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Transportation Planning

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SHIFT
The Strategic Highway Investment Formula for Tomorrow (SHIFT) is a data-driven, objective approach to prioritizing projects used to inform development of the Six Year Highway Plan.

Kentucky Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan (LRSTP)
A 20+ year multimodal plan for Kentucky’s transportation system produced by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and required through the federal transportation reauthorization acts: ISTEA in 1991, TEA-21 in 1998, SAFETEA-LU in 2005 and MAP-21 in 2012. 
  
Public Involvement Process

The KYTC has established statewide transportation planning and project delivery public involvement outreach procedures identified within this document for the LRSTP, the STIP, the Consultation Process, and the development and delivery of transportation improvements.

Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO)
Federal transportation legislation requires that a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) be designated for each urban area with a population of more than 50,000 people in order to carry out the metropolitan transportation planning process. Each urban area with a population greater then 200,000 is designated as a Transportation Management Area (TMA.)
 
Regional Planning​
Kentucky implements a regional transportation planning program to address the statewide planning requirements of federal reauthorization legislation through the 15 Area Development Districts and the 12 Highway Districts.  The Regional Planning Program includes a comprehensive public involvement process and an extensive project identification, evaluation and prioritization process in the non-MPO areas of Kentucky. 
 
Small Urban Area Planning​
​The Division of Planning is responsible for conducting Small Urban Area (SUA) Transportation Studies in Kentucky for areas with populations between 5,000 and 50,000.  A Small Urban Transportation Study provides a thorough examination of an area’s transportation network. The study includes an analysis of existing and future traffic conditions with the goal of identifying needs for a transportation network that will efficiently move ever-increasing volumes of goods and travelers. Products from a completed study include prioritized short-term projects that can be quickly and effectively implemented and long-term projects for future programming to improve safety and congestion in the city and surrounding area​.
 
American​ Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Committee on Planning​
The Committee on Planning addresses all aspects of the transportation planning process including federal regulations, current industry practices, and emerging approaches and concepts. The Committee is dedicated to providing State DOTs the expertise, resources and tools they need to implement a robust planning process within their agencies that is multimodal, multidisciplinary, innovative and consensus-oriented.​

Map of Statewide ADDs, MPOs, and KYTC H​ighway Districts​​

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