Section 17 AAC 05.155 - Statewide transportation improvement program (STIP)(a) At least every three years, the department will develop a statewide transportation improvement program (STIP). The purpose of the STIP is to schedule the expenditure of surface transportation money on designated projects over a three-year period.(b) During the development of the STIP, and after consultation with all municipalities contained within a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and notice to interested parties outside an MPO, the commissioner will make a written determination of the level of federal financing allocated under 17 AAC 05.170(d) (Community Transportation Program) and 17 AAC 05.170(e) (Trail and Recreational Access for Alaska (TRAAK) Program) to an MPO. In that determination, the commissioner will equitably allocate financing for surface transportation according to one or more of the following criteria: (1) the number of lane miles of existing and proposed highways and roads in each metropolitan planning area as compared to the remainder of the state;(2) the geometric and functional deficiencies of highways and roads in each metropolitan planning area as compared to the remainder of the state;(3) the number of miles of sidewalks, trails, and waysides in each metropolitan planning area as compared to the remainder of the state;(4) the number of vehicle miles traveled or traffic congestion in each metropolitan planning area as compared to the remainder of the state;(5) the number and severity of traffic accidents in each metropolitan planning area as compared to the remainder of the state;(6) the capacity of the tax and employment base to contribute local money to the cost of surface transportation within each metropolitan planning area as compared to the remainder of the state;(7) the population within each metropolitan planning area as compared to the remainder of the state;(8) the degree of unmet need for new or improved transportation features within each metropolitan planning area as compared to the remainder of the state;(9) consideration of the unmet needs for minority and low-income population in each metropolitan planning area compared to the remainder of the state.(c) In consultation with each MPO, the department will estimate the total amount of money available, by federal category, for the MPO's metropolitan transportation improvement program (TIP), including federal money available under (b) of this section, and state and local money for any project included in the TIP as required by 23 C.F.R. 450.324(f)(3). The department will include a metropolitan planning area's TIP without modification in the STIP, but only if each TIP has been approved by its MPO and the governor, or by the MPO and a designee of the governor if acceptable to the United States Department of Transportation for purposes of approval under 23 U.S.C. 135(f), 23 C.F.R. 450.216(a), and 23 C.F.R. 450.220.Eff. 3/8/2002, Register 161Authority:AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.030
AS 19.10.140
AS 44.42.030
Publisher's note: As of Register 181 (April 2007), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 17 AAC 05.155(c).