The Federally Obligated Transit Projects, FY 2020 table was updated in August 2021 after an error was identified.
CUUATS Background
As a result of the 1962 Federal-Aid Highway Act, the Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study (CUUATS) was created in 1964 to administer the area’s three-C transportation planning process. In order to assure that comprehensive regional planning efforts were achieved, the Governor of the State of Illinois designated the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission as the MPO in March 1974, which includes CUUATS. CUUATS is the regional transportation entity for the City of Champaign, City of Urbana, Village of Savoy, Village of Mahomet, Village of Tolono, and Village of Bondville.
CUUATS Member Agencies and Structure
CUUATS is comprised of the following eight member agencies which all have voting power: the Cities of Champaign and Urbana, Village of Savoy, Champaign County, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (CUMTD), Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, and the Illinois Department of Transportation.
CUUATS operates under the principal direction of a Technical Committee and a Policy Committee. In its organizational structure, the Technical Committee acts as a working group under the direction of the Policy Committee. The Technical Committee is comprised of technical staff members from all CUUATS participating agencies who perform analyses and make recommendations concerning transportation issues to the Policy Committee. The Policy Committee is comprised of local elected and appointed officials of those agencies that have a primary interest in transportation. The Policy Committee has decision-making authority for CUUATS and establishes policies that guide the MPO’s transportation planning process.
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
The TIP is a federally mandated product of the on-going transportation planning process for CUUATS. The purpose of the TIP is to document proposed projects at least four fiscal years in advance so that project funding can be secured. Any local project that solicits federal or state monies must be in the TIP in order to receive such funding. With ever-changing project timelines, costs, and consultant availability, the TIP may not always reflect a current picture of actual project expenditures. This listing of federally obligated projects supplements the TIP by documenting actual federal expenditures for projects in the MPA during the previous fiscal year. The TIP FY 2020-2025 is updated on an ongoing basis and is available to the public online.
CUUATS Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)
The LRTP is a federally mandated document that is updated every five years and details how the urbanized area transportation system will evolve over the next 25 years. The LRTP goes hand in hand with this listing of federally obligated projects that, along with the TIP, track how local transportation investments are working toward short and long range transportation goals and objectives in the region. The LRTP 2045 was approved in 2019 and is available to the public online.
Public Involvement
Since its inception in 1964, CUUATS has been actively committed to involving the public in its planning process. Mailings, public notices, and frequently updated websites are all methods commonly utilized to keep the public informed of projects, documents, and public meetings. The CUUATS Public Participation Plan was approved in 2019 and is available to the public online.