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Attachment 4 <br />15 <br />DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO MPO <br />METHODOLOGY FOR RANKING <br />METROPOLITAN TRANSPORATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />PRIORITY PROJECT REQUESTS (F'Y 2009-2015) <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The purpose of the Regional Priority List is to facilitate determination of the region's project priorities to <br />be used in development of a fiscally constrained Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). <br />SAFETEA-LU calls for a TIP development process that documents a methodology for ranking project <br />requests, reflects local and metropolitan goals, and addresses mobility, environmental and air quality <br />goals. <br />OBJECTIVE <br />The methodology outlined below is designed to address multi-modal transportation needs and to ensure <br />regional balance through the use of specific technical criteria. The Technical Coordinating Committee <br />(TCC) will use the methodology to develop a draft Regional Priority List. This draft Priority List is to be <br />used as a starting point or a reference base by the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) for the <br />approval of a final Regional Priority List. <br />The TAC may reorder~rojects at its discretion to promote jurisdictional and eeoQraphical balance, or <br />based upon the TAC members' knowledge of the urban area and the policies of their communities. <br />Therefore, the TCC will make its technical recommendation on a draft Priority List based on the <br />methodology described in this document, and the TAC will then be afforded the opportunity to make any <br />changes it deems appropriate. <br />METHODOLOGY GOALS <br />• Produce a program of projects (or project priorities) which satisfies MPO, local and state goals, and <br />addresses SAFETEA-LU policies of system preservation, operational efficiency in the movement of <br />people and goods, multi/inter-modalism, and air quality mandates. <br />• Be simple enough for project-level analysis without requiring unnecessary data collection. <br />• Be understandable by the general public. <br />PROCEDURE FOR RANKING PROJECTS <br />1. Goal Settine For Regional Priority List <br />Since the Regional Priority List should be a subset of the DCHC MPO Long Range Transportation <br />Plan (LRTP), the goals for the regional priority list are the same as the DCHC MPO goals and <br />objectives in the 2030 LRTP. <br />2. Rankine Criteria <br />The screening criteria for project ranking fall into four broad groups: <br />Page 1 of 11 <br />