Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: 2020 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE the programming of up to $51,440,000, as well as the proposed program amendments, in the 2020 Los Angeles County Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) as shown in Attachment A.
Issue
ISSUE
In August 2019, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the 2020 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Fund Estimate (FE), which provides new funding capacity over the five-year STIP period from Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 through FY 2025. Metro prepares the Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (RTIP) for Los Angeles County, programming the county's regional funding share through FY 2025. The RTIP must be adopted by the Board prior to the December 13, 2019 RTIP submittal deadline to the CTC in order to program funds in the 2020 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
Background
BACKGROUND
The STIP is a five-year capital improvement program of transportation projects that is updated every two years. The last STIP was adopted by the CTC in March 2018. The STIP contains two portions. The first portion, the RTIP, accounts for 75% of the total STIP and is programmed by County Transportation Commissions, such as Metro. The RTIP portion is the subject of the recommendations of this report. The second portion is the Interregional Transportation Improvement Program (ITIP), which consists of the remaining 25% of the STIP and is developed by Caltrans.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Relationship to the 2018 STIP
Staff utilized the Evaluative Criteria Framework, as established in the September 2017 Board report on State and Federal Transportation Funding Programs (File #2017-0546) and updated in September 2019 (File# 2019-0601), to identify the appropriate program of projects. Staff aimed to use formula funds strategically for p...
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