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs)

Long Range Statewide Transportation Plan In nonmetropolitan areas, LRSTPs shall be developed in cooperation

with affected non-metropolitan officials with transportation responsibilities or RTPOs

LRSTPs should include a description of the performance measures and targets used in assessing the performance of the transportation system

Statewide Transportation Improvement Program In non-metropolitan areas, STIP shall be developed in consultation with

affected non-metropolitan local officials with transportation responsibilities or RTPOs

Shall include a description of the anticipated effect of the STIP toward achieving the performance targets established in the LRSTP, linking investment priorities to those performance targets

Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs)

Project Selection Provisions for project selection are essentially the same as they

were previously Projects carried out in rural areas shall be selected from the

approved STIP (excluding NHS projects, Bridge program, IM program) by the State in cooperation with the affected non metropolitan local officials with responsibility for transportation, or through RTPO’s

Projects carried out in rural areas on the NHS or under the Bridge program or IM program shall be selected from the approved STIP by the State in consultation with the affected non-metropolitan local officials with responsibility for transportation, or through RTPO’s

Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs)

Legislation identifies seven national goals Safety Infrastructure Conditions Congestion Reduction System Reliability Freight Movement and Economic Vitality Environmental Sustainability Reduced Project Delivery Delays

Performance Management

Performance Management

Authorizes performance measures and standards for 13 highway performance areas and 2 transit performance areas Condition of pavements and bridges Performance of Interstate system and National Highway

System Number of fatalities Congestion On-Road Mobile Sources Assessing freight movement on the Interstate system Others

States, MPO’s and public transportation agencies will set targets for USDOT-established performance measures

State-selected performance targets shall be coordinated with RTPOs in non-MPO areas

State-selected performance targets for transit shall be coordinated with providers of public transportation to the maximum extent practicable

Selection of performance targets by the MPO’s shall be coordinated with the State and providers of public transportation to ensure consistency to the maximum extent practicable

Performance Management

Timeframe

18 months after enactment of MAP-21 (October 1, 2012), U.S. DOT will propose rulemaking establishing performance measures.

1 year after U.S. DOT establishes performance measures, the States will establish targets.

6 months after States establish targets, the MPO’s will establish targets

Within 4 years after enactment, and biennially thereafter, the States will report to USDOT on progress toward targets.

Performance Management

New formula: Takedown of 2% of the core programs (NHPP, STP, CMAQ, and HSIP)

SPR eligibilities unchanged Statewide and non-metropolitan planning and

metropolitan planning are eligible for Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds

Statewide and nonmetropolitan planning and metropolitan planning are not eligible for National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) funds

State Planning and Research Funds

Section 1310: Integration of Planning and Environmental Review Establishes authorities that will facilitate the use of

planning decisions and documents, that meet specific conditions, in the environmental review process Applies to:

Planning Decisions (modal choice, environmental setting, programmatic level mitigation, etc.) and Planning Analyses (travel demands, local land use, population and employment, etc.)

FHWA guidance is forthcoming Establishes ten conditions for the adoption of the planning

products

Planning and Environmental Linkages

Examples of Conditions: subject to determination of lead Federal agency, with concurrence of participating agencies and an opportunity for public notice and comment Planning product was developed from planning process conducted

pursuant to applicable Federal law Planning product was developed by engaging in active consultation

with Federal and State resource agencies and Indian tribes Planning process included broad multidisciplinary consideration of

corridor-wide transportation needs and potential effects The lead Federal agency has made documentation relating to the

planning product available to Federal, State, local, and tribal governments that may have an interest in the proposed action, and to members of the general public, and has considered any resulting comments

Planning and Environmental Linkages

Planning and Environmental Linkages

FTA and FHWA to continue to jointly administer state and metropolitan planning programs

Population thresholds for MPO’s and TMA’s TIP to be updated at least once every 4 years MTP updated at least once every 4 years in air

quality nonattainment and maintenance areas, and every 5 years in attainment areas

Eight planning factors

What Has Not Changed

FHWA’s MAP-21 Website: www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/

FHWA Virginia Division ContactsEd Sundra Tammye Davis(804) 775-3357 (804) 775-3335Ed.Sundra@dot.govTammye.Davis@dot.govJohn Simkins Mack Frost(804) 775-3347 (804) 775-3352John.Simkins@dot.gov Mack.Frost@dot.govIvan RuckerMarisel Lopez-Cruz(804) 775-3350 (804) 775-3376Ivan.Rucker@dot.gov Marisel.Lopez-Cruz@dot.gov

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