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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />MeetingDate:March 16, 2016 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. D <br />SUBJECT: MPO and RPO Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Transportation <br />Improvement Program (TIP) Project RequestV <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1.Prioritization 4.0 Schedule <br />2.STIP Fact Sheet <br />INFORMATIONCONTACT: <br />Max Bushell, 245-2582 <br />$ELJDLOH3LWWPDQ, 245-25 <br />7RP$OWLHUL, 245-25 <br />PURPOSE: To provide information to OUTBoard members regarding the methodology for <br />identifying and ranking new Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) project requests for <br />the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO), the <br />Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (B-G MPO), and the Triangle Area <br />Rural Planning Organization (TARPO). <br />BACKGROUND:This section includes 1) a summary of the overall TIP process, 2) a <br />summary of the DCHC MPO process, 3) a summary of the B-G MPO process, and 4) a <br />summary of the TARPO process. <br />Overall TIP Process <br />Every two years, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) adopts a multi-year <br />Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) containing funding and scheduling <br />information for transportation projects throughout the state, including those for highway <br />improvements, aviation facilities, public transportation, ferry travel, freight rail, and bicycle <br />and pedestrian facilities. The STIP is the primary tool that the State uses to implement the <br />infrastructure projects in local and regional transportation plans. Further information about <br />the prioritization process can be found at this link: <br />http://www.ncdot.gov/download/strategictransportationinvestments/P4_Fact_Sheet.pdf. <br />Current Timeline <br />A list of projects was submitted by DCHC MPO, TARPO, and B-G MPO at the outset of this <br />process in November 2015. It is important to note that projects initially submitted by the <br />MPOs to NCDOT are currently being evaluated at the Statewide Mobility level, wherein <br />projects are evaluated based 100 percent on a data-driven process. Once the Statewide <br />Mobility projects are published in the Draft TIP (sometime in March 2016), the remaining <br />7