Solicitation Period:
May 2, 2013 – Aug 16, 2013

NYMTC and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) announce that applications are now available for a solicitation of project proposals for the federally-funded Transportation Enhancement Program (TEP). Municipalities and non-profit incorporated groups are eligible to apply for funding. Not-for-profits will require a governmental entity to sponsor their projects. Eligible projects must have a total cost of at least $200,000; federal reimbursement is limited to $2.5 million per project.

Applications are due NO LATER THAN 4 p.m. on Friday, August 16, 2013 to the contacts in the appropriate NYSDOT regional offices. Questions pertaining to the Transportation Enhancement Program itself or a specific project proposal for the program should be directed to the Transportation Enhancements Program Coordinator in the relevant NYSDOT regional office.

Click here for submission and contact information.

NYSDOT will accept applications for five eligible activity types for projects to be funded with TEP dollars, including: 1) facilities for bicycles and pedestrians; 2) scenic or historic highway facilities; 3) landscaping and other scenic beautification; 4) preservation of abandoned railway corridors and conversion to use as pedestrian and bicycle trails; and 5) environmental mitigation to address water pollution due to highway runoff.

The TEP Guidebook provides detailed information about the specific types of projects eligible for this program as well as the application process; a pamphlet providing a concise summary of the program is also available. The Guidebook, Application and Pamphlet can be accessed at https://www.dot.ny.gov/programs/tep

Applicant/Sponsors are required to attend a TEP workshop or webinar in advance of applying for TEP funds. Two TEP workshops were held in the NYMTC region.

Click here to access a recording of the May 16th webinar. NOTE: Post-event viewing this webinar does not constitute participation in the workshop for application purposes but is intended as reference information.

Applicant/Sponsors will also be required to attend a Federal Aid 101 Workshop, unless, in the case of the latter, they can show they attended one of the Federal Aid 101 Workshops held in 2012.

On May 22nd, the next Federal Aid 101 Workshops will be held in the NYMTC region


New York City
May 22nd at 1 p.m.*

* This workshop will also be available as a webinar. Click here for more information

For more information go to https://www.dot.ny.gov/programs/tep

A comment period for NYMTC’s Draft Transportation Conformity Determination will run from May 1st through May 30th for the 2011-2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the 2010-2035 Regional Transportation Plan, as amended.  This draft conformity determination contains a revised regional mobile source emissions analysis that reflects compliance of the FFY 2010-2035 Regional Transportation Plan and the FFY2011-2015 Transportation Improvement Program to the 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard. The draft Conformity Determination is available by clicking here

A public meeting was held on May 15th. Click here to view the webinar presentation and recording .

Written comments can be sent by mail or e-mail by
4 pm on May 30, 2013 to:                              

New York Metropolitan Transportation Council
Attn: David Drits
199 Water Street, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
david.drits@dot.ny.gov

The May 15th meeting of the Freight Transportation Working Group Meeting included presentations on New York City’s JFK Air Cargo Study, New York City’s Truck Impact Study and NYSERDA’s Hudson River Foodway Corridor Study. The presentations are available for download below

	JFK Air Cargo Study
	Truck Impact Study
	Foodway Corridor Study

FTWG was established to expand and enhance the freight planning process in the NYMTC region to meet the needs of shippers, receivers, and ultimately the general population through less congested roads, less pollution, and less expensive products and services. It is composed of the Council’s members, freight providers and receivers and their associations, other interested transportation agencies, business associations, neighboring metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) in the Tri-State region, interested parties such as civic groups, advocacy groups, and representatives of elected officials. For more information contact Howie Mann at 631-952-6115 or howard.mann@dot.ny.gov.

NYMTC invites not-for-profit organizations, state and local government agencies, public authorities, public and private operators of public transportation services and federally-recognized tribal governments to apply for Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) and New Freedom funding administered by the Federal Transit Administration.

Two webinars were held to provide guidance and respond to questions.

Download Presentation
Workshop Presentation (3.45MB)

View recorded webinar
JARC and New Freedom Webinar

Applications and overview guidance are available below.Applications must be received electronically by 4 pm on Friday, May 3, 2013. Applications from eligible applicants will be reviewed and evaluated by NYMTC’s member agencies.

Download

Application (PDF version 68KB)	Application (WORD version 184KB)
Guidance Package (125KB)

Both the JARC and New Freedom programs require that proposed projects be derived from a regional Coordinated Human Service and Public Transportation Plan.  Click here to download the Plan

For questions concerning JARC & New Freedom solicitation and to submit completed applications, please contact Carl King at carl.king@dot.ny.gov.  

On March 13th, members of NYMTC’s Mid-Hudson South Transportation Coordinating Committee met with the public to discuss highlights of the 2011-2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), the development of the 2014-2018 TIP of the Lower Hudson Valley (Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties) and NYMTC’s next long range plan, Plan 2040. Key projects and timeframes for development of the key products were reviewed. Acting TCC Staff Director Darrin Moret noted that there will be an Executive Committee Meeting of the MHSTCC in July to recommend projects for the
2014 – 18 TIP.

Presentation (1.33MB)

NYMTC announces the availability of the Annual Listing of Obligated Projects for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2012.  The Annual Listing isrequired by Federal regulations after the conclusion of a fiscal year to report on progress in implementing the five-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).  Although the TIP indicates planned funding for improvement projects and confers eligibility for federal funding, obligation effectively “locks in” the funding for projects and leads the way to implementation. 

This annual listing of obligated projects has also been mapped for ease of review.  Directions to spatially view the project listing in Google Earth and learn more on TIP visualization are available by clicking here

From the fall of 2010 through the fall of 2011 travel data was collected from households across 28 counties in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Data collected under this project will provide key travel statistics for the region, and help in the planning of future transportation investments. The final dataset will contain travel data from a total 18,966 households, exceeding our goal of 18,800 households. After an extensive review of the dataset development of the Final Report is underway. The Final Report is expected by June 2013. For more information visit www.regionaltravelsurvey.org/.

New Yorkers from around the region joined NYMTC at a series of Open Houses held in September and October to kick off the 2040 Regional Transportation Plan. The comment period is now closed. We appreciate the hundreds of comments submitted at the open houses, through social media and other means, and via the internet-based MindMixer site. These comments will now be analyzed and discussed with NYMTC’s members as the Plan is being further developed. Additional public outreach is planned for the spring, once the Plan is drafted.

When developed, NYMTC’s 2040 Plan will lay out a long-range framework for maintaining and improving the region’s transportation system: its roads, bridges, freight and mass transit facilities, and its bicycle and pedestrian networks. It will ultimately identify the transportation improvement concepts, projects and policy recommendations that can address the region’s long-term growth challenges and needs – an initial step to bringing federal transportation dollars into the area. For more information visit
About the RTP

On September 27, 2012, NYMTC’s members met to discuss key themes of the 2040 Regional Transportation Plan, take action to adopt a resolution on distribution of Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program Funds and Section 5340 Growing States Formula Funds for FFY12, adopt a revised Public Involvement Plan and supplemental operating procedures, and include two new Select Bus Service projects in the fiscally constrained portion of the 2010-2035 Plan. The meeting also included a presentation on Financing Transportation Improvements by Kevin DeGood, Deputy Policy Director, Transportation for America.  A resolution was also presented to Robert Zerrillo, Council Secretary, retired, for his work on behalf of the members.

Click on the webcast link on the upper right corner of this page to see the archived webcast of the meeting

Download

	Revised Public Involvement Plan including revised Public Participation Procedures, adopted on September 27, 2012, which underwent a required 45 day public review process from April 30, 2012 – June 13, 2012.
	Supplemental Operating Procedures for Organizational Responsibilities - adopted on September 27, 2012
	Financing Transportation Investments Presentation by Kevin DeGood

NYMTC’s Annual Listing of Obligated Transportation Improvement Projects for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011 is now available, asrequired by federal regulations after the conclusion of a fiscal year to report on progress in implementing the five-year TIP. Although the TIP indicates planned funding for improvement projects and confers eligibility for federal funding, obligation effectively “locks in” the funding for projects and leads the way to implementation. 
The TIP documents the region’s transportation improvements that are programmed for federal funding. All federally-funded projects are required to be on the TIP in order to be eligible for funding. The FFY 2011 Annual Listing of Obligated Transportation Improvement Projects reports which of these improvement projects have had their funding obligated during FFY 2011, which began October 1, 2010 and ended September 30, 2011.

Download
	FFY 2011 Annual Listing of Obligated Transportation Improvement Projects

More than two dozen people attended NYMTC’s November 7th Public Information Session on Freight Villages – Moving toward the next RTP.  The meeting kicked off a new series of public information sessions as NYMTC begins the development process for the next Regional Transportation Plan.

The session focused on the completion of NYMTC's Feasibility of Freight Villages in the NYMTC Region, as it relates to the Regional Freight Plan component of the next RTP.  Included in the discussion was an overview of how freight moves into, out of and within the region, along with the goals set forth in the previous Regional Freight Plan, as well as next steps for the development of the next Plan.  A lively Q&A with the audience included some suggestions for additional considerations of goals and activities as the planning process moves forward.

Due to an unfortunate technical glitch, the scheduled live webcast was not available, but can be viewed in two parts by clicking here for Part 1 and clicking here for Part 2. The presentation is available by clicking here.

For more info on Freight Villages or the Regional Freight Plan contact Howie Mann at howie.mann@dot.ny.gov

The September 15th PFAC meeting included a special, and very moving, tribute to the three NYMTC staff killed in September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks – Ignatius Adanga, Charles Lesperance and See Wong Shum. In addition to several action items that were adopted during the business portion of the meeting, there was a special presentation by Alice Greenwald, Director of the September 11 Memorial Museum that included a virtual tour of the Museum, slated to open next year. 

left to right front: Rebecca Shum, Affiong Adanga, Renee Alexander back: Penny Eickemeyer, Li Chen, Cyrus Naheedy, Sandra Rothbard, Richard Barone, Peter Feroe, Judd Schechtman, Shuai Ren, Maxwell Sokol, Daysi Manzano

The meeting also included a Five Year Retrospective of the September 11th Memorial Program for Regional Transportation Planning, a living tribute to Ignatius, Charles and Shum and their passion for learning and dedication to regional planning. New York State Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald shared a letter noting the loss of NYMTC’s colleagues on September 11, 2001 and commemorating the fifth year of the September 11th Memorial Program. Family members of Charles, Ignatius and Shum spoke about their roles in helping create the Program, and how proud they are to be a part of this effort. Past and present student participants also spoke about how the Program provides opportunities they may not otherwise have had. 

For more information on the September 11th Memorial Program for Regional Transportation Planning
click here.  For more information on the individual student projects click here.

Download a copy of the
Five Year Retrospective of the September 11th Memorial Program for Regional Transportation Planning (4.42MB)

NYMTC’s Council members adopted the draft 2011- 15 TIP at a special meeting held in NYMTC’s offices on Thursday, August 4th.

The presentation on the 2011-15 TIP that was shown at the meeting can be downloaded by clicking here.

The TIP is a five-year program of projects  the prioritizes $34.5 billion of transportation improvements that are  seeking eligibility for federal transportation funding, including bridges, highways, transit services, bikeways and walkways.over the FFY 2011–2015 program period. On July 28, NYMTC’s Program, Finance and Administration Committee (PFAC) voted to adopt the draft Conformity Determination. The Conformity Determination is a regional air quality analysis of mobile source emissions required by the Clean Air Act of 1990 for designated non attainment areas. A Conformity Determination must be done for all Transportation Improvement Programs and Regional Transportation Plans in non- attainment areas. It can be viewed by clicking the link below.

Download
	Draft FFY 2011-2015 Transportation Improvement Program (narrative revised June 8, 2011)
TIP Change Log Change logs have been posted which summarize all changes made to the draft TIP and Conformity Determination since they were both posted at the start of the public comment period on June 7th. These changes resulted either from public comments or from modifications made to the FFY 11 element of the TIP. Public comments received and responses to them are also posted.
	TIP Change Log
	Public Comments and Responses

On September 24, 2009, NYMTC’s Council members adopted the 2010-2035 Regional Transportation Plan, entitled A Shared Vision for A Shared Future, which establishes a sustainable regional framework for future transportation improvements and investments for the next 25 years. It establishes a shared, long-term vision for the transportation system serving the New York metropolitan region–its roads, bridges, freight and mass transit facilities, and its bicycle and pedestrian networks. Updated every four years, the Plan is the product of a cooperative public involvement and intergovernmental planning process, and its approval by NYMTC’s members is required for Federal transportation funding.

click here to view the Plan

NYMTC has taken a number of actions to amend or administratively modify the 2008-2012 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to enable possible funding for candidate transportation projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. For a potential project to be eligible for funding, it must be on the TIP. Candidate projects are provided both on lists and via geographical representation on Google maps, where feasible, by clicking on the links below.

Actions on additional candidate projects and/or changes to candidate projects already listed are possible and the information will be updated as necessary.

New York City Candidate Projects
Download (14kb) | Google Map

Lower Hudson Valley Candidate Projects
Download (14kb) | Google Map

Long Island Candidate Projects
Download (14kb) | Google Map

In addition, a comment period was held for transit projects proposed for ARRA funding. The projects, which can be viewed by clicking here, have been or will be endorsed by the MPOs in the New York metropolitan area and conform to State Implementation Plan (SIP) as required by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

On June 18, 2009, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) approved a new Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan for the NYMTC Area. This effort stems in part from SAFETEA-LU, the Federal transportation act, which requires that such a plan be in place before services and transportation providers in the region may access certain specific funding programs offered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). These funding programs involve transportation services for persons with disabilities, older adults, and persons with lower income.

One of the key components of the Plan includes improved coordination among service providers to reduce redundancies, while at the same time ensuring that the needs of the target populations are met. It is important to note that the new Plan will be the basis for decision-making for grant applications for transportation services to these three populations. The Plan can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here and is also available on a CD or as a hard copy upon request.

Contact Angelina Foster at angelina.foster@dot.ny.gov

NYMTC’s Title VI Policy The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council assures that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or gender, as provided in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which NYMTC received Federal financial assistance.
Further, NYMTC incorporates the principles of environmental justice into its policies, planning and project development activities to ensure that there are no inequitable impacts on minority groups and low-income groups throughout the region.