Number of Employees:
 
            1 half-time transportation planner
            1 full-time assistant transportation planner
            1 full-time traffic engineering planner
            1 half-time assistant transportation planner
            3 total full-time equivalents

Total Annual Budget (FY99):         $205,924

Funding Sources:               Iowa City   (54%)
                                           Coralville   (8%)
                                           North Liberty  (2%)
                                           Johnson County  (3%)
                                           U.S. DOT  (33%)

Duties:

                JCCOG is designated by the Governor of the State of Iowa as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Iowa City Urbanized Area. The Transportation Planning Division is charged with fulfilling the federal requirements of the 3-C transportation planning process. This process is required of all urbanized areas to maintain eligibility for grant programs of the Federal Transit Administration and Federal Highway Administration.

                The 3-C transportation planning process consists of a comprehensive, coordinated and continuing planning effort for all modes of transportation.  In addition to planning projects which are required by Iowa DOT and U.S. DOT, each year the Transportation Planning Division assembles a work program of projects requested by JCCOG members.  These projects include short- and long-range transportation development plans, corridor studies, intersection analyses, survey reports, and review of development projects.  The Transportation Planning Division also prepares state and federal transportation grant applications and fulfills the associated administration and regulation compliance.

               The JCCOG Transportation Technical Advisory Committee.  A Transportation Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) advises the Urbanized Area Policy Board on policy matters.  This committee is composed of transportation staff members from JCCOG member agencies. Representatives of the Iowa and U.S. Departments of Transportation are also represented on the Transportation TAC. This committee meets on an as-needed basis.

              The JCCOG Regional Trails and Bicycle Committee.  The JCCOG Regional Trails and Bicycling Committee (RTBC) advises the Urbanized Area Policy Board on matters pertaining to pedestrian and bicycle activity.