In April 2011, CTC showed you how to promote state and town transportation projects in the state's Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) process. Now is your chance to influence what projects ultimately get included in the final plan for 2013 to 2016. The TIP is a fiscally constrained implementation plan so there will be stiff competition for very limited dollars and your participation can make a difference.

To get started, click here to see the case your community has made for its stated priorities.

Then you can review the criteria used to evaluate project proposals -- including mobility benefits, cost-effectiveness, economic development potential, environmental impact, safety and, yes, degree of local and public support.  

Finally, you can review more details about the TIP process by clicking here. Then plan to attend hearings in 2012 and work with CTC to develop comments.    

By working with the CTC on projects that focus on sustainable transportation funding, public transportation, bicycle, and pedestrian travel, you can make sure that your input and comments are included when projects proposed by towns for 2013 to 2016 are being reviewed. 

Committee will review proposals for 2013 to 2016 

The TIP is the process that prioritizes and feeds projects into the state budget. It is renewed every four years with amendments offered in the interim. The TAC (Transportation Advisory Committee), with its requisite membership of public and government members, provides opportunity for comment through a formal hearing process. Over the next several months, subcommittees of the TAC will be at work, scoring the submissions of 35 municipalities and five organizations (West Greenwich and Foster did not propose transportation projects).

Pawtucket topped the list, proposing seven prioritized projects not yet implemented from the 2009-12 TIP and seven new projects. Five non-municipal groups -- Friends of Kingston Station, RI DOT, RIPTA, University of RI, and Quonset Development Corporation -- also reprioritized projects not yet underway or proposed new ones.   

Many sidewalk and bike path projects are on the lists, as are new ramps to connect Rt. 4 and I-95 southbound, Providence streetcar, and RIPTA service on air alert days.

Public hearings are coming up, likely the last Thursday of April. To get involved, use the links above to review the list of proposed projects, e-mail us to discuss your thoughts and ideas or meet with local planners to find out more about their proposals.

And keep checking back here and the TIP web pages to see which projects emerge as the finalists and find out the dates for the April hearing when you can support or question individual projects.