Transportation Infrastructure Planning Flashcards
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Under North Carolina's Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) law, what share of funds is allocated to the Statewide Mobility category?
Answer: 40%
STI splits funds 40% Statewide Mobility, 30% Regional Impact, and 30% Division Needs.
Which NCDOT office runs the data-driven prioritization process that scores projects for the STIP?
Answer: Strategic Prioritization Office of Transportation (SPOT)
SPOT manages the prioritization scoring process (P-rounds) used to build the STIP.
How are Statewide Mobility projects scored under STI?
Answer: 100% quantitative data
Statewide Mobility projects are selected entirely on quantitative data scores, with no local input points.
In the Regional Impact category, what is the typical split between data and local input scoring?
Answer: 70% data, 15% Division, 15% MPO/RPO
Regional Impact scores combine 70% quantitative data with 15% Division and 15% MPO/RPO local input.
A county with no urbanized area of 50,000+ population would coordinate its transportation planning with NCDOT mainly through which body?
Answer: A Rural Planning Organization (RPO)
RPOs serve non-metropolitan areas outside MPO boundaries in North Carolina.
Which long-range plan, required under NC G.S. 136-66.2, identifies a community's multimodal transportation needs jointly adopted by the local area and NCDOT?
Answer: Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP)
The CTP is the long-range, mutually adopted multimodal needs plan required by G.S. 136-66.2.
How many highway divisions does NCDOT use to organize its field operations and Division Needs funding?
Answer: 14
NCDOT operates 14 highway divisions, each receiving an equal share of Division Needs funds.
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