2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity
2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity
The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB), as the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the Baltimore region, seeks comments from the public through Monday, August 1 on two transportation-related documents – the draft 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the associated Air Quality Conformity Determination.
The TIP includes a proposed listing of federal, state, and local money, as well as toll revenue, for highway, transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects during the next four years. The funding goes toward maintaining, operating, and expanding the transportation system. The TIP also translates recommendations from the long-range transportation plan (LRTP) into a short-term program of improvements. The LRTP identifies transportation investments for the 20 years beyond the time frame of the TIP. As projects move from the conceptual into the implementation phase, they enter the TIP, which defines funding by fiscal year and funding source.
The TIP is not a “wish list” of projects, but rather must be financially constrained. This means that proposed funds in the TIP must not exceed the funds available over the next four years. The TIP is the region’s way of allocating these limited resources among its various capital and operating needs.
Those interested in learning more are invited to join us on Tuesday, July 26 at 7 p.m. for a virtual public meeting and information session. RSVP below. Speakers include:
Nicole Hebert, Air Quality Planner
Keith Kucharek, Transportation Planner
Details about the TIP and Air Quality conformity are also below and on our story map.
The draft 2023-2026 TIP is the list of regional transportation projects requesting federal funding in the near term. It includes $4.26 billion in proposed funding (federal, state, local, toll revenue) for highway, transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects during the next four years. The funding goes toward maintaining, operating and expanding the transportation system. These projects support regional goals such as accessibility, safety, and prosperity. Funding identified in the TIP is based on funding reasonably expected to be available from all sources.
- Anne Arundel County is dedicating nearly $16 million in funding for a multi-modal Transportation Center in Parole at the Westfield Annapolis Mall to serve existing local and regional bus service, with possible future connectivity to modes such as bikeshare, carshare, and ride hailing services;
- • Baltimore City, in partnership with the state of Maryland, is investing $50 million in an RAISE Transit Priority Project (formerly the East-West Priority Bus Corridor), facilitating more efficient transit trips, improving multi-modal connections, and addressing existing safety issues. The project will improve bus service between east and west Baltimore and will help to reduce emissions.
- Baltimore, Carroll and Harford Counties are dedicating federal and local funding for 28 essential bridge improvement projects.
- Howard County continues progress on a $24 million project on Snowden River Parkway: Broken Land Parkway to Oakland Mills Road adding a third lane along Snowden River Parkway in each direction and will provide new 10-foot shared-use paths in an effort to increase transportation alternatives to access public transit.
- MDOT SHA is dedicating $180.2 million to reconstruct the interchange of I-695 at I-70 to improve safety, operations and capacity. MDOT SHA is also dedicating $133 million to widen I-695: US 40 to MD 144 to provide safety and capacity improvements.
- The Maryland Port Administration is partnering with CSX to leverage federal grant funding to reconstruct the 125-year-old Howard Street Tunnel in order to create double-stack rail access to and from the Port of Baltimore. Adjustments to several other bridges in Baltimore City are included in this project.
- MDTA also continues engineering and construction on a $1.1 billion project in Baltimore and Harford Counties adding two additional Express Toll Lanes on I-95 from north of MD 43 to north of MD 24. This project is funded with toll revenues.
Please view the draft 2023-2026 TIP through the BRTB’s interactive project map or learn more in our story map. The draft 2023-2026 TIP is also available in PDF format for download at baltometro.org.
Watch a recorded overview of the TIP and Air Quality Conformity Determination
Click on the image below to view the interactive project map and share your comments.
Public Meeting for 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity
Those interested in learning more about the draft 2023-2026 TIP and Air Quality Conformity may do so during a virtual public meeting and information session.