2021 TIP

MTC approved the 2021 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and Transportation-Air Quality Conformity Analysis for the Amended Plan Bay Area 2040 and the 2021 TIP on February 24, 2021.

The 2021 TIP is included in Caltrans’ 2021 Federal-Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (FSTIP) by reference. The 2021 FSTIP was approved by the State on April 1, 2020. FHWA and FTA approved the 2021 FSTIP on April 16, 2021.

Background

The TIP lists the near-term transportation projects, programs and investment priorities of the region’s surface transportation system that have a federal interest — meaning projects or programs for which federal funds or actions by federal agencies are anticipated — along with locally and state-funded projects that are regionally significant. A regionally significant project, generally large scale, changes travel patterns over a relatively large geographic area. The TIP signifies the start of implementation of the programs and policies approved in the Bay Area’s long-range transportation plan. It does this by identifying specific projects over a four-year timeframe that will help move the region toward its transportation vision. Locally funded transit operations, roadway maintenance projects, planning efforts and minor sidewalk or intersection improvements are generally not included in the TIP.

The Bay Area’s 2021 TIP includes more than 330 transportation projects with more than $10.3 billion in committed federal, state, and local funding for federal fiscal years 2020-21 through 2023-24, as well as over 400 projects shown for informational purposes.

MTC has developed the 2021 TIP and Conformity Analysis in cooperation with the County Transportation Agencies, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), individual cities, counties, transit operators, and other project sponsors, and in consultation with the FHWA, FTA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). All projects included in the TIP are consistent with the long-range Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), the Amended Plan Bay Area 2040. Per federal conformity regulations, the 2021 TIP, along with the Amended Plan Bay Area 2040, was analyzed by MTC to determine if it is consistent with (“conforms to”) the approved federal State Implementation Plan (SIP), or meets other emissions tests for criteria pollutants and precursors for which the Bay Area air basin is designated as a nonattainment or maintenance area. This includes ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter. The 2021 TIP also includes a discussion of how investments described in the TIP make progress towards achieving the region’s federally-required performance targets.

Public Review and Comment

The Draft 2021 TIP and Draft Transportation-Air Quality Conformity Analysis were released for review and comment on November 9, 2020 and were presented at the Programming and Allocations Committee Meeting on December 9, 2020. The review and comment period closed on December 14, 2020. MTC received 2 comments from the public during this period. These comments as well as staff’s responses to comments were presented to the Programming and Allocations Committee on February 10, 2021.

2021 TIP Documents

Volume I:

Volume II and III: Appendices

Draft 2021 TIP and Draft Conformity Analysis

See the documents pertaining to the Draft 2021 TIP and Draft Conformity Analysis.