The Old Courthouse building is handicap
accessible
through the south doors facing DeWitt
Park. There is
no parking lot; parking is on the street
and metered
Who we are
The Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council (ITCTC)
is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Tompkins
County. The ITCTC is charged with facilitating county-wide
transportation planning and is responsible for:
Transportation Policy Committee
- the final MPO decision-making authority , composed of the
primary elected official from each urbanized area member government
(or such alternates as they may designate to serve as members
in their stead) and a representative of the New York State
Department of Transportation (which represents the Governor).
Members:
- Chair, Tompkins County Legislature
- Mayor, City of Ithaca
- Supervisor, Town of Ithaca
- Supervisor, Town of Dryden
- Mayor, Village of Lansing
- Mayor, Village of Cayuga Heights
- Regional Director, New York State Department of Transportation
- Cornell University
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
- Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
- TCAT, Board Chair
- One representative from each of the following groupings,
selected jointly on a biennial and rotating basis:1) Towns of Ulysses, Enfield, and Newfield; 2) Towns
of Danby and Caroline; 3) Towns of Lansing and Groton.
Transportation Planning Committee
- responsible for coordinating and managing the area's transportation
planning activities and providing technical advice to the
Policy Committee. The Planning Committee is composed primarily
of lead technical staff members from the member entities and
local transit operators. All members are voting members except
for the FHWA and FTA.
Members:
- Tompkins County
- City of Ithaca
- Town of Ithaca
- NYSDOT
- Cornell University
- TCAT
- Village of Cayuga Heights
- Village of Lansing
- Town of Caroline
- Town of Danby
- Town of Dryden
- Town of Enfield
- Town of Groton
- Town of Lansing
- Town of Newfield
- Town of Ulysses
- FHWA
- FTA
Support Staff
- responsible for performing the administrative and technical
services necessary to operate the MPO.
- Executive Director
- Administrative Assistant
- Transportation Analyst
- Planning Analyst
Committee meetings are held eleven
months out of the year (Feb. - Dec.) and are open to the public.
"It is in the national interest to
encourage and promote the development of transportation systems
embracing various modes of transportation in a manner which
will efficiently maximize mobility of people and goods within
and through urbanized areas and minimize transportation-related
fuel consumption and air pollution. To accomplish this objective,
metropolitan planning organizations, in cooperation with the
State, shall develop transportation plans and programs for
urbanized areas of the State. Such plans and programs shall
provide for the development of transportation facilities (including
pedestrian walkways and bicycle transportation facilities)
which will function as an inter modal transportation system
for the State, the metropolitan areas, and the Nation. THe
process for developing such plans and programs shall provide
for consideration of all modes of transportation and shall
be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive to the degree
appropriate, based on the complexity of the transportation
problems."
Partial Map of Downtown
Ithaca, with ITCTC location in red.
Fernando de Aragón, Executive
Director
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