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MAP-21 Transportation Alternatives, Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality and Surface Transportation Program. Transportation Commission Workshop January 15, 2013. Implementation Process/Schedule. Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)/Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)
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MAP-21Transportation Alternatives, Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality and Surface Transportation Program Transportation Commission Workshop January 15, 2013
Implementation Process/Schedule • Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)/Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) • Background information presented September 11th • Initial implementation recommendation presented October 8th • Additional implementation discussion November 13th • Formal implementation recommendation presented December 11th • Action being requested today • Surface Transportation Program (STP) • Background information presented October 8th • Initial implementation recommendation presented November 13th • Formal implementation recommendation presented December 11th • Action being requested today
Option D: Transportation Alternatives(Staff Recommendation) Transportation Alternatives Program $10,241,972 Recreational Trails $1,374,817 50% Required Distribution by Population (must be used for TAP) $4,433,578 50% Available to Any Area of the State $4,433,578 Distributed By Population (can be used for any eligible activity e.g. highway, bridge, TAP, transit, etc.) $3,433,578 Discretionary for Statewide Awards $1,000,000 MPOs RPAs TMAs Note: TAP funded only with appropriated funds. Does not include a transfer from other programs to match historic levels. FY2012 Total = $13,537,443 This scenario = $5,433,578 assured plus additional TAP projects selected
TAP Recommendation • Given the increasing needs on the public roadway system, the desire to provide maximum flexibility to RPAs/MPOs, and to support regional decision-making, Option D is the recommendation of staff. • Beginning with 2014-2018 Transportation Improvement Program, increase back-of-the-program line for byways from $250,000 to $500,000 to assist Byway organizations with activities no longer eligible for federal funding. • Incentivize MPO and RPA byway projects by providing the ability for up to 30 percent of project funding to come from the $1,000,000 of discretionary TAP funding.
Option C: Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (Staff Recommendation) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality $10,340,596 Bus Replacement Setaside $3,000,000 Iowa’s Clean Air Attainment Program (ICAAP) $4,000,000 Iowa DOT CMAQ Activities $3,340,596
Summary of Input/Recommendation • Very few supported Status Quo or program elimination options – thus, propose staying with Initial Staff Recommendation (Option C): - Funds allocated to a bus replacement program; - Maintain Iowa’s Clean Air Attainment Program (ICAAP) at a reduced funding level; - Maintain funding to support other Iowa DOT CMAQ activities.
Next Steps • Revise application guidelines in near future and inform MPOs/RPAs/cities/counties • Tentatively looking at March 1st for this years’ application deadline which results in Transportation Commission review of funding recommendations in May and approval in June
STP RecommendationKey Points • Preserves historic split of federal highway funds between state and local jurisdictions • Increases funding allocated for local jurisdiction bridges by $2.5 million • Preserves STP funding for RPA/MPO programming at FFY 2012 levels • DOT allocation of STP includes funds to support asset management implementation at local jurisdiction level
STP RecommendationOther Issues • STP Target Allocation to RPAs/MPOs • Distribution to the following categories by population • Transportation Management Areas (TMA) • Other MPOs • RPAs • Distribution to individual TMAs and MPOs by population • Distribution to individual RPAs • 50 percent by population • 50 percent by Farm-to-Market distribution factors • Highway Safety Improvement Program • Allocate $2 million to High Risk Rural Roads
Summary of Input/Recommendation • Broad support for the overall recommendation • Some counties expressed preference to shift additional funding from STP to dedicated bridge. • Recommend staying with staff’s initial recommendation.
Next Steps • Send out STP funding targets to MPOs/RPAs in the next few weeks • Revise city and county bridge program requirements • Revise the High Risk Rural Roads program • Formalize the Iowa DOT’s participation in local pavement condition data collection, bridge inspection training and local construction specification development