- PROJECTS
- ELEMENTS
- Other Components of the Plan
- Air Quality Planning
- Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan
- Congestion Management Process
- Environmental Consultation & Mitigation
- Emergency Preparedness & Transportation Security
- Financial Plan
- Freight Planning
- Human Service Transportation Coordination
- Land Use Coordination
- Management, Operations & Technology
- Transportation Safety Planning
- Scenario Planning
- Regional Transportation Priorities Plan
- PROCESS
- PERFORMANCE
- How the Plan Performs
- Metropolitan Growth
- Travel Demand
- Congestion
- Air Quality
- Accessibility
- Environmental Justice
- PARTICIPATION
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS
- DOCUMENTS
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The CLRP and the TIPThe TPB is required to produce two basic documents. The first is the Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan (CLRP) which includes all regionally signficant transportation projects and programs that are planned in the Washington region over the next 25 years. This differs from the second document, the TIP (Transportation Improvement Plan) which lists projects and programs that will be funded in the next six years. In order to receive federal funding, transportation projects must be included in the CLRP and the TIP. The CLRPThe Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan, or CLRP, includes all regionally significant transportation projects and programs that are planned in the Washington metropolitan region over the next 25 years. Hundreds of projects are included, ranging from simple highway landscaping to billion-dollar highway and transit projects. Some of these projects are scheduled for completion in the near future, whereas others are only in the initial planning stages. This plan website contains detailed information and maps describing all of the region's planned highway projects, transit and HOV projects, and bicycle and pedestrian projects. The projects and programs that go into the plan are developed cooperatively by governmental bodies and agencies represented on the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB). Each year the plan is updated to include new projects and programs, and analyzed to ensure that it meets federal requirements relating to funding and air quality. Information on the performance of the currently adopted plan provides a helpful context when considering future plan updates. This section of the plan describes forecast changes in population growth, land use, travel conditions, air quality, and access to jobs, based on the plan that was adopted in 2010. This site also contains information on how members of the public can comment on the plan. The TIPThe Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a 6-year financial program that describes the schedule for obligating federal funds to state and local projects. The TIP contains funding information for all modes of transportation including highways and HOV as well as transit capital and operating costs. State, regional and local transportation agencies update the program each year to reflect priority projects in the CLRP. While estimated completion dates are given for projects in the plan, it should be noted that the TIP is not a Capital Improvement Program. The TIP represents an agency's intent to construct or implement a specific project and the anticipated flow of federal funds and matching state or local contributions. The first year of the TIP is called the Annual Element. Projects that have funds programmed in the Annual Element are eligible to receive federal funding in that fiscal year. Finally, the TIP serves as a schedule of accountability to the Federal Highway and Federal Transit Administrations. Their annual review and certification of the TIP ensures the continuation of federal financial assistance for Washington area transportation improvements. The TIP is updated on a two-year cycle. The FY 2011-2016 TIP was adopted by the TPB on November 17, 2010. |
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