The locally developed, coordinated public transit-human services plan identifies the transportation needs of individuals with disabilities, older adults and people with low incomes. The plan provides strategies for meeting those local needs and prioritizes transportation services for funding and implementation. A coordinated plan must also incorporate activities offered under other programs sponsored by federal, state and local agencies to greatly strengthen its impact.
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TIP Made Easy
The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is the Lehigh Valley’s $633 million four-year plan to maintain and enhance the transportation system in Lehigh and Northampton counties. It is updated every two years and this update is just one part of an overall plan to create a seamless network where roads, trails, sidewalks, technology and transit connect everyone to every place. The TIP is critical to the economic and social future of the region, targeting infrastructure investments that support a vibrant, inclusive, resilient and growing Lehigh Valley.
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2024 ANNUAL LISTING OF OBLIGATED PROJECTS + ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Annual Listing of Obligated Projects (ALOP) is a federally required listing of highway, bridge and transportation projects, including investments in pedestrian walkways and bicycle infrastructure transportation facilities, for which federal funds have been obligated in the preceding year. This document is published and made available for public view through a cooperative effort by the US Department of Transportation, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority and the Lehigh Valley Transportation Study.
Below is the Annual Listing of Obligated Projects for the 2023-2026 Federal Fiscal Year, ranging from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. Read the plan at the link or in the Flipsnack below.
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PLANNING FOR ALL: INCREASING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PLANNING IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY
Planning for All is the LVTS' Title VI Program document, which encompasses documents and policies that demonstrate the LVTS’ compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, as well as its commitment to equity and access in the region. Planning for All also includes the Public Participation Plan (PPP) and the Limited English Proficiency Plan (LEP Plan). The PPP is a blueprint for how the LVTS will engage with the public to maintain and grow its equitable planning processes, and the LEP Plan focuses on a four-factor analysis that determines the prevalence of non-English languages in the region, and how speakers of those languages can and have interacted with the LVTS’ programs and plans. Both plans are available below.
FutureLV: The Regional Plan Update
The Metropolitan Planning Organization arm of the LVPC, the Lehigh Valley Transportation Study, approved the revision of FutureLV: The Regional Plan, including the estimated $2.7 billion fiscally constrained investment plan. Learn more about this update on the FutureLV page.
What is a Long-Range Plan?
The Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is a locally-developed plan that addresses transportation modes: highways, bridges, air, public transportation and bicycle and pedestrian. The plan identifies projects and line items for projects that are necessary for improving and enhancing the travel network. Projects within the plan are prioritized according to which element of the plan they appear within: short range (years 1-4), mid-range (years 5-12), or long range (years 13+). Long range plans are federally mandated to be intermodal in scope, cover at least a 20-year period and be financially constrained (the value of all projects in the plan may not exceed the amount of funds that can reasonably be expected to be available over the life of the plan). The plan places a strong emphasis on rebuilding and maintaining existing transportation infrastructure.
Purpose of the Long-Range Plan
The purpose of the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is to guide decisions made in the investment of federal and state transportation funds to highway, bridge, air, transit and transportation alternative projects most in need. The plan also serves as a conduit for projects to enter the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
Current Transportation Plans
Other Reports and Studies
- February 2023 PM 1 Safety Target Setting Letter
- April 2023 PM2 - PM3 Target Setting Letter
- 2023 TIP Transportation Performance Measures
- Lehigh Valley 2022 Bridge Performance Report
- Lehigh Valley 2022 Pavement Performance Report
- PHED Non-SOV Measures Letter (July 22, 2022)
- Written Provisions Addendum for CMAQ Congestion Measures Need PENNDOT NJDOT
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, in an effort to promote cooperative planning, provides technical assistance to communities experiencing challenges. The LVPC was invited by the Borough of Bath to conduct a parking analysis to determine whether there are sufficient parking accommodations in the commercial district. The LVPC proceeded with a two-phase approach.
Transit Oriented Development, commonly referred to as TOD, has become a much discussed development concept in recent years. Nationwide attention has been focused on TODs as a development concept that can be used to achieve multiple smart growth and sustainable development objectives. TODs have been promoted and built in numerous large metropolitan areas across the country.
The purpose of this report is to introduce the TOD concept to the Lehigh Valley and assess its potential local applicability using rigorous data based analysis. The report assesses the conditions, criteria, and design elements necessary to build TODs that establish an actual connection between transit and development, rather than developments that merely use the term for marketing purposes. The goals and policies contained in the Comprehensive Plan The Lehigh Valley... 2030 agree with many of the smart growth outcomes that TODs seek to produce. The report contains a critical assessment of potential Lehigh Valley sites with regard to how each site meets the identified criteria.
March 2014: The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) annually conducts approximately 100 traffic counts throughout Lehigh and Northampton counties under a contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Statewide, 8,000 traffic counts are performed annually. The counts are useful in monitoring traffic flows, determining traffic background growth rates, calibrating the regional travel demand forecasting model, projecting future traffic volumes, determining road design, allocating Federal funds, determining priorities for improvement projects, assessing air quality impacts, and maintaining congestion management systems. In addition, commercial realtors and developers utilize the data for marketing properties.
The Central NJ/Raritan Valley Transit Study (CNJ/RV) - Pennsylvania Component is an extension of the NJ TRANSIT CNJ/RV Transit Study, which assessed commuter bus and commuter rail transit improvement alternatives along Interstate 78 (I-78) in New Jersey. The purpose of the Pennsylvania Component Study was to build upon the New Jersey portion of the study (New Jersey Component Study) by identifying and assessing options to improve rail and bus services along the Route 22 and I-78 corridors in the Lehigh Valley and the northern New Jersey/New York Urban Core (Jersey City, Newark, Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan). The rail and bus options were developed to provide local decision makers information to decide whether they warrant more detailed study and development.
Land Use – Transportation Policy Review is a paper that evaluates the coordination between the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s land use and transportation planning. The coordination is examined both as it relates to policy and implementation efforts. Impediments to coordination are identified. The paper includes conclusions and with recommendations about how coordination can be improved.
22/Tomorrow is the successor to 22/Renew, which was Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) successful reconstruction of sections of U.S. Route 22, completed in November 1999. 22/Tomorrow will plan and design traffic solutions for the year 2020. Funds have been budgeted to determine needs, study alternatives, evaluate environmental implications, and do preliminary design for measures that will provide congestion relief and improve safety in the future. The U.S. Route 22 Needs Report is complete. This follow-up report documents the study scenarios and identifies potentially impacted environmental resources.
Access Management on Arterial Roads explores how we can create a better transportation network through planning, coordination and design. Access management is a means of preserving capacity and improving safety on those roads that carry through traffic by regulating access points and driveways. The report illustrates that numerous best management practices are available to implement access management. They deal with access from alternate roads, lotting and site development, driveway location and design, and arterial road design. These practices can be implemented through zoning ordinance and subdivision and land development ordinance provisions. They can also implement the recommendations of plans like corridor studies and neighborhood circulation/access plans. Actions for improving access management are spelled out in a series of recommendations in the report.
The Environmental Justice Report — 2008 identifies the distribution of highway, bridge, transit, and transportation enhancement projects relative to low-income and minority populations. It documents the various plans and programs of the Metropolitan Planning Organization are consistent with various executive orders, statutes, and federal requirements and that they contain a fair and equitable mix of transportation projects.
As the growth of e-commerce and one-day delivery makes the Lehigh Valley one of the fastest-growing freight corridors in the nation, companies are increasingly looking for ways to move goods through the region more efficiently. High cube and automated warehouses are the latest trend that carries the potential to bring positive and negative impacts to the region. This shift in how warehouses operate will push the limits of local codes and regulations and require careful consideration by municipal governments. However, there are several steps municipalities can take to better manage the location, size and look of this emerging development trend.
TITLE VI NOTICE + AVISO PÚBLICO DEL TÍTULO VI
TITLE VI PUBLIC NOTICE
The LEHIGH VALLEY TRANSPORTATION STUDY (LVTS) (MPO) are committed to compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, applicable to the programs and activities they administer. Accordingly, the MPO is dedicated to ensuring that program beneficiaries receive public participation opportunities without regard to race, color, or national origin. LVPC’s website, www.lvpc.org, may be translated into multiple languages. Publications and other public documents can be made available in non-English languages and alternative formats, if requested. The MPO will provide translation or interpretation services for individuals with language impediments provided the request for assistance is made four days prior to the meeting. The MPO will attempt to satisfy other requests, as it is able. Please make your request for auxiliary services to Hannah Milagio, Regional Planner for Community Engagement at planning@lvpc.org 610-264-4544. If you believe you have been denied participation opportunities, or otherwise discriminated against in relation to the programs or activities administered by the MPO, you may file a complaint using the procedures provided in our complaint process document at www.lvpc.org or by contacting planning@lvpc.org or 610-264-4544.
AVISO PÚBLICO DEL TÍTULO VI
EL ESTUDIO DE TRANSPORTE DE VALLE DE LEHIGH (Organización Metropolitana de Planificación [MPO, Metropolitan Planning Organization]) están comprometido con el cumplimiento de los requisitos de no discriminación del Título VI de la ley de derechos civiles, correspondientes a los programas y las actividades que administra. Por ende, la MPO se dedica a garantizar que los beneficiarios de un programa reciban oportunidades de participación pública sin tener en cuenta su raza, color, país de origen, sexo, edad, discapacidad o situación económica. El sitio de web de la Comisión de Planificación del Valley de Lehigh, www.lvpc.org, se puede traducirse en otras idiomas. Documentos públicos se pueden traducir en idiomas no-ingleses y formatos alternativos, si se solicita. La MPO brindará servicios de traducción y interpretación para personas con impedimentos lingüísticos siempre y cuando la solicitud de asistencia se haga cuatro días antes de la reunión. La MPO intentará responder a otras solicitudes, según sus posibilidades. Solicite servicios auxiliares llamando a Hannah Milagio, Planificadora regional de participación de comunidad, planning@lvpc.org o al 610-264-4544. Si cree que le negaron oportunidades de participación o que lo discriminaron de otra manera en relación con los programas o las actividades que administra la MPO, puede presentar una queja siguiendo los procedimientos que figuran en nuestro documento de proceso de queja a www.lvpc.org o comunicándose con planning@lvpc.org or 610-264-4544.
NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE + AVISO PÚBLICO DE NO DISCRIMINACIÓ
NONDISCRIMINATION PUBLIC NOTICE
The LEHIGH VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION (LVPC) and the LEHIGH VALLEY TRANSPORTATION STUDY (LVTS) (MPO) is committed to compliance with nondiscrimination requirements of civil rights statutes, executive orders, regulations and policies applicable to the programs and activities it administers. Accordingly, the MPO is dedicated to ensuring that program beneficiaries receive public participation opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, religious creed, sex, age, disability or economic status. LVPC’s website, www.lvpc.org, may be translated into multiple languages. Publications and other public documents can be made available in non-English languages and alternative formats, if requested. Meeting facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities and the location is reachable by public transit. The MPO will provide auxiliary services for individuals with language, speech, sight or hearing impediments provided the request for assistance is made four days prior to the meeting. The MPO will attempt to satisfy other requests, as it is able. Please make your request for auxiliary services to Hannah Milagio, Regional Planner for Community Engagement at planning@lvpc.org 610-264-4544. If you believe you have been denied participation opportunities, or otherwise discriminated against in relation to the programs or activities administered by the MPO, you may file a complaint using the procedures provided in our complaint process document at www.lvpc.org or by contacting planning@lvpc.org or 610-264-4544.
AVISO PUBLICO DE NO DISCRIMINACIÓN
El COMISIÓN DE PLANIFICACIÓN DEL VALLE DE LEHIGH y EL ESTUDIO DE TRANSPORTE DE VALLE DE LEHIGH (Organización Metropolitana de Planificación [MPO, Metropolitan Planning Organization]) está comprometido con el cumplimiento de los requisitos de no discriminación de las leyes de derechos civiles, los decretos ejecutivos, los reglamentos y las políticas correspondientes a los programas y las actividades que administra. Por ende, la MPO se dedica a garantizar que los beneficiarios de un programa reciban oportunidades de participación pública sin tener en cuenta su raza, color, país de origen, sexo, edad, discapacidad o situación económica. El sitio de web de la Comisión de Planificación del Valley de Lehigh, www.lvpc.org, se puede traducirse en otras idiomas. Documentos públicos se pueden traducir en idiomas no-ingleses y formatos alternativos, si se solicita. Las instalaciones para reuniones son accesibles para las personas con discapacidades y se puede llegar a su ubicación usando el transporte público. La MPO brindará servicios auxiliares para personas con impedimentos lingüísticos o problemas de habla, vista o audición, siempre y cuando la solicitud de asistencia se haga cuatro días antes de la reunión. La MPO intentará responder a otras solicitudes, según sus posibilidades. Solicite servicios auxiliares llamando a Hannah Milagio, Planificadora regional de participación de comunidad, planning@lvpc.org o al 610-264-4544. Si cree que le negaron oportunidades de participación o que lo discriminaron de otra manera en relación con los programas o las actividades que administra la MPO, puede presentar una queja siguiendo los procedimientos que figuran en nuestro documento de proceso de queja o comunicándose con planning@lvpc.org or 610-264-4544.
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