Comprehensive Transportation Projects
2021 Regional Transportation Improvement Program
View the Final 2021 Regional Transportation Improvement Program
SANDAG, as the Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Regional Transportation Planning Agency, is required by state and federal laws to develop and adopt a Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP).
The RTIP is a multi-billion-dollar, multi-year program of proposed major transportation projects in the San Diego Region. Transportation projects funded with federal, state and TransNet, the San Diego transportation sales tax program must be included in an approved RTIP. The programming of locally funded projects may also be programmed at the discretion of the agency.
The RTIP covers five fiscal years (FY 2021 through FY 2025) and incrementally implements the SANDAG 2019 Federal Regional Transportation Plan, the long-range transportation plan for the San Diego region.
The current Regional Plan was approved by the SANDAG Board of Directors at its meeting on October 25, 2019.
At its meeting on February 26, 2021, the SANDAG Board of Directors adopted the final 2021 RTIP.
The 2021 RTIP and its conformity determination were approved by FHWA and FTA on April 16, 2021. View the federal approval letter.
Group Project Listing
Federal regulations allow MPOs to group or combine projects that are not considered to be of appropriate scale for individual listing. Such projects may be grouped by function, work type, or geographical area and must be consistent with the exempt project classification contained in EPA's 'Transportation Conformity Regulations (40 CFR part 93).' Once grouped, the MPO is required to maintain, outside of the RTIP a detail list of the projects contained in each group.
View the 2021 RTIP Grouped Project Listings
Federal Formula Funds Distribution
SANDAG is the direct recipient of federal formula funds for Surface Transportation (RSTP), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ), and federal transit funding. By Board practice, RSTP and CMAQ funds are prioritized for regional projects included in TransNet Extension Ordinance and Plan. Transit funding is allocated by an FTA approved split agreement between SANDAG and the transit agencies in the region.
Federal Air Quality Conformity Requirements
Federal regulations require SANDAG to conduct an air quality conformity analysis of all regionally significant projects that increase the transportation system capacity. All regionally significant capacity increasing transportation projects regardless of funding sources must be included in the RTIP. Additional information on conformity can be found on the Conformity Working Group web page.
Congestion Management Process
All local agency Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) capacity increasing projects seeking federal funds are required to perform a multimodal alternative and non-SOV analysis prior to submitting the projects for inclusion in the RTIP. Agencies are required to submit the analysis as part of the project submittal either as an upload in ProjectTrak.
Additional information regarding this process can be found in Appendix U.7 of the Regional Plan or on the Congestion Management Process web page.
Amendments to the 2021 RTIP
On July 26, 2019, the SANDAG Board of Directors delegated the authority to approve administrative modifications to the RTIP, to the SANDAG Executive Director, thereby reducing the time required to process and approve administrative modifications. The planned amendment schedule for the 2021 RTIP includes formal amendments alternating with administrative modifications. Please consult the administrative modification guidelines to determine which amendment to participate in.
Project Manager
Sue Alpert, Senior Financial Programming Analyst
Phone: (619) 595-5318, Email: sue.alpert@sandag.org
For media inquiries, please contact the SANDAG Public Information Office at (619) 699-1950 or pio@sandag.org.
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