2017 RTP Guidelines for MPOs
2017 RTP Guidelines for MPOs (PDF)
Table of Contents
2017 RTP Guidelines for MPOs Chapters/Sections |
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Chapter 1 - Introduction |
1.0 Applicability of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Guidelines |
1.1 Why Conduct Long-Range Transportation Planning |
1.2 RTPs & the California Transportation Plan |
1.3 Background & Purpose of the RTP Guidelines |
1.4 Metropolitan Planning Organizations in California |
1.5 Purpose of the RTP |
1.6 California Transportation Planning & Programming Process |
1.7 MAP-21/FAST Act Items Impacting the Development of RTPs |
1.8 Key Additions to the 2017 RTP Guidelines |
Chapter 2 – RTP Process |
2.1 State Requirements |
2.2 Background on State Climate Change Legislation & Executive Orders |
2.3 Promoting Public Health & Health Equity |
2.4 Federal Requirements |
2.5 Relationship Between the RTP, OWP, FTIP, STIP, & FSTIP |
2.6 Consistency with Other Planning Documents |
2.7 Coordination with Other Planning Processes |
2.8 RTP Development Sequencing Process |
2.9 Adoption – Update Cycles & Amendments |
2.10 RTP Checklist |
Chapter 3 – RTP Analysis & Modeling |
3.0 Introduction |
3.1 Modeling in the RTP Development Process Transportation & Land Use Models |
3.2 Requirements for RTP Analysis |
3.3 Travel Demand Modeling Quality Control & Consistency |
3.4 RTP Modeling Improvement Program/Planning Practice Examples |
3.5 RTP Travel Analysis Groupings – Federal/State Laws |
Chapter 4 – RTP Consultation & Coordination |
4.1 Consultation and Coordination |
4.2 Title VI & Environmental Justice Considerations in the RTP |
4.3 Social Equity Factors |
4.4 Participation Plan |
4.5 Private Sector Involvement |
4.6 Consultation with Interested Parties |
4.7 Input & Consultation on Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) Development |
4.8 Interagency Coordination on SCS Development |
4.9 Native American Tribal Government Consultation & Coordination |
4.10 Consultation with Resource Agencies |
4.11 Coordinated Public Transit/Human Services Transportation Plans |
Chapter 5 – RTP Environmental Considerations |
5.0 Introduction |
5.1 Environmental Documentation |
5.2 FHWA/FTA Planning Final Rule - Federal Environmental Requirements |
5.3 FHWA/FTA Planning Final Rule - Federal Environmental Recommendations |
5.4 Key Resource Areas for Avoidance & Mitigation |
5.5 Project Intent Statements/Plan Level Purpose & Need Statements |
5.6 Air Quality & Transportation Conformity |
5.7 Analysis of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) & Achievement of SB 375 GHG Targets |
Chapter 6 - RTP Contents |
6.1 Summary of RTP Components |
6.2 Financial Overview |
6.3 Fiscal Constraint |
6.4 Listing of Constrained & Un-Constrained Projects |
6.5 Revenue Identification & Forecasting |
6.6 Estimating Future Transportation Costs |
6.7 Asset Management |
Modal Discussion |
6.8 Highways |
6.9 Local Streets & Roads |
6.10 Transit |
6.11 Bicycle & Pedestrian – Including AB 1396 California Coastal Trail |
6.12 Goods Movement (Maritime, Rail, Trucking, Aviation) |
6.13 Regional Aviation System |
Programming/Operations |
6.14 Transportation System Operations & Management |
6.15 Coordination with Programming Documents |
6.16 Transportation Projects Exempted from SB 375 |
6.17 Regionally Significant Projects |
6.18 Regional ITS Architecture |
6.19 Future of Transportation & New Technology |
6.20 Transportation Safety |
6.21 Transportation Security |
6.22 Assessment of Capital Investment & Other Strategies |
6.23 Congestion Management Process |
Regional GHG Emissions Requirements & Considerations in the RTP |
6.24 GHG Emissions & Targets Background |
6.25 Contents of the SCS |
6.26 SCS Development |
6.27 SCS Process, Review & Acceptance |
6.28 Land Use & Transportation Strategies to Address Regional GHG Emissions |
6.29 Alternative Planning Strategy (APS) Overview |
6.30 Adaptation of the Regional Transportation System to Climate Change |
Chapter 7 – Transportation Performance Management |
7.0 Introduction |
7.1 Federal Performance Goals & Measures |
7.2 Federal Performance-Based Approach & RTP Requirements |
7.3 State Goals & Performance Measures |
7.4 Performance Monitoring |
Appendices |
A Federal and State Transportation Planning Process Flowchart |
B State and Federal Programming Process Flowchart |
C Regional Transportation Plan Checklist |
D Title 23 CFR Part 450 Appendix A – Linking the Transportation Planning and NEPA Processes |
E Integration of the Planning and NEPA Processes |
F MPO Air Quality Conformity Checklist |
G Senate Bill 375 and Senate Bill 575 Statutory Language |
H Alternative Planning Strategy (APS) |
I Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) and RTP Development Information |
J Glossary of Transportation Terms |
K AB 441, MPO Health Policies, Practices, or Projects Reflected in RTP |
L Planning Practice Examples |