Ithaca-Tompkins County
Transportation Council

DESCRIPTION OF THE UPWP

EMPHASIS AREAS FOR THE 2011/12 UPWP

The purpose of the UPWP is to serve as the annual work program for the ITCTC. The UPWP coordinates all transportation and transportation-related planning activities within the agency’s planning area. The UPWP is produced annually to match the New York State fiscal year of April 1 to March 31. It provides details of the transportation-related planning activities that the ITCTC intends to accomplish during the program year utilizing federal, state and local resources. It also delineates responsibilities and procedures for carrying out the cooperative transportation planning process. Included in the UPWP is a budget, which details how each fund source will be utilized. This permits the UPWP to act as a grant application for federal funds and also as a management tool for directing the staff activities throughout the year. Federal regulations require that all MPOs develop UPWPs. The draft UPWP for each year is reviewed, and the final document approved, during the regularly scheduled Planning and Policy Committee meetings held in February and March, respectively.

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The 2011-2012 Unified Planning Work Program, approved 3/8/2011

The 2011-2012 Unified Planning Work Program, amended 10/18/2011

The 2011/12 program year is the nineteenth year (April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012) for which federal planning funds are available to the Ithaca area under the metropolitan planning program. This UPWP will continue to focus on the general goal of preserving and sustaining the core MPO activities and requirements with a focus on the following emphasis areas for 2011/12:

• Implement selected recommendations from the 2030 Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP).
• Monitor development of federal transportation legislation and any associated rules and guidelines and ensure the ITCTC meets all federal requirements of the metropolitan planning process.
• Manage project activity in the Transportation Improvement Program.
• Review/update the TIP amendment and administrative modification request process.
• Assemble, collect and/or distribute necessary data to support the transportation infrastructure decision-making processes. This effort will include work assembling and/or distributing accident and traffic count data.
• Manage implementation of the Regional Transportation Planning project.
• Manage implementation of the NYSERDA funded project to provide online ridesharing services in Tompkins County
• Work with other local partners to attract Automated Transit Network systems research to the Ithaca-Tompkins County area.
• Contribute to and support the transportation planning efforts of participating entities in the MPO process for the following efforts:
  Implementation of transportation related federal legislation
  Continued implementation of the Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan
  Implementation of travel demand management strategies in cooperation with the Way2Go program.
  Cornell Community Investment Initiative
• Participate in efforts to address issues of "community livability" and "social justice". In particular:
  Cooperate with the Tompkins County Planning Department in implementation action items of the Tompkins County Countywide Comprehensive Plan.
  Cooperate with local municipalities and community groups in development of transportation plans and other efforts that support the goals and objectives in the LRTP.
  Provide continued emphasis and support for the development of transportation modes and programs that provide alternatives to the private automobile:
  trail development
  public transportation
  bicycling
  pedestrian initiatives
  car sharing
  ride sharing
  van pooling
  guaranteed ride home
  others
  Coordinate with appropriate agencies to ensure that transportation services are seamless, comprehensive and accessible to all citizens.
  
  

The 2011-2012 Unified Planning Work Program, approved 3/8/2011

The 2011-2012 Unified Planning Work Program, amended 10/18/2011

Unified Operations Plan, May 2000