Project Consistency with Transportation Plans and Air Quality Conformity Workshops : Materials

Streamlined project delivery is a federally mandated goal that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) leadership supports. Federal and state transportation planning statutory and regulatory laws require transportation projects to be consistent with transportation plans and improvement programs before the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) can take federal action on a project requiring one. Consequently, significant delays in project delivery can potentially occur, as the federal funding will be withheld for such projects and FHWA/FTA will not authorize their construction until the inconsistencies are fully addressed. This document was developed for transportation professionals responsible for project development and has three basic goals: (1) Define project consistency and identify the causes of project inconsistencies and the critical junctures in the project development process where project consistency should be reviewed. (2) Identify resources and best practices that minimize project delays and financial risk, including the Project Consistency Checklist. (3) Provide contact information for external entities and TxDOT offices of primary responsibility (OPRs) as well as communication guidelines for resolving project inconsistencies. This ZIP file/CD-ROM consists of four items: Project Consistency Guidance Part A: Project Consistency Guidebook: Maintaining Project Consistency Throughout the Project Development Process (PDF, November 2014, 30p.); Part B: Supplementary Information Document (PDF, November 2014, 34p.); Project Consistency Workshop Session 1: Supplementary Background Information (PowerPoint, 29 slides); and Session 2: Maintaining Project Consistency (PowerPoint, 43 slides).

• Record URL:
  • http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/5-6758-01-P5.zip
• Summary URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/search/SearchResults_ClearCriteria.aspx?q=(catalog.ID=(33376))
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Project Title: Maintaining Project Consistency with Transportation Plans throughout the Project Life Cycle with an Emphasis on Maintaining Air Quality Conformity. Alternate title: Project Consistency Guidebook: Maintaining Project Consistency Throughout the Project Development Process.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080
• Publication Date: 2014-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality; Best practices; Project delivery; Project management; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Texas Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560859
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: 0-6758
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 24 2015 10:23AM