MAP-21
Moving Ahead for Progress in the
21st Century
Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions
October 4, 2012
Outline
 Map-21 Overview
 Changes to Transportation Planning
 Regional Transportation Planning
Organizations
 Performance Management
 Planning and Environmental Linkages
 What Has Not Changed
MAP-21 Overview
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President signed into law July 6,2012
Program authorized through FY 2014
Provisions went into effect October 1st, 2012
Funding Surface Transportation Programs at over $105 billion for FY
2013 and 2014
 Program Restructuring:
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National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)
Surface Transportation Program (STP)
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ)
Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
Railway-Highway Crossings
Metropolitan Planning
Transportation Alternatives
Major Planning Themes
 Accelerates project delivery and promotes
innovation
 Establishes a performance-based Federal
Program
 Encourages corridor planning with planningenvironmental linkages provisions
Metropolitan Transportation Plan
 MTP shall include:
 A description of the transportation system performance measures
and respective performance targets (23 USC 134 (i)(2)(B))
 A system performance report and subsequent updates evaluating
the condition and performance of the transportation system
including (23 USC 134(i)(2)(C)):
 Progress achieved by the MPO in meeting the performance targets in
comparison with performance recorded in previous reports.
 MPO’s that voluntarily elect to develop multiple scenarios must
include an analysis of how the preferred scenario has improved the
transportation system condition and performance
Metropolitan Transportation Plan
 MTP shall include (cont.):
 Identification of transportation facilities (including major
roadways, transit, multimodal and intermodal facilities, nonmotorized transportation facilities, and intermodal
connectors) that should function as an integrated
metropolitan transportation system, giving emphasis to those
facilities that serve important national and regional
transportation functions.
Regional Transportation Planning
Organizations (RTPOs)
 Optional: A state may establish and designate RTPOs to
assist in addressing the needs of nonmetropolitan areas
 FHWA guidance is forthcoming
 RTPO shall be a multi-jurisdictional organization of
nonmetropolitan local officials and representatives of local
transportation systems
 RTPOs shall establish a policy committee, compromised of
non-metro local officials, and as appropriate
representatives from the state, private business,
transportation service providers, economic development
practitioners, and the public in the region
Regional Transportation Planning
Organizations (RTPOs)
 RTPOs shall establish a fiscal and administrative
agent, such as an existing regional planning and
development organization to provide professional
planning management and administrative support
 Duties
 Regional long-range multimodal transportation plans
 Regional Transportation Improvement Programs
 Coordination of local planning, land use, and economic
development
Regional Transportation Planning
Organizations (RTPOs)
 Duties (cont.)
 Technical assistance to local officials
 Participate in National, multi-state, State policy and planning
development processes
 Provide a forum for public participation in regional and
statewide planning
 Sharing plans and programs with neighboring RTPOs, MPOs,
and tribal organizations
States without RTPOs shall consult with the affected
nonmetropolitan local officials with transportation
responsibilities
Regional Transportation Planning
Organizations (RTPOs)
 Long Range Statewide Transportation Plan
 In nonmetropolitan areas, LRSTPs shall be developed in cooperation
with affected non-metropolitan officials with transportation
responsibilities or RTPOs
 LRSTPs should include a description of the performance measures
and targets used in assessing the performance of the transportation
system
 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
 In non-metropolitan areas, STIP shall be developed in consultation
with affected non-metropolitan local officials with transportation
responsibilities or RTPOs
 Shall include a description of the anticipated effect of the STIP toward
achieving the performance targets established in the LRSTP, linking
investment priorities to those performance targets
Regional Transportation Planning
Organizations (RTPOs)
 Project Selection
 Provisions for project selection are essentially the same as they were
previously
 Projects carried out in rural areas shall be selected from the approved STIP
(excluding NHS projects, Bridge program, IM program) by the State in
cooperation with the affected non metropolitan local officials with
responsibility for transportation, or through RTPO’s
 Projects carried out in rural areas on the NHS or under the Bridge program or
IM program shall be selected from the approved STIP by the State in
consultation with the affected non-metropolitan local officials with
responsibility for transportation, or through RTPO’s
Performance Management
 Legislation identifies seven national goals
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Safety
Infrastructure Conditions
Congestion Reduction
System Reliability
Freight Movement and Economic Vitality
Environmental Sustainability
Reduced Project Delivery Delays
Performance Management
 Authorizes performance measures and standards for 13
highway performance areas and 2 transit performance areas
 Condition of pavements and bridges
 Performance of Interstate system and National Highway
System
 Number of fatalities
 Congestion
 On-Road Mobile Sources
 Assessing freight movement on the Interstate system
 Others
Performance Management
 States, MPO’s and public transportation agencies will set
targets for USDOT-established performance measures
 State-selected performance targets shall be coordinated
with RTPOs in non-MPO areas
 State-selected performance targets for transit shall be
coordinated with providers of public transportation to the
maximum extent practicable
 Selection of performance targets by the MPO’s shall be
coordinated with the State and providers of public
transportation to ensure consistency to the maximum
extent practicable
Performance Management
Timeframe
 18 months after enactment of MAP-21 (October 1, 2012), U.S. DOT
will propose rulemaking establishing performance measures.
 1 year after U.S. DOT establishes performance measures, the
States will establish targets.
 6 months after States establish targets, the MPO’s will establish
targets
 Within 4 years after enactment, and biennially thereafter, the
States will report to USDOT on progress toward targets.
State Planning and Research Funds
 New formula: Takedown of 2% of the core programs
(NHPP, STP, CMAQ, and HSIP)
 SPR eligibilities unchanged
 Statewide and non-metropolitan planning and
metropolitan planning are eligible for Surface
Transportation Program (STP) funds
 Statewide and nonmetropolitan planning and
metropolitan planning are not eligible for National
Highway Performance Program (NHPP) funds
Planning and Environmental Linkages
 Section 1310: Integration of Planning and Environmental
Review
 Establishes authorities that will facilitate the use of planning
decisions and documents, that meet specific conditions, in the
environmental review process
 Applies to:
 Planning Decisions (modal choice, environmental setting,
programmatic level mitigation, etc.) and Planning Analyses (travel
demands, local land use, population and employment, etc.)
 FHWA guidance is forthcoming
 Establishes ten conditions for the adoption of the planning
products
Planning and Environmental Linkages
 Examples of Conditions: subject to determination of lead Federal
agency, with concurrence of participating agencies and an
opportunity for public notice and comment
 Planning product was developed from planning process conducted
pursuant to applicable Federal law
 Planning product was developed by engaging in active consultation
with Federal and State resource agencies and Indian tribes
 Planning process included broad multidisciplinary consideration of
corridor-wide transportation needs and potential effects
 The lead Federal agency has made documentation relating to the
planning product available to Federal, State, local, and tribal
governments that may have an interest in the proposed action, and to
members of the general public, and has considered any resulting
comments
Planning and Environmental Linkages
What Has Not Changed
 FTA and FHWA to continue to jointly administer state
and metropolitan planning programs
 Population thresholds for MPO’s and TMA’s
 TIP to be updated at least once every 4 years
 MTP updated at least once every 4 years in air quality
nonattainment and maintenance areas, and every 5
years in attainment areas
 Eight planning factors
For More Information
FHWA’s MAP-21 Website: www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/
FHWA Virginia Division Contacts
Ed Sundra
(804) 775-3357
Ed.Sundra@dot.gov
Tammye Davis
(804) 775-3335
Tammye.Davis@dot.gov
John Simkins
(804) 775-3347
John.Simkins@dot.gov
Mack Frost
(804) 775-3352
Mack.Frost@dot.gov
Ivan Rucker
(804) 775-3350
Ivan.Rucker@dot.gov
Marisel Lopez-Cruz
(804) 775-3376
Marisel.Lopez-Cruz@dot.gov
Questions