Federal Certification Review
Federal Certification Review
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is currently conducting the quadrennial Federal Certification Review of the Genesee Transportation Council (GTC)
The U.S. Department of Transportation requires every Metropolitan area with a population over 50,000 to have a designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to qualify for receipt of federal highway and federal transit funds. Urbanized Areas with a population greater than 200,000 persons are MPOs designated as Transportation Management Area (TMA) and receive additional considerations for Federal-aid transportation funding. GTC is the designated MPO responsible for the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region Metropolitan Area and covers the City of Rochester and the following 9 counties: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in accordance with 23 USC 134 (k)(5)(A)(i) and 49 USC 5303 (k) (5)(A)(i)(e), must certify that the transportation metropolitan planning process conducted by GTC is being carried out in accordance with applicable provisions of Federal law not less often than once every four years.
The primary purpose of the certification review is to ensure that the required planning activities of 23 USC 134 and 49 USC 5303 are being satisfactorily implemented by the GTC. FHWA and FTA are accepting written comments from the public on GTC’s implementation of the federal transportation planning process until March 25th, 2021.
2021 Federal Certification Review Public Outreach
Every four years our partners at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) conduct an evaluation of the Genesee Transportation Council as part of their...