Transportation Planning
As Regional Transportation Planning Agency and Metropolitan Planning Organization, MCAG is the primary transportation facilitator in Merced County. Responsibilities are many, from acquiring 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, Intergovernmental Coordination
- 1210 - Public Relations / Education
- 1310 - Administration of the MCAG Trans. Planning Program
- 1460 - Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
- 1470 - Air Quality Planning
- 1520 - Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP)
- 1530 - Traffic Modeling
- 1538 - High Speed Rail Coordination
- 1547 - Transit Marketing
- 1548 - Pavement Management System
- 1560 - San Joaquin Valley Transportation Coordination
- 1565 - One Voice Education
- 1610 - GIS Maintenance
- 1620 - GIS Development
- 1630 - GIS Web Page / Internet Application
- 1645 - San Joaquin Valley Blueprint
- 1655 - Regional Transportation Impact Fee (RTIF)
- 1665 - Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP)
- 1670 - Transportation Demand Management / Alternative Modes Program
- 1680 - Transportation Expenditure Program
- 1685 - Transportation Development Act Fund Administration