Federal Regulations

These federal requirements include transportation authorizing legislation Moving Ahead to Progress in the 21st Century, or MAP-21, that details specific actions the MPO must take in the regional transportation planning process, and varying statutes and regulations to which it must adhere.

Operating Procedures

NYMTC develops its own Operating Procedures to establish specific goals, methods and outcomes for ensuring it meets the federal requirements.

FAST Act

Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act is the federal transportation authorizing legislation.

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Title VI

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin.

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LEP

Within Title VI requirements, applies to NYMTC and its member agencies as designated recipients of federal transit funds.

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Environmental Justice (EJ)

NYMTC incorporates the principles of Environmental Justice into its policies, planning, and project development activities throughout the region.

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Self Certification

Self-certification is a required element of New York’s State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). All MPOs, concurrent with the submittal of the entire proposed TIP to FHWA and FTA as part of STIP approval, certify at least every four years that the metropolitan transportation planning process is being carried out in accordance with all applicable federal planning requirements (23 CFR 450.334). MPOs’ signed self-certification resolutions become part of the Appendices to the STIP. The narrative written in support of the resolution (responding to NYSDOT checklist questions) is not a federal requirement but is requested by NYSDOT as background documentation for MPO action on self-certification. TMA MPOs do not have to self-certify if they are undergoing the federal certification process at the time new TIPs and the STIP are being developed. NYSDOT guidance on self-certification can be found here

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Title VI Notice to the Public: The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) hereby gives public notice that it is the policy of the Council to assure full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. Title VI requires, and it is our policy, that no person in the United States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which NYMTC receives federal financial assistance. Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint. Any such complaint must be filed in writing or in person with NYMTC’s Title VI Officer within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the alleged discriminatory act or upon notice of the discriminatory act.

Title VI discrimination complaint forms may be obtained from the NYMTC website: www.nymtc.org or by calling 212‐383‐7200. If information is needed in another language, contact: 212‐383‐7200 and Email: NYMTC-Web@dot.ny.gov .