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Federal Requirements

Per federal code, 23 CFR § 450.324 - Development and content of the metropolitan transportation plan, Metropolitan Planning Organizations such as MARC must update their metropolitan transportation plans (MTP) every five years and provide a MTP with at least a 20-year time horizon. Additionally, the MTP must:

  • Include the current and projected transportation demand of persons and goods in the metropolitan planning area over the period of the transportation plan
  • Include existing and proposed transportation facilities (including major roadways, public transportation facilities, intercity bus facilities, multimodal and intermodal facilities, nonmotorized transportation facilities (e.g., pedestrian walkways and bicycle facilities), and intermodal connectors)
  • Function as an integrated metropolitan transportation system, giving emphasis to those facilities that serve important national and regional transportation functions over the period of the transportation plan.
  • Include a list of regionally significant projects. Regionally significant projects are defined as:
    • Roadway projects:
      • Major roadway projects on facilities classified as minor arterial or higher, and of half-mile or more in length
      • New or major interchanges
    • Transit projects:
      • Fixed guideway and bus rapid transit (BRT) projects.
      • Regional transit facilities.
      • Passenger rail and high‐speed rail projects
    • Activity centers/nodes:
      • Projects that support existing or planned neighborhood centers.
      • Projects that support existing or planned activity centers
    • Regional bicycle and pedestrian facilities:
      • Projects that are multijurisdictional.
      • Projects that cross major barriers.
      • Projects that connect existing facilities.
    • Management and operations programs:
      • Regional or multijurisdictional transportation system management or transportation demand management programs.
      • Regional environmental mitigation strategies

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/23/450.324




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