2020 - 2024 Transportation Improvement Program
Chapter 2
THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
How is the TIP funded? (i.e., TIP Financial Plan)
The requirements for a TIP Financial Plan are specified in 23 CFR 450.326(j). For purposes of transportation operations and maintenance, the financial plan shall contain system-level estimates of costs and revenue sources that are reasonably expected to be available to adequately operate and maintain Federal-aid highways (as defined by 23 U.S.C. 101(a)(6)) and public transportation (as defined by title 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53).
On December 11, 2018, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), issued the TIP/STIP Policy Guidance and Instructions for the Update Period Beginning October 2019 (TIP/STIP Guidance). The Guidance included the amounts of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds by program that are being made available to the GTC/NYSDOT-Region 4 TIP area (Planning Targets) for Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2020 through 2024.
The reasonably expected revenues (i.e., Planning Targets) used to initially develop the TIP are presented by source and year in Table 1. Table 2, provides an overview of each funding source.
Table 1. - Planning Targets
|
Source |
FFY 2020 |
FFY 2021 |
FFY 2022 |
FFY 2023 |
FFY 2024 |
Total |
|
HSIP |
$3,706,514 |
$3,818,327 |
$3,818,327 |
$3,818,327 |
$3,818,327 |
$18,979,822 |
|
NHPP |
$34,569,942 |
$37,078,028 |
$37,078,028 |
$37,078,028 |
$37,078,028 |
$182,882,054 |
|
STP-Flex |
$15,068,398 |
$15,127,729 |
$15,127,729 |
$15,127,729 |
$15,127,729 |
$75,579,314 |
|
STP-OSB |
$1,945,000 |
$1,945,000 |
$1,945,000 |
$1,945,000 |
$1,945,000 |
$9,725,000 |
|
STP-Urban |
$8,644,715 |
$8,975,914 |
$8,975,914 |
$8,975,914 |
$8,975,914 |
$44,548,371 |
|
FTA 5307 |
$781,654 |
Carryover from prior years |
$781,654 |
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|
FTA 5307 |
$12,556,284 |
$12,807,409 |
$13,063,558 |
$13,324,829 |
$13,591,325 |
$65,343,405 |
|
FTA 5339 |
$241,828 |
Carryover from prior years |
$241,828 |
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|
FTA 5339 |
$1,269,392 |
$1,294,780 |
$1,320,675 |
$1,347,089 |
$1,374,031 |
$6,605,967 |
Table 2. - Federal Funding Programs
| HSIP | The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) provides funding to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including non-State-owned public roads and roads on tribal lands. The HSIP requires a data-driven, strategic approach to improving highway safety on all public roads that focuses on performance. A highway safety improvement project is any strategy, activity or project on a public road that is consistent with the data-driven New York State Strategic Highway Safety Plan (NYSSHSP) and corrects or improves a hazardous road location or feature or addresses a highway safety problem. |
| NHPP | The National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) provides support for the condition and performance of the National Highway System (NHS), for the construction of new facilities on the NHS, and to ensure that investments of Federal-aid funds in highway construction are directed to support progress toward the achievement of performance targets established in a State's asset management plan for the NHS. |
| STPBG | The Surface Transportation Block Group (STBG) provides flexible funding that may be used by States and localities for projects to preserve and improve the conditions and performance on any Federal-aid highway, bridge and tunnel projects on any public road, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and transit capital projects, including intercity bus terminals. STP-Flex funds can be used anywhere. STP-OSB can only be used for bridges carrying roads that are off the federal-aid system. STP-Urban funds can only be used in the Adjusted Urbanized Area. |
| FTA 5307 | The Section 5307 Urban Area Formula Fund program provides capital funding to support public transportation services and facilities in the large urbanized area of Rochester with a population greater than 200,000. |
| FTA 5339 | The Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities program provides capital funding to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase buses and related equipment and construct bus-related facilities. |
New York State retains a portion of the federal-aid funding apportioned to the state to support projects selected as part of a statewide solicitation. Various solicitations have specific project eligibility criteria. Projects that are selected for funding via statewide solicitations are considered for inclusion in the TIP. Since funds are provided from statewide resources and are specific to a project, they are considered reasonably expected. These additional revenues are offset by the costs of the projects and are incorporated via a TIP Amendment. When such amendments occur, the Financial Summary table demonstrating fiscal constraint is revised as appropriate. These funds are referred to as “Statewide”.
The TIP does not include any new funding sources; accordingly, there is no strategy to ensure their availability. During development of the TIP, GTC reached out to NYSDOT, RGRTA, and each County in the region to identify any regionally significant projects that are not federally funded. There are no regionally significant projects that are not federally funded.
In addition to public funds, a TIP must include private funds that support a federal-aid project or a regionally significant project. The TIP does not include any privately supported federal-aid projects.