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Planning & Information Systems
Richmond Regional
PDC Richmond, VA 23235 Phone: 804.323.2033 Fax: 804.323.2025
Office Hours: Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
December 4-5, 2008
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2. What are the MPO's Planning processes?
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Major
Projects of Integrated Transportation Planning &
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3. What Federal, State and Regional Agencies are involved in the MPO process? CRAC覧Capital Region Airport Commission EPA覧Environmental Protection Agency FAAFederal Aviation Administration FHWA覧Federal Highway Administration FRA覧Federal Railroad Administration FTA覧Federal Transit Administration GRTC Transit System覧Greater Richmond Transit Company Transit System MRAQC覧Metropolitan Richmond Air Quality Committee Ridefinders覧A public nonprofit corporation that provides carpool/vanpool matching and other commuter and transportation services. MARAD覧Maritime Administration RMA覧Richmond Metropolitan Authority RRPDC覧Richmond Regional Planning District Commission USDOT覧United States Department of Transportation VDA覧Virginia Department of Aviation VDEQ覧Virginia Department of Environmental Quality VDOT覧Virginia Department of Transportation VDRPT覧Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation VTRC覧Virginia Transportation Research Council 4. What Federal Legislation Guides the MPO? ADA of 1990覧Americans With Disabilities Act CAAA of 1990覧Clean Air Act Amendments TEA-21覧Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; signed into law on June 9, 1998. Authorizes federal funds for highways, highway safety, transit, and other surface transportation programs for the next 6 years. Builds on and continues many of the initiatives established in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991. SAFETEA-LU覧Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; Signed into law on August 10, 2005. SAFETEA-LU guarantees funding for highways, highway safety, and public transportation totaling $244.1 billion and represents the largest surface transportation investment in U.S. history. SAFETEA-LU builds on the two landmark bills that brought surface transportation into the 21st century by shaping the highway program to meet the nation's changing transportation needs葉he Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The metropolitan planning provisions of SAFETEA-LU retain most of the previous planning provisions from TEA-21; however, there are significant changes in several areas. These new provisions are identified and discussed under various work tasks in the UWP. 5. What Funding Programs are available to the MPO? SPR覧State Planning and Research; funds allocated to VDOT in support of MPO program activities. Local Match覧Funds required by recipients of PL and Section 5303 funds for matching federal and state grant funds. Section 5303 and PL funds require a 10% match, with VDOT/VDRPT providing 10% and the remaining 80% provided by the federal source. PL覧Planning funds available from FHWA for MPO program activities. CMAQ覧Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality funds also available for eligible planning activities leading to project implementation. Section 5303覧Planning funds available from the FTA for MPO program activities. TEIF覧Transportation Efficiency Improvement Fund; purpose of program is to reduce traffic congestion by supporting transportation demand management programs designed to reduce use of single occupant vehicles and increase use of high occupancy vehicle modes; operated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Richmond Regional
Planning District Commission
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