Planning Activities

Although the TPB's transportation planning process is an ongoing cycle, a few documents and activities are key to understanding how it works. These essential documents include the TPB Vision, the Constrained Long-Range Plan (CLRP) and the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The Vision is a short, but influential, policy document that lays out eight broad goals to guide the region’s transportation investments into the 21st century. These goals shape the projects and programs that make up the CLRP. The CLRP has a scope of 25 years, whereas the TIP is a six-year fiscal plan that shows federal and local matching funds obligated for these projects. These plans include improvements to roads, transit and bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

Each time the CLRP and TIP are updated, the projects in those plans must be modeled to predict their impacts on the air quality in our region. These models are based on forecasts developed from land use trends provided by Cog's Housing and Planning Programs.

In addition to long-range planning, DTP staff work with agency personnel around the region to coordinate management and operations that will improve the efficiency of our existing transportation system. Since the terrorist attacks of 2001, many of these same personnel have worked along side other emergency management professionals to ensure that we are as well prepared as possible for future emergencies.