STIP and TIP Amendment Procedures: A Review of State and MPO Practices

Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) and Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs (STIPs) are transportation planning documents used by state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and required by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). TIPs and STIPs provide funding information for transportation projects that receive federal highway and transit funding, as well as state-funded projects. STIPs and TIPs cover at least four years, but they must be periodically updated to reflect current needs. There are three types of updates: full updates, administrative modifications, and amendments. Full updates happen at regular but infrequent intervals, generally annually or less often. Administrative modifications are minor changes—the correction of typographical errors, small cost or schedule changes, and the like. The process for making administrative modifications is generally relatively simple. Amendments are significant adjustments to specific projects within the STIP or TIP. States and MPOs generally have specific procedures and schedules for making these amendments. MnDOT is investigating amendment procedures used in other states and MPOs as part of evaluating its own procedures. CTC & Associates contacted six states—Kansas, Colorado, Wisconsin, Georgia, Washington and Missouri—and one MPO in each of those states (namely, Kansas City, Denver, Milwaukee, Atlanta and Seattle) to learn their STIP and TIP amendment procedures.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.dot.state.mn.us/research/TRS/2013/TRS1313.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  CTC & Associates

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• Publication Date: 2013-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 9p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Synthesis
  • Issue Number: TRS 1313
  • Publisher: Minnesota Department of Transportation
  • Serial URL: http://www.research.dot.state.mn.us
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administrative procedures; Amendments; Financing; Metropolitan planning organizations; State departments of transportation
• Identifier Terms: Atlanta Regional Commission; Colorado Department of Transportation; Denver Regional Council of Governments; Georgia Department of Transportation; Kansas Department of Transportation; Mid-America Regional Council; Minnesota Department of Transportation; Missouri Department of Transportation; Puget Sound Regional Council; State Transportation Improvement Program; Transportation Improvement Program; Washington State Department of Transportation; Wisconsin Department of Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications; Transportation projects; Updates
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01601689
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 8 2016 2:55PM