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FINAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />Programming Lead Advisory Body Comment <br />Process <br />4. Public Transit ODOT/FTA Various local enti- There are many transit funding pro- <br />Program (State- ties grams used in the STIP; large transit <br />wide) projects maybe listed individually, <br /> but most transit projects are funded <br /> out of "buckets" that contain the <br /> funding for one or more transit pro- <br /> jects. Applications for these funds <br /> are solicited from transit service pro- <br /> viders after the STIP has been ap- <br /> proved. A STIP amendment is then <br /> used to document individual awards <br /> that are funded out of that program's <br /> "bucket". <br />5. Metropolitan MPOs MPO Policy In MPO areas with over 200,000 <br />Transportation Committees residents, the MPOs receive an allo- <br />Improvement (ODOT partici- cation and develop their own MTIP. <br />Program (MTIP) pates) In metropolitan areas with less than <br /> 200,000 residents, the MTIP is coor- <br /> dinatedthrough the ODOT region <br /> and funding for Modernization pro- <br /> jects comes out of the region's Mod- <br /> ernization ro am allocation. <br />6. Federal Ear- ODOT and OTC Special set-asides approved by the <br />marks Oregon's Con- U.S. Congress and the President; <br /> gressional funds are targeted to a specific pro- <br /> Delegation ject. The earmark may supplement <br /> or be taken out of a regular program <br /> budget, depending on how the law is <br /> written. <br />7. Indian Reser- Federal Lands Tribal Councils Tribes also may compete for state <br />vation Roads Highways, U.S. grants, such as Bicycle/Pedestrian. <br />Transportation DOT <br />Improvement <br />Pro am <br />STIP Development Timeframe <br />It takes almost three years to update the <br />STIP. Because the STIP is updated every <br />two years and the process to develop it takes <br />almost three years, there is roughly a six <br />month period of time before a new STIP is <br />adopted when the state is working on two <br />STIP cycles concurrently. This can be con- <br />fusing. One way to keep the cycles straight <br />is to remember that the early part of the <br />STIP development process is focused on <br />funding targets and program goals while the <br />later part of the STIP cycle is focused on <br />which projects should be approved. How- <br />ever, there is only one approved STIP in <br />place at any given time. <br />Page 7 <br />