Transportation Planning
As a Regional Transportation Planning Agency and Metropolitan Planning Organization, MCAG is the primary transportation facilitator in Merced County. Responsibilities are many, from identifying priority projects to assuring money accepted for improving transportation has been properly utilized. MCAG must also be in the forefront of coordinated regional transportation planning activities, and to do so effectively requires the correct tools and program support. Work elements of the Transportation Planning Work Program seek to maintain a quality improvement program and provide additional means to successfully accomplish the goals and objectives established by the MCAG Governing Board.
Transportation Planning Work Elements
- 1200 - Citizen Participation/Education and Intergovernmental Coordination
- 1460 - Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
- 1470 - Air Quality Planning
- 1520 - Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP)
- 1530 - Traffic Modeling
- 1538 - High Speed Rail Coordination
- 1548 - Pavement Management System
- 1560 - San Joaquin Valley Transportation Coordination
- 1565 - Legislative Plan
- 1570 - Short Range Transit Plan
- 1610 - GIS Maintenance
- 1630 - GIS Website / Internet Application
- 1645 - San Joaquin Valley Blueprint
- 1655 - Regional Transportation Impact Fee (RTIF)
- 1665 - Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP)
- 1670 - Transportation Demand Management (TDM) / Rideshare
- 1672 - SB 375 Model Improvement
- 1674 - Alternative Modes Planning
- 1680 - Transportation Expenditure Program
- 1685 - Transportation Development Act Fund Administration
