Core Products

The TIP is the region’s collaborative list of transportation investment priorities. This list includes all projects which are federally funded, along with non-federally funded projects that are regionally significant. It is a federal requirement that all MPO’s develop and maintain a TIP. Projects include highway and transit projects, as well as bicycle, pedestrian, airport access, rail, and freight-related projects.

Overall the TIP is an obligation document. Obligations are a commitment from the federal government to reimburse the state for the federal share of a project’s eligible costs. Once a project is in the TIP a project or project phase is authorized in a federal agreement under which Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or Federal Transit Administration (FTA) commits to reimburse the state for a share of eligible costs.

Each project in the TIP must include; a sufficient project description (type, termini, length, etc.), an estimated total cost, the amount of federal funding proposed for obligation during each program year, and the identification of the project administrator.

All TIP’s developed in the Commonwealth of Virginia are combined into the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). After approval of the TIP, all revisions to the TIP must also be recorded in the STIP. Approved TIP documents are submitted to the FHWA and the FTA for review and acceptance.