Board of Directors – Sept. 11, 2024: Long Range Transportation Plan Status: Presentation


Slide 1

First slide of the Long Range Transportation Plan update to the Board of Directors on September 11, 2024.

2050 Long Range Transportation Plan

Board of Directors Status Update

September 11, 2024

Slide 2

Second slide of the Long Range Transportation Plan update to the Board of Directors on September 11, 2024.

What is the LRTP?

  • Study area is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) boundary
  • Updated every 5 years, includes a forecast period of at least 20 years, and addresses several federal planning priorities (Adoption is due in January 2025)
  • Integrates existing plans and studies as well as component plans; does not supersede local plans
  • Projects must be consistent with the LRTP and the fiscally constrained project list to be allocated federal funding and move into the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

Slide 3

Third slide of the Long Range Transportation Plan update to the Board of Directors on September 11, 2024.

LRTP Process

  • Phase 1: Framework
    Spring – Fall 2023
    • Define Requirements
    • Public Involvement Plan
    • Vision, Goals, Objectives  
    • Inventory of Current Conditions  
    • Initial Identification of Needs and Public Survey
    • RTPAC #1
  • Phase 2: Development
    Summer 2023–Winter 2024
    • Compile Performance Measures and Finalize Project Scoring Criteria
    • Draft Fiscally Constrained Project List
    • Baseline Demographics and Modeling
    • RTPAC #2
    • Community Survey
  • Phase 3: Evaluation Spring – Fall 2024
    Evaluate Projects
    • Additional Input on Transportation Needs
    • Integrate Remaining Component Plans
    • Greenhouse Gas Modeling
    • Draft Document Development
    • RTPAC #3
    • RTPAC #4
    • (We are here)
  • Phase 4: Review Fall – Winter 2024
    Draft Plan Review 
    • Public Comment Period and Public Hearing  
    • Final Adoption by Committees
    • RTPAC #5
    • Public Open House
    • Public Comment Period