The Transportation Council’s Planning Committee will also release its Air Quality Conformity Document for Public review.
ALBANY, NY May 1, 2025 – The Planning Committee of the Capital Region Transportation Council (Transportation Council) will convene on May 7, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Planning Committee members will take action on the Draft 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), recommending Policy Board approval. The TIP is the Transportation Council’s 5-year capital program of federally funded transportation projects for the Capital Region. Over $1.6 B in pavement, bridge, transit, safety, bicycle/pedestrian, and other projects are included in the TIP with the largest being the $690 M replacement of the Livingston Avenue Bridge. The Transportation Council is recommending over $211 M in funding for 29 new site specific projects. View our interactive project map to learn more.
The Planning Committee will also release the draft Albany-Schenectady-Troy 1997 8-Hour Ozone Non-Attainment Area Transportation / Air Quality Conformity Determination for public review, will recommend Policy Board approval of a resolution to support CDTA’s 2025 Targets for Transit Asset Management Performance Measures, and will approve the following amendments to the 2022-2027 TIP:
- A649: Northway Bridges, NYSDOT is project sponsor, project cost: $4.2 M – Draw down of funds from regional set-aside RG 134 to address a $1.2 M project cost increase.
- CDTA sponsored project amendments:
- T14B: Preventive Maintenance for Saratoga, project cost: $12.877 M – Align programmed funds with updated cost estimate and expected federal funding apportionment.
- T17: Transit Bus Replacement / Expansion, project cost: $43.256 M – Align programmed funds with updated vehicle quantity, cost estimate, and expected federal funding apportionment.
- T57: Preventive Maintenance, project cost: $72.661 M – Align programmed funds with updated cost estimate and expected federal funding apportionment.
- T160: NEW Project – Bus Operator Safety Barriers, project cost: $0.200 M – Purchase and install operator safety barriers on buses.
- T161, NEW Project – Maintenance Equipment (Lifts), project cost: $0.750 M – Purchase and install lifts in the maintenance facility.
- T162, NEW Project – Vehicle Maintenance Software, project cost: $0.250 M – Support for vehicle maintenance software.
- T163, NEW Project – Video Mirrors, project cost: $0.303 M – Purchase and install video mirrors on 25 buses.
Discussion items will include an overview of the preliminary draft regional transportation plan, In Motion: The Plan to 2050, and a review of the Capital Region Vision Zero Safety Action Plan implementation program. The In Motion and Vision Zero plans will be brought to the Policy Board in June for action to release for public review.
The full Planning Committee meeting agenda and other information is posted on the Planning Committee webpage. The public is encouraged to view the meeting via the Transportation Council’s YouTube Channel live.
To submit comments, questions or to register to speak, call (518) 458-2161 or email info@capitalmpo.org. Requests for auxiliary aids, services, reasonable accommodations, or oral language interpretation must be made at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Policy Board and Planning Committee meetings take place at 1 Park Place, Suite 101, Albany, NY 12205, unless otherwise noted.
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About the Transportation Council
The Capital Region Transportation Council is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the geographic area of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties (except the Town of Moreau and Village of South Glens Falls). The Transportation Council facilitates a transportation planning process as required by federal law and supported with federal funding.
The Transportation Council is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, its metropolitan transportation planning process on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or religion.
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