OVERVIEW OF THE UNIFIED
PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
The
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) identifies transportation planning and
programming activities that are to be undertaken in the Capital District during
the upcoming year. The intent of a
comprehensive work plan is to coordinate all federally-funded transportation
planning and transportation-related planning activities in the region. Such planning activities are assisted by
several federal sources of funding.
These include:
. Federal Transit Administration (FTA): Section 5303 funds and Section 5307 funds;
. Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA): 1% Planning (PL), Statewide
Planning and Research (SPR) funds and Surface Transportation Program (STP),
Congestion Mitigation / Air Quality (CMAQ) or other capital funds committed to
planning efforts in the Transportation Improvement Program; and,
. Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA): Airport Improvement Program
funds.
Statewide
Planning and Research (SPR) activities by NYSDOT that directly pertain to the
Capital District are listed in the text of the UPWP; but are not shown in the
financial tables. Full documentation of
the SPR program is available separately from NYSDOT.
In
addition to the required descriptions of tasks using federal funds, CDTC also
describes contractual efforts with
Work
efforts performed for each item listed in the UPWP is undertaken by the CDTC
Staff, CDTC's participating agencies' staff, or by
consultants. The 2004-05 UPWP also
includes over $400,000 in activities in support of and funded by the state's
twelve MPOs.
CDTC'S NEW VISIONS REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION PLAN
AND THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
In recent
years, CDTC has built upon the New Visions foundation to explore new areas of
cooperative effort. These include the 26
Community and Transportation Linkage studies as well as the New Visions for a
Quality Region initiative begun in 2002.
CDTC will continue to develop its broad New Visions 2030 plan in the
coming year. Technical work on multiple
fronts will be advanced during the coming year, leading to an extended public
involvement period that will help guide the development of the New Visions 2030
plan. An interim plan action may be
required to maintain air quality conformity for the TIP.